LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THE MODESTO CHiLDREN’S MUSEUM

Join MoChiMu at the museum or at one of our community partner locations during the Eclipse to pick up your free pair of Eclipse glasses!

Modesto Children's Museum (928 11th St.)

Gallo Center for the Arts (1000 I St.)

Modesto Library (1500 I St.)

Denair Library (4801 Kersey Rd.)

Keyes Library (5506 Jennie Ave.)

Newman Library (1305 Kern St.)

Oakdale Library (151 S. First St.)

Patterson Library (46 N. Salado Ave.)

Riverbank Library (3442 Santa Fe St.)

Salida Library (4835 Sisk Rd.)

Turlock Library (550 Minaret Ave.)

Never, ever look directly at the sun without ISO-approved eye protection.

We are grateful that you’d think of us for Eclipse glasses! As you can imagine, we receive many requests to set aside sets of glasses to particular families, classrooms, or schools – so many that if we made exceptions, we would have none left to distribute to the public!

We have a limited stock of glasses that we have already designated to visit community locations for free, day-of distribution. If you are not able to join us at a community viewing location, you can purchase ISO-certified viewing glasses yourself or build an indirect solar viewer from household materials. (You can find the instructions on our Eclipse Activity Sheet.) Remember, never, ever look directly at the sun without proper safety equipment.

A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth. For areas within the moon’s shadow, the moon appears to fully block out or cover the sun! (From our location in Central California, only a portion of the sun will be blocked by the moon.)

Never, ever look directly at the sun without ISO-approved eye protection. Join MoChiMu at the museum or at one of our community partner locations to pick up your free pair of Eclipse glasses!

If you can’t meet us for your glasses, you can create an indirect solar viewer using household items. Find supply lists, building instructions, and more information here!

From Modesto, the eclipse is estimated to begin at 10:14 A.M. The “maximum bite” will be taken out of the sun at 11:14 A.M. PST and last for roughly an hour.

No, sunglasses are not a safe tool for looking directly at the sun. Safe solar viewers are thousands of times darker than sunglasses and ought to comply with the ISO 12312-2 international standard.

Do NOT look at the Sun through a camera lens, telescope, binoculars, or any other optical device while wearing eclipse glasses or using a handheld solar viewer — the concentrated solar rays will burn through the filter and cause serious eye injury.

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