UPDATE: We have run out of glasses.
If you did not get glasses, you can still enjoy the eclipse safely by making a pinhole projector out cardboard. The video below shows how you can make one using just a cereal box, some tape, a bit of aluminum foil, and a pair of scissors!
How to Make a Pinhole Projector to View the Solar Eclipse
from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
On Monday August 21 all of North America will be able to view a solar eclipse, with some parts of the country being able to view a total eclipse! The last total solar eclipse in the US happened in 1979. People in Oregon will be first to see it as it moves on a path to the South Carolina coast. Massachusetts will see a very impressive partial eclipse between 1pm and 4:30pm, with the best time to view it at 2:45pm.
Because of this exciting astronomical event, the library will be giving away free ISO certified eclipse viewing glasses beginning Friday, August 11 (available while supplies last/limit 3 pairs per family) to safely view the partial solar eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017.
Learn more at NASA’s eclipse website, the Museum of Science, and from great library books and resources including the databases Science in Context, General OneFile, Academic OneFile, the New York Times, and the Boston Globe.