Featuring dramatic activations with water exhibitions, lasers, and birds—including a bald eagle—the new Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science held a grand-opening gala, called A Celebration of Science, for 600 guests on May 6. Commemorating the museum's new home in Downtown Miami's Museum Park, the event raised $1.2 million to support the museum's exhibitions and programs. The programming and decor paid homage to the $305-million museum's key features, including an aquarium, a planetarium, and a birds of prey exhibit.
The evening included seven passed hors d'oeuvres, a three-course dinner, and more from Savor, the museum's caterer. An after-party crowd was entertained by the Gypsy Lane Band from Tropics Entertainment.
An arrivals wall used motifs that carried through the event's decor.
Photo: Fiction Events
A sea of lights evoked one of the museum's features, a planetarium.
Photo:Â Unique Design Studios
Centerpieces contained white orchids and pops of greenery.
Photo: World Red Eye
The menu, created by Frost Science executive chef Tony Tehro, included a fish option of roasted amberjack with a host of roasted vegetables.
Photo: Courtesy of Frost Science Center
Fiction Events created decor pieces that evoked water using bubble-like orbs. One of the museum's centerpieces is its aquarium.
Photo: Fiction Events
Dinner settings included a space-age-style tablescape. It came pre-set with an amuse bouche of avocado-cucumber fusion with a parmesan crisp.
Photo:Â Unique Design Studios
