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A Bird’s World

Permanent Exhibit

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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Afternoon Report: Pigments of the Imagination

Join our on-stage anchor as we explore the relationship between technology and color, from cave paintings to sustainable pigments.

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Afternoon Report: Pigments of the Imagination

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Afternoon Report: Working Like a Dog

Join our on-stage anchor to explore the science behind dogs serving as lifeguards, assisting veterans, and diagnosing diseases by smell.

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Amazing Journeys

IMAX Film

Follow the life-and-death dramas of five of the most incredible animal migrations on the planet.

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Astronomy After Hours

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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Behind the Scenes: Help us test new exhibits!

Permanent Exhibit

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.

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Behind the Scenes: Help us test new exhibits!

Big Bird's Adventure: One World, One Sky (Soft Light, Soft Sound)

Planetarium Show

Enjoy a special version of the hit show with softer sound and light and looser house rules.

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Big Bird's Adventure: One World, One Sky

Planetarium Show

Explore the night sky with your favorite friends from Sesame Street and learn about the Big Dipper, the North Star, and more!

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Bradford Washburn: The Man Behind the Lens

Permanent Exhibit

Explore the story of Bradford Washburn, renowned mountaineer and Museum of Science founder.

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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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Building Our Museum: The Making of Science Park

Butterfly Garden

Permanent Exhibit

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

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Butterfly Garden Experience

Students enjoy an up-close experience with these amazing, beautiful flying insects.

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Catching the Wind

Permanent Exhibit

Learn how turbines transform wind into green energy, and track the Museum's Wind Lab energy production.

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Charles River Field Station

Join a Museum educator and explore the river ecosystem with hands-on investigations in the Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River.

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Colossal Fossil: Triceratops Cliff

Permanent Exhibit

Get an up-close view of this 65-million-year-old fossil, discovered in the Dakota Badlands in 2004.

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Conserve @ Home

Permanent Exhibit

Discover the real energy sappers and savers in the home, and explore ways that you can make a difference.

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Cosmic Light

Permanent Exhibit

Explore the Milky Way Galaxy to discover a range of information about our universe.

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Cutting Edge Research

Check how nanotechnology is transforming medicine, computing, energy, biological imaging, consumer products, and environmental stewardship.

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Design Challenges

Participate in a hands-on activity to design, build, and test a prototype solution to a given problem.

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Destination Mars: The New Frontier

Planetarium Show

Join the team of scientists and astronauts who are working to make one of humanity’s oldest dreams come true: life on Mars.

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Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic

Permanent Exhibit

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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Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic picture

Discovery Center

Permanent Exhibit

Put an animal skeleton together, touch a real fossil, or observe a variety of live animals up close.

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Dogs! A Science Tail

Temporary Exhibit

Let curiosity be your guide and discover life from a dog's point of view in this fun temporary exhibition for humans!

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Energy in Action

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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Exciting Energy

Explore the sights, sounds, and amazing results of energy! Observe and predict how energy changes from one form to another.

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Explore: The Universe

Planetarium Show

Leave the Earth behind and take off with a Planetarium educator as your star pilot.

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Explore the Galaxy

Planetarium Show

Travel through the solar system and beyond in a tour of our stellar neighborhood.

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Explore the Solar System

Planetarium Show

Explore our beautiful solar system and its thousands of varied worlds that are changing the way we view our neighborhood in space.

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Exploring Laws of Motion

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

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Extreme Weather

IMAX Film

Take a thrilling journey through wildfires, tornadoes, and other extreme-weather conditions.

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Fantastic Forces

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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For Preschoolers: Live Animal Story Time

Hear a story and meet its animal star in a presentation made especially for our younger visitors!

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Guest Research Presentation

Meet biologists, engineers, astronomers, meteorologists, and more in person and ask them your questions.

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Hall of Human Life

Permanent Exhibit

The Museum's Hall of Human Life exhibition revolutionizes how people understand their own biology.

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Hands-On Laboratory

Help conduct real experiments using many of the tools and techniques of actual scientists.

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Health Headlines & Vital Signs

Book Health Headlines & Vital Signs for your Museum field trip today!

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Humpback Whales

IMAX Film

Travel to Alaska, Hawaii, and the Kingdom of Tonga to see how these whales communicate, sing, feed, play, and care for their young.

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Investigation Station

Think like a scientist as you gather evidence and look for answers. Topics vary from chemistry investigations to making your own electricity

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Journey to the South Pacific

IMAX Film

Swim with the world's largest shark, encounter mysterious creatures of the sea, and explore the planet's most spectacular coral reefs.

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KING TUT: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh at The Saunders Castle at Park Plaza

Temporary Exhibit

Members: Get 20% off tickets to this blockbuster exhibition at The Saunders Castle at Park Plaza, before they go on sale to the public!

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Laser Floyd: The Wall

Planetarium Show

Rediscover progressive rock band Pink Floyd's concept album — a rock opera set to laser lights.

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Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West

IMAX Film

Experience the danger and beauty of the unknown West as it unfolded before the eyes of Lewis and Clark.

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Lightning!

Explore lightning and storm safety as the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator hurls indoor bolts.

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Live Animal Care Center

Permanent Exhibit

Visit this viewing area for a peek at some of the stars of the Museum's Live Animal presentations.

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Live Animal Presentation

Discover the furry, feathered, and scaly residents of our Live Animal Center.

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Math Moves!: Experiencing Ratio and Proportion

Permanent Exhibit

Experience the mathematical concept of ratio in this interactive exhibit.

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Mathematica

Permanent Exhibit

Enjoy the wonder of mathematics and the beauty of post-modern design.

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Moons: Worlds of Mystery

Planetarium Show

Take a journey through our solar system and explore the remarkable diversity and surprising might of moons!

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Museum of Science: Then and Now

Permanent Exhibit

Learn the Museum's story through artifacts and interactive displays — from the "Chamber of Curiosities" to visions of the future.

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Nanotechnology

Permanent Exhibit

Explore the science of the super small in this exhibit developed by Museum-led NISE® Net (Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network)

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Natural Mysteries

Permanent Exhibit

Observe a reference library of interesting objects, experience enticingly mysterious environments, and participate in activities.

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New England Habitats

Permanent Exhibit

Explore windows into wide-ranging landscapes, model birds, casts of feet, antlers, beaks, and other touchable elements.

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Nicotine, Vaping & Science

Book Nicotine, Vaping & Science for your Museum field trip today!

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Science in the Park

Permanent Exhibit

Run, jump, swing, and use familiar objects to investigate the pushes and pulls of everyday life.

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Science Live!

A rotating schedule of live scientific discovery.

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Science Magic

Enjoy the science behind magical demonstrations that reveal how "Science is magic that works." (Kurt Vonnegut)

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Science Snapshot

Take a closer look at the latest in science and technology in our lives.

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Seeing Is Deceiving

Permanent Exhibit

Encounter dozens of examples of images that, on closer examination, are not what they appear to be at first glance.

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Super-Cold Science

Experience the extreme, even bizarre, effects heat and temperature have on solids, liquids, and gases.

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Take a Closer Look

Permanent Exhibit

Explore the world around you using sight, hearing, touch, and smell.

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The Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show

The atomic world as you've never seen before — hilarious, awe-inspiring, and educational!

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The Colby Trophy Room

Permanent Exhibit

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 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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The Drake Experience

Planetarium Show

Listen to – and watch – the music of Drake in an exciting new way under the Planetarium dome!

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The Fleetwood Mac Experience

Planetarium Show

The music of legendary band Fleetwood Mac is paired with striking visuals under the Charles Hayden Planetarium dome.

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The Light House

Permanent Exhibit

Explore the science behind light and color.

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The Prince Experience

Planetarium Show

Immerse yourself in the timeless sounds of Prince fused with sophisticated visuals under the Charles Hayden Planetarium dome.

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The Rock Garden

Permanent Exhibit

See petrified wood from Arizona, Egyptian granite, our own Roxbury puddingstone, and more.

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To the Moon

Permanent Exhibit

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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Transportation

Permanent Exhibit

Trains, boats, and a real-life steam engine! Explore the history of transportation as you observe actual machines and realistic replicas.

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Weather Wonders

Watch as indoor wind, clouds, fog, and snow are made right before your eyes!

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Weems Animal Sculptures

Permanent Exhibit

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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What I Eat: Around the World in 25 Diets

Temporary Exhibit

Explore how different cultures approach and consume food, including ranges in caloric intake, through photo essays and stories.

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What I Eat: Around the World in 25 Diets

What's Up in Space?

Discover the latest advances and innovations in robotic and human exploration of the solar system.

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Wicked Smart: Invented in the Hub

Permanent Exhibit

This exhibit showcases local inventions that have changed the world…and some that are about to!

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Wonders of the Night Sky

Planetarium Show

A live presenter takes you on a tour through the skies of New England, highlighting the top celestial sights of the season.

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Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River

Permanent Exhibit

This new signature experience invites you to observe the connections between natural habitats and engineered designs.

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