Bangor – The Mine Science Festival returned to the cross insurance center in Bangor for the 10th year this weekend.
The annual event of the Mine Discovery Museum attracts hundreds of people from all over the state and unites organizations in the state’s science industry.
The organizers said the program aims to affect the next generation of mine scientists.
“One of the things that helps it is that it produces a spark in the younger generation, so they realize that all these amazing things are happening here in the mine,” said Angela Smith, director of the Main Science Festival. “And when they move towards their secondary education, they know that they can live here and see and see all the modern work.”
Participants in the festival agree that Mine Kids is an opportunity to educate.
“It is very important to add children with stem,” said Kyle Severness, senior continuous analyst at Tyler Technologies. “Because getting coding experience allows them to stay in the mine and get their education here and get part of the community.”
An environmental demonstration at the 2025 Mine Science Festival. (Spectrum News/David Leadford)
Smith said another important aspect of the festival is that it draws attention to scientific organizations and they are working.
Smith said, “We have high -level organizations doing science in the mine and doing modern work.” “Often they are ignored, people do not know about them, so we celebrate this five days, and we shed light on them, we get their name from there.”
The five -day event included dozens of workshops and family friendly activities.
See Mine Science Festival Wesbite More information about the annual event.
Smith said, “We need curious children, we need curious people, we need people who will ask why they do not work or do something and want to improve it.” “We want to be excited about finding solutions to the problems that are currently in the world.”
