SMART Centre Market

SMART Centre Market Wheeling West Virginia's Interactive Science Store. � PLEASE CALL 3042334667
with questions! Normal business hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m.
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through 5 p.m. Masks are not currently required when you visit the store, but feel free to wear a mask for your own comfort. Kirke's ice cream is BACK!! Do you love dinosaurs, space, and/or ice cream? We have all three at SMART Centre Market. If you are a teacher searching for new ideas to teach science in your classroom, a parent looking for educational toys, books, and games, or a grandparent wa

nting to purchase "quality fun" for your grandchild, SMART Centre Market has something for you. Unique gifts for the person who has everything can also be found. We wanted to create a place where all these items could be purchased and where we could also offer the community interactive science demonstrations and activities, starwatches, science presentations, birthday parties and more. This and more is what we provide at SMART Centre Market.

September events! Hope to see you soon!
08/31/2026

September events! Hope to see you soon!

08/27/2026

Greetings Astronomy Fans,

Tonight (August 27th, 2026) is a planetary alignment (or syzygy) of the Earth, Moon and Sun, creating a Partial Lunar Eclipse Event.

Due to the late starting time, ending times, and multiple hour duration, the SMART-Center will not be hosting a sponsored program for this Partial Lunar Eclipse Event.

You and your family and neighbors can safely watch this Event from your back yard. No safety filters are needed for a Lunar Eclipse. All that is needed is a clear view of the southern sky, some lawn chairs, snacks, and binoculars if you have them.

The Main Event starts when the Earth's Umbra (darkest part of the Earth's shadow) falls on the lower left side of the Moon (1/3 the way up in the SE sky) at 10:33 PM (Eastern Time). The Moon in its orbit will slowly travel further into the Earth's Umbra until 12:12 AM (99 minutes later) when the partial eclipse reaches its maximum of 96% coverage. After maximum, the partial eclipse will appear to run in reverse as more and more of the Moon exits the Earth's Umbra. The partial eclipse Umbra Event is over at 1:52 AM - almost 100 minutes after maximum.

Note the changes in the color of the Moon and the brightness of the sky (number of stars visible around the Moon) during the partial eclipse.

Cameras with 20x or greater optical zoom can take great pictures of the Moon during the Partial Eclipse Event.

Clear and Safe Skies,

Robert

Robert E. Strong
Director: SMART-Center
1410 Main Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
http://www.smartcenter.org/

Director: Near Earth Object Foundation
1410 Main Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
http://www.neofoundation.org/

Curator: SMART Centre Market
1410 Main Street
Wheeling, WV 26003
http://www.smartcentremarket.com

Co-Host: Radio Science News
http://radiosciencenews.org/

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08/26/2026

Fossil Swap this Saturday, August 29th, at 1 pm at SMART Centre Market! Bring a small fossil and trade with others! FREE! Take a small fossil home as a gift from us!

08/25/2026

Hours this week Tuesday-Saturday (August 25-29) from 11-5! We appreciate you and hope to see you soon!

08/22/2026

Looks like the storms may continue this evening. StarWatch at Wheeling waterfront is cancelled for tonight (August 22). See you at another StarWatch!

It’s been a week! Sorry for late reminder of TWO StarWatches! Opportunity for stargazing with telescopes on both Friday ...
08/21/2026

It’s been a week! Sorry for late reminder of TWO StarWatches!
Opportunity for stargazing with telescopes on both Friday and Saturday—Friday night at the Rhododendron shelter at Brooke Hills Park and Saturday night at the Wheeling waterfront near Wesbanco arena from 8-10 pm. Moon, Venus, and deep space objects will be featured. FREE!

08/20/2026

Saturday,August 22, at 1 pm join us for “What Limits a Chemical Reaction?” Safe, fun, and FREE!

“Rock or Not?” at 1 pm on Saturday, August 15, at SMART Centre Market. Find out what a rock really is and why not everyt...
08/14/2026

“Rock or Not?” at 1 pm on Saturday, August 15, at SMART Centre Market. Find out what a rock really is and why not everything we think is a rock is a rock! Play our game “Rock or Not?”. FREE!

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1410 Main Street
Wheeling, WV
26003

Opening Hours

Tuesday 11am - 5pm
Wednesday 11am - 5pm
Thursday 11am - 5pm
Friday 11am - 5pm
Saturday 11am - 5pm

Telephone

(304) 233-4667

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