© 2024 WLRH All Rights Reserved
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Preview Screening for Leonardo da Vinci by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon

Leonardo Da Vinci is Ken Burns new film, which premieres statewide November 18-19, 2024, on Alabama Public Television.

Preview Screening for Leonardo da Vinci by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon

Alabama Public Television, WLRH 89.3 FM/HD Huntsville, and the U.S. Space & Rocket Center are hosting a special preview screening of excerpts from Ken Burns’ Newest documentary, Leonardo da Vinci, on Tuesday, November 12, 2024, at 6pm. This special event is free and open to the public, but seating is limited.

To guarantee a seat, please pick up complimentary tickets to the event at the main desk of the U.S. Space & Rocket Center. The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is open 7 days a week from 9am to 5pm and is located at 1 Tranquility Base in Huntsville.

The 4-hour film, which premieres statewide November 18-19, 2024, on Alabama Public Television, tells the story of Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, best known as Leonardo da Vinci, a 15th Century Italian polymath of soaring imagination and profound intellect, who left behind artistic works of staggering beauty and detailed sketches of futuristic contraptions of warfare and flight that today are marveled at for their technical ingenuity and foresight. This documentary marks the first time Ken Burns has focused on a non-American historical figure.

U.S. Space & Rocket Center
06:00 PM - 08:00 PM on Tue, 12 Nov 2024

Event Supported By

WLRH
U.S. Space & Rocket Center
One Tranquility Base
Huntsville, Alabama 35805-3399
2567217110