A highlight of exhibits that are enjoyed by children 8 years of age and younger - visiting the exhibits in the following order minimizes backtracking.

• Live Animal Viewing Window (Basement, Red Wing) – a peek into the Museum's Live Animal Center, where our collection of insects, birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians reside. You may even see the Museum's staff preparing meals for the inhabitants.
• New England Habitats (First Floor, Green Wing) – enjoy the sights, sounds and even smells in these life-size dioramas of local animal mounts in their natural habitats.
• Human Body Connection (Second Floor, Green Wing) – a biology discovery space about YOU and staffed by volunteers. Features a chick hatchery and cotton-top tamarin enclosure along with a wide variety of activities to help you discover how your body works and how you measure up to other people who've explored the exhibit.
• Cahners Computer Place (First Floor, Blue Wing)– a computer, robotics and communications discovery space, staffed by volunteers. This interactive exhibit includes exploration activities at the “Info Bytes” counter, the opportunity to program and learn about a variety of small robots, and a chance to meet “Aida” and “Grace” –your virtual human guides.
• Beyond the X-Ray (Basement, Blue Wing) – this exhibit about medical technologies features "Guess the X-ray," where young children can look at X-rays of everyday objects and familiar animals and assemble a skeleton puzzle to see how our bodies are put together.
• Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic (Basement, Blue Wing)- always a favorite with real fossils, dinosaur models and lots of hands-on activities. Compare the size of your foot and head to a life size Tyrannosaurus Rex model. Our new, nearly-complete Triceratops model is truly one of a kind, and don’t miss the Nectosaurs flying over head!
• Natural Mysteries and A Bird's World (Basement, Green Wing) – explore the Museum's natural history collection of mounted animals, butterflies, fossils, eggs and more. Try your hand at classification with the make-your-own-museum activity. Look for birds you have seen around your neighborhood.
• Kinetic Sculpture (Basement, Green Wing) – a giant maze of rolling balls. Big and little people alike are spellbound watching the balls roll through the maze.