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We're temporarily closed, but we look forward to seeing you online at MOS at Home.
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Set goals and create a timeline of planned activities and events before arranging your field trip.
Get chaperones and students involved in their Museum visit by downloading these activity sheets ahead of time.
Provide an educational and motivating experience for your students with a field trip to the Museum. Field trip activities include access to educator-only offerings pre-selected to support your science and social studies curriculum.
Sharpen your wildlife observation skills.
Take a virtual tour of Acadia National Park in this exhibit, which includes a specimen of every bird found in New England.
Our seasonal tradition continues.
Visit classic miniature landscapes with model trains, snow-covered peaks, engaging activities, and even a few surprises!
Follow the life-and-death dramas of five of the most incredible animal migrations on the planet.
Fly a virtual drone to find an arctic fox, traverse a glacier using ground-penetrating radar, and more in this immersive experience.
Ask Dr. Ashish Jha your coronavirus questions virtually during this educator-moderated conversation.
Reopening Soon — Stay Tuned!
How awesome is astronomy? Participate in the Museum's free Friday night astronomy activities, including stargazing and more, and find out!
Positive change is possible.
Experience on the giant screen the remarkable true story of three animal species rescued from the brink of extinction.
Experiment with our newest exhibit ideas.
Get a sneak peek into how exhibits get made and help us create new ones by testing out the newest exhibit ideas before they are finalized.
Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street and learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, and more!
Celebrate the legacy of our founder.
Explore the story of Bradford Washburn, renowned mountaineer and Museum of Science founder.
Walk through a warm conservatory filled with exotic plants and insects
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Students enjoy an up-close experience with these amazing, beautiful flying insects.
Dive into the world of wind turbines.
Learn how turbines transform wind into green energy, and track the Museum's Wind Lab energy production.
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Join a Museum educator and explore the river ecosystem with hands-on investigations in the Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River.
Ensuring a healthy planet for all.
Some of our most vulnerable communities are already experiencing the impacts of climate change. How can we build a better future for all?
An authentic look into the distant past.
Get an up-close view of this 65-million-year-old fossil, discovered in the Dakota Badlands in 2004.
Energy saving tips and hints!
Discover the real energy sappers and savers in the home, and explore ways that you can make a difference.
Revealing the secrets of the universe.
Explore the Milky Way Galaxy to discover a range of information about our universe.
Participate in a hands-on activity to design, build, and test a prototype solution to a given problem.
Join the team of scientists and astronauts who are working to make one of humanity’s oldest dreams come true: life on Mars.
What do dinosaur fossils reveal?
Check out fossils and life-size models to learn how paleontologists compile evidence and change the way we view these extinct animals.
Put an animal skeleton together, touch a real fossil, or observe a variety of live animals up close.
Looking for game-changing integrated STEM curricula, family resources and professional development? Check out our EiE resources.
Preserving history’s treasures.
Explore local and global heritage sites and learn about the steps people are taking to protect them from the effects of climate change.
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Heat, light, sound, electromagnetism, and more… all are forms of energy. Experiment with energy as it transfers, transforms, and does work!
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Explore the sights, sounds, and amazing results of energy! Observe and predict how energy changes from one form to another.
Check out our FAQ and our Code of Conduct. And, don’t forget, you’ll need to purchase a timed ticket before you visit.
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See how a rocket car or even a simple bowling ball demonstrate relationships between mass, velocity, acceleration, and force.
Take a thrilling journey through wildfires, tornadoes, and other extreme-weather conditions.
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Discover how to make predictions about the way objects move. Large-scale demonstrations show how forces govern the world around us!
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Hear a story and meet its animal star in a presentation made especially for our younger visitors!
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Meet biologists, engineers, astronomers, meteorologists, and more in person and ask them your questions.
Discover what makes you, you.
The Museum's Hall of Human Life exhibition revolutionizes how people understand their own biology.
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Book Health Headlines & Vital Signs for your Museum field trip today!
Travel to Alaska, Hawaii, and the Kingdom of Tonga to see how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play, and care for their young.
Science starts at home.
Practice thinking like a scientist by investigating different phenomena to try to understand the way the world works.
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Think like a scientist as you gather evidence and look for answers. Topics vary from chemistry investigations to making your own electricity
Swim with the world's largest shark, encounter mysterious creatures of the sea, and explore the planet's most spectacular coral reefs.
Great Journey West
Experience the danger and beauty of the unknown West as it unfolded before the eyes of Lewis and Clark.
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Explore lightning and storm safety as the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator hurls indoor bolts.
Where our animal ambassadors live.
Visit this viewing area for a peek at some of the stars of the Museum's Live Animal presentations.
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Discover the furry, feathered, and scaly residents of our Live Animal Center.
Use your body to explore ratios.
Experience the mathematical concept of ratio in this interactive exhibit.
Created by Charles and Ray Eames.
Enjoy the wonder of mathematics and the beauty of post-modern design.
Get to know the real stars and planets with our monthly Sky Chart, featuring an eye-catching event each month.
Take a journey through our solar system and explore the remarkable diversity and surprising might of moons!
Science never stops and neither does the Museum! Here's an additional collection of STEM resources designed to bring the Museum to you.
Experience our 190-year evolution.
Learn the Museum's story through artifacts and interactive displays — from the "Chamber of Curiosities" to visions of the future.
How do scientists manipulate matter?
Explore the science of the super small in this exhibit developed by Museum-led NISE® Net (Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network)
Find connections in the natural world.
Observe a reference library of interesting objects, experience enticingly mysterious environments, and participate in activities.
Experience the region's wildlife.
Explore windows into wide-ranging landscapes, model birds, casts of feet, antlers, beaks, and other elements.
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Book Nicotine, Vaping & Science for your Museum field trip today!
It never rains in this playground!
Run, jump, swing, and use familiar objects to investigate the pushes and pulls of everyday life.
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Enjoy the science behind magical demonstrations that reveal how "Science is magic that works." (Kurt Vonnegut)
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Take a closer look at the latest in science and technology in our lives.
You might want to look twice!
Encounter dozens of examples of images that, on closer examination, are not what they appear to be at first glance.
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Experience the extreme, even bizarre, effects heat and temperature have on solids, liquids, and gases.
Our furry friends will amaze you!
Experience the life-saving superpowers and extraordinary bravery of some of the world’s most amazing dogs!
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The atomic world as you've never seen before — hilarious, awe-inspiring, and educational!
Experience a fusion of Beyoncé's iconic music with stunning and inventive visuals under the Charles Hayden Planetarium dome.
Look inside this time capsule!
See original artifacts and animals representing both the life travels of Colonel Francis T. Colby and the mindset of a generation.
Experience a fusion of David Bowie's iconic music with stunning and inventive visuals under the Charles Hayden Planetarium dome.
Rocks and minerals from around the globe.
See petrified wood from Arizona, Egyptian granite, our own Roxbury puddingstone, and more.
Explore the science and technology behind some of Pixar’s most beloved animated films.
Celebrate the American race 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.
Changing modes of transport over time.
Trains, boats, and a real-life steam engine! Explore the history of transportation as you observe actual machines and realistic replicas.
For Grades 6 - 8
Learn how the Earth changes through studying plate tectonics.
For Grades 6 - 8
Meet two living organisms from our Living Collections to learn about the behaviors and adaptations animals and plants use for survival.
For Grades 3 - 5
Explore adaptations with the residents of our Live Animal Care Center to see what it takes to survive in the wild.
For Grades K - 2
In this live interactive program, students will meet a resident of our Live Animal Care Center to observe and look for clues.
For Grades 6 - 8
Join a Museum educator and virtually explore the Charles River ecosystem in this live interactive program.
For Grades 6 - 8
Join a Museum of Science educator as they virtually fly you into space to explore the relationship between the Earth, the Moon, and the Sun.
For Grades 3 - 5
Join a Museum of Science educator as they unfurl Earth’s sky across your computer screen and explore the motions of the Sun and the stars.
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Watch as indoor wind, clouds, fog, and snow are made right before your eyes!
See the ways science and art connect.
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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Discover the latest advances and innovations in robotic and human exploration of the solar system.
Where creativity meets innovation.
This exhibit showcases local inventions that have changed the world…and some that are about to!
Animals are adjusting.
Meet residents from our Living Collections and hear how their wild counterparts are either threatened or thriving as the climate changes.
Explore the river we all call home.
Looking out over the Charles River, observe and explore the connections between natural habitats and engineered designs.
