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Exhibits

• Building Our Museum: The Making of Science Park

  Temporary Exhibit

  Explore the Museum’s storied past and exciting future through large-scale historical photos and fun interactives.

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Engage with science, technology, engineering, and math via dynamic programs, stage presentations, and more than 700 interactive exhibits.
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Public Events

• Coleslaw's Corner

  Event

  Coleslaw's Corner, the award-winning collaboration with one of Boston's favorite Queens Coleslaw, is back in the Charles Hayden Planetarium!

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Each month, the Museum offers a variety of engaging public events spanning a wide range of topics for people of all ages.
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Live Presentations

• Exploring Laws of Motion

  Live Presentation

  See how a rocket car or even a simple bowling ball demonstrate relationships between mass, velocity, acceleration, and force.

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Every day, the Museum offers a number of live demonstrations, most of which are free with Exhibit Halls admission.
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Drop-in Activities

• Astronomy After Hours

  Drop-in Activity

  How awesome is astronomy? Participate in the Museum's free Friday night astronomy activities, including stargazing and more, and find out!

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The Museum offers a variety of hands-on activities daily. Stop by during program hours and stay as long or as little as you like!
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IMAX Films

In the Mugar Omni Theater, the world's largest film format is projected onto a five-story-tall IMAX® Dome screen.
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Planetarium Shows

• The Divas Experience

  Planetarium Show

  Experience the music of iconic favorites like Whitney Houston and Celine Dion in an entirely new way under the Planetarium dome!

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Explore our universe and beyond with one of our many space science Planetarium shows in the most technologically advanced digital theater in New England.
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4-D Films

• Octonauts: Amazon Adventure 4-D

  4-D Film

  Join a crew of daring aquatic explorers as they encounter amazing creatures in their search for an underwater city full of treasure!

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Our 4-D Theater experience combines the visually captivating high-definition capabilities of a 3-D film with in-theater special effects such as wind and snow.
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Butterfly Garden

• Butterfly Garden

  Exhibit

  Walk among the free-flying residents of this warm conservatory filled with exotic plants.

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Walk among the free-flying residents of this warm conservatory. This tropical oasis offers a wonderful opportunity to get close to a variety of living butterflies.
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Thrill Ride 360°

• Thrill Ride 360°

  Twist and turn like never before in these dynamic simulators with full-motion, 360-degree pitch, roll, and spin technology, and surround sound.

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Twist and turn like never before in these dynamic simulators with full-motion, 360-degree pitch, roll, and spin technology, and surround sound.
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