** coming soon **
Planetarium is closed until early 2011 due to renovations and technological updates.
DJ Stenny takes the controls for Flip Fridays.
Get a feel for New England's natural environment with these classic dioramas. In addition to these windows on wide-ranging landscapes, the exhibit's model birds, casts of feet, antlers, beak
Use your senses like a scientist to better observe the world.
Act like a scientist and explore DNA, chemistry, and plant biology in the museum's drop-in laboratory.
This exhibit introduces the exciting adventure of astronomical discovery through hands-on activities, 3-D models, computer activities and historic artifacts.
Part of the merger between the Museum of Science and the Computer Museum, this exhibit highlights the history of computing and uses historical artifacts to illustrate how human needs have led to new t
Katharine Lane Weems (1899-1989), a Boston-born artist, donated her collection to the Museum of Science to demonstrate the many connections between science and art. There are 30 bronze sculptures of a
Every year the Museum of Science creates a display about the Draper Prize winners and their invention. This year (2010) honors Sir Timothy Berners-Lee who invented the World Wide Web.
Created by the famous design team of Charles and Ray Eames, this has been a favorite exhibit since it opened at the Museum of Science in 1981. The Eames wanted to provide an opportunity for everyone t
This exhibit is presents in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing and President Kennedy's grand vision that made the achievement possible. In 1961, President Kennedy chall
Ranging from radio waves (larger than a football field) to gamma rays (a billion times smaller than a pinhead), wavelengths are all invisible to the human eye, except for the section of the spectrum k
Re-creation of Colonel Francis T. Colby's den in Hamilton, Massachusetts.
'To The Moon' tells the story of the Apollo program through artifacts that show the jump in the technology capability that allowed the astronauts to successfully land on the moon.
Fish in a school, the spread of fads and fireflies flashing in sync are examples of systems in which there is no leader in charge, but patterns will still emerge from simple interactions among individ
Scientists use classification to uncover the natural world's hidden patterns and meanings. With its reference library of interesting objects, enticingly mysterious environments and hands-on activ
With engaging interactives and stunning images, this exhibit takes you through the scales of weather: global, national, regional, local and personal. At the focus of the exhibit is a skill called &quo
Sunlight is the world's largest energy resource, and more energy in the form of sunlight reaches Earth every hour than humans consume in a year. In this exhibit, visitors can learn how we can mak
This park-like setting invites visitors to run, jump, swing and use familiar objects like playground equipment and bicycle parts to investigate the pushes and pulls of everyday life: the forces that s
Petrified wood from Arizona, Egyptian granite and Massachusetts' own Roxbury puddingstone are just some of the rock stars that can be found in this outdoor exhibit, where visitors can take a tour