27.01.10
TIME AND THE MOON EVENT AT SCIENCE MUSEUM

Aluna's artist Laura Williams is participating at an evening event at the Dana Centre and Science Museum in London this coming Monday 1st February. The event is part of the 1001 Inventions Programme, and will be all about 'Time and the Moon', and how the Moon has been important to cultures and religions around the world since human societies first arose. We have used it to light our way, tell the time, navigate at sea and chart a course through social and religious life.

Speakers include Aluna's endorsers David Rooney, Curator of Transport, Science Museum and former Curator of Timekeeping at Royal Observatory Greenwich, and Dr Usama Hasan, Imam at Tawhid Mosque and Senior Lecturer, Middlesex University. The evening is being facilitated by BBC Science Correspondent Pallab Ghosh, who recently presented a feature about Aluna on BBC Radio's Today Programme - click here to listen.

Presentations will be followed by a guided tour around the Science Museum galleries. Please click here for more information. Unfortunately the event is fully booked, however, if you are keen to go, there is a reserve list which is worthwhile registering on - call the Booking Office on 020 7942 4040 or e-mail tickets@danacentre.org.uk.

ALUNA - 51º30'N, 0º0'E

Talks with key stakeholders continue to progress very positively regarding Aluna's realisation over the Thames foreshore on the Greenwich Meridian. This high profile site is adjacent to The O2 and the future Peninsula Quays development, and directly opposite Canary Wharf. Most recently, Aluna has gained support from both its land-based neighbours. See the London page for more information.

Aluna's team will shortly begin site-specific development studies and develop the scheme for the planning process... we will keep you posted with developments.

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