Glow like a ball of radium at a party celebrating the woman who discovered it. The Mütter Museum is gearing up to host its first Radiant Ball inspired by Marie Curie, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who first isolated the chemical element.
The ball will be held on Friday, April 12, in the museum's century-old building. Drew Nugent & the Midnight Society will play live jazz as guests take a peak at rarely seen items in the museum collection. Light bites will also be served, along with "shimmering" cocktails.
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Early bird tickets, which come with one complimentary drink, are now on sale for $35.
The museum and its parent organization, the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, have a personal connection to Curie. During her first trip to America in 1921, she visited the college on her way to Pittsburgh to tour the Standard Chemical Company radium plant. Curie presented and donated her piezoelectric apparatus, one of the earliest devices to measure radioactivity, to the college. It has resided at the Mütter Museum ever since.
Marie Curie's Radiant Ball
Friday, April 12 | 7-10 p.m.
Mütter Museum
19 S 22nd St., Philadelphia
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