Pluto Day: February 21, 2026
Celebrate Pluto's 96th Birthday!
Join us at the Lawrence Public Library on Saturday, February 21st from 10:30-12:30 PM for our annual celebration of Pluto's Birthday! This year we are celebrating the 96th Anniversary of Pluto's Discovery! Come learn about KU's connection to Pluto and celebrate our favorite Dwarf Planet with arts, crafts, and activities for all ages.
Saturday February 21st
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Lawrence Public Library
Auditorium
707 Vermont Street
Lawrence Public Library
Auditorium
707 Vermont Street
Activities
Passport to Pluto
Help build an authentic Pluto
Fold your own Paper Pluto
Decorate a Pluto Cookie
Liquid Nitrogen Demonstrations
Games, Coloring, and more!
Help build an authentic Pluto
Fold your own Paper Pluto
Decorate a Pluto Cookie
Liquid Nitrogen Demonstrations
Games, Coloring, and more!
Pluto's Kansas Connection
Clyde Tombaugh was a Kansas farmboy who built his own telescopes to explore the night sky. His drawings of the objects he saw so impressed astronomers at Lowell observatory in Arizona that they gave him a job at the observatory, where he discovered Pluto in 1930. He then came back to Kansas and received his bachelors and masters degrees in Astronomy from KU.
