Best Ways To Celebrate National Star Wars Day In Boston

May the Fourth has been dubbed Star Wars Day by fans of the saga because it sounds like the legendary phrase, "may the force....be with you." During the week of May 4, 2016, there are plenty of ways to celebrate Star Wars day in the greater Boston area. Celebrate the fun with the Red Sox or learn the real science behind space travel and droids at some of Boston's museums. And don't forget to have a light saber fight or two while dressed as your favorite character!

Visit The Museum Of Science
1 Science Park
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 723-2500
www.mos.org

All science fiction sagas, like Star Wars, begin with science. Learn fact from fiction and celebrate space travel and astronomy at the Museum of Science. What better way to celebrate Star Wars than learn about real life stars during a museum planetarium show? The Museum of Science offers a variety of shows in their world famous Charles Hayden Planetarium, including shows called: Inside NASA: Dream to Discovery, Wonders of the Night Sky, Moons: Worlds of Mystery, Explore: The Universe, and for our future space cadets - Big Bird's Adventure: One World, One Sky.

Get Your Costumes At The Garment District
200 Broadway
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 876-5230
www.garmentdistrict.com

Halloween isn't the only time to dress as Princess Leia or Boba Fett. Dress as your favorite Star Wars characters on May the Fourth and surprise all your work colleagues and friends! Just head to The Garment District in Kendall Square to grab all your gear. The Garment District is a huge thrift shop with costumes galore. And since, well, Cambridge is one of the nerdiest towns in America, you are sure to find all the necessary Star Wars costume pieces and props there.

Celebrate Star Wars Night With The Boston Red Sox
Fenway Park
4 Yawkey Way
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 226-6000
www.boston.redsox.mlb.com

The Boston Red Sox know how to celebrate Star Wars Day. Join the team at Fenway Park a few days after May the Fourth for Star Wars Night on May 9, 2016. Star Wars Night at Fenway is becoming one of Boston's newest favorite traditions. In addition to seeing Star Wars characters at the game, attendees who purchase their tickets in advance will be given a special edition BB8 baseball! What a treat for any Star Wars fan that also loves Boston sports!

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Visit The MIT Museum
265 Massachusetts Ave.
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-5927
web.mit.edu/museum

Speaking of BB8, how did droids come to be? Some might argue that their existence began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a university that takes robotics seriously. The MIT Museum, in the heart of Central Square in Cambridge, has a well designed, fun, and interactive exhibit of the history of robots. Here, Star Wars fans of all ages can learn about robots and droids - how they were developed in the 1970s and 1980s and how researchers and engineers continue to innovate in the field. Maybe C3PO won't just be a science fiction character for long!

Take A Fencing Class
110 Clematis Ave.
Waltham, MA 02453
(781) 891-0119
www.bostonfencingclub.org

Get ready to battle the Dark Side by taking a fencing class at the Boston Fencing Club just outside of Boston in Waltham! Until real light sabers are invented, fencing is about as close as fans can get to the real thing. Learn the classic sport and compare your new moves to each of the saber battles in the seven movies! The Fencing Club offers classes for all ages and skill levels, and no Star Wars fan is ever too old to fine tune their light saber skills. Just be careful when practicing at home!

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