** coming soon **
Planetarium is closed until early 2011 due to renovations and technological updates.
Use your senses like a scientist to better observe the world.
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
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
Use your senses like a scientist to better observe the world.
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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
The evolutionary history of vertebrates began more than 500 million years ago (mya). In Romer Hall explore this history with fossils including the 42-foot long Kronosaurus from 153 mya, a plateosaurus
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
Amy Stein will discuss the process of creating her dioramas inspired by true encounters between humans and wildlife
In the Fossil Mammal Hall learn about the evolution of hoofed creatures, including some bizarre forms that emerged when South America was an island continent. See the fossilized skeleton of a 2,200-po
The world of maps is one of infinite possibilities. They help us navigate from here to there, but they can also be abstractions, diagrams of relationships or interactions over time. This exhibit shows
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