Exhibits
Temporary Exhibits
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Animals Without Passports
Follow along with humpback whales as they migrate from right here in Massachusetts to the Caribbean.
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Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed
Uncover the rise and eventual decline of this complex civilization, including its social, natural, and spiritual realms.
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The Photography of Modernist Cuisine
Experience the colorful and surprising world of food as you have never seen it before!
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Road Salt: A 4,500 Mile Journey
Artist Allison Cekala traces Boston's road salt to its origin in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile through video and still photography.
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Permanent Exhibits
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A Bird’s World
Take a virtual tour of Acadia National Park in this exhibit, which includes a specimen of every bird found in New England.
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Bradford Washburn: The Man Behind the Lens
Explore the story of Bradford Washburn, renowned mountaineer and Museum of Science founder.
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Butterfly Garden
Walk among the free-flying residents of this warm conservatory filled with exotic plants.
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Catching the Wind
Learn how turbines transform wind into green energy, and track the Museum's Wind Lab energy production.
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Conserve @ Home
Discover the real energy sappers and savers in the home, and explore ways that you can make a difference.
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Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic
Check out fossils and life-size models to learn how paleontologists compile evidence and change the way we view these extinct animals.
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Discovery Center
Put an animal skeleton together, touch a real fossil, or observe a variety of live animals up close.
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Energized!
Learn about sunlight, wind, moving water, and other self-replenishing sources that generate energy with fewer negative side effects.
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Hall of Human Life
The Museum's Hall of Human Life exhibition will revolutionize how people understand their own biology.
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Investigate!
Practice thinking like a scientist by investigating different phenomena to try to understand the way the world works.
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Live Animal Care Center
Visit this viewing area for a peek at some of the stars of the Museum's Live Animal presentations.
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Making Models
Learn about and practice with some of the basic tools that scientists use.
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Math Moves!
Experience the mathematical concept of ratio in this interactive exhibit.
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Microrobotics Takes Flight
Test new methods for developing tiny, flying microrobots called RoboBees.
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Natural Mysteries
Observe a reference library of interesting objects, experience enticingly mysterious environments, and participate in activities.
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New England Habitats
Explore windows into wide-ranging landscapes, model birds, casts of feet, antlers, beaks, and other touchable elements.
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Science in the Park
Run, jump, swing, and use familiar objects to investigate the pushes and pulls of everyday life.
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Take a Closer Look
Explore the world around you using sight, hearing, touch, and smell.
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The Colby Trophy Room
See original artifacts and animals representing both the life travels of Colonel Francis T. Colby and the mindset of a generation.
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The Light House
Explore the science behind light and color.
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The Rock Garden
See petrified wood from Arizona, Egyptian granite, our own Roxbury puddingstone, and more.
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To the Moon
See full-size models of the Apollo and Mercury capsules and a graphic timeline documenting the key era of human space exploration.
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Weems Animal Sculptures
See 30 of Katharine Lane Weems's bronze sculptures of animals displayed in this exhibit, the largest Weems collection in the world.
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