** coming soon **
Planetarium is closed until early 2011 due to renovations and technological updates.
Come see the Blue Man Group performing live at the Charles Playhouse in Boston MA
This park-like setting invites visitors to run, jump, swing and use familiar objects like playground equipment and bicycle parts to investigate the pushes and pulls of everyday life: the forces that s
Use your senses like a scientist to better observe the world.
In the Fossil Mammal Hall learn about the evolution of hoofed creatures, including some bizarre forms that emerged when South America was an island continent. See the fossilized skeleton of a 2,200-po
This exhibit introduces the exciting adventure of astronomical discovery through hands-on activities, 3-D models, computer activities and historic artifacts.
Amy Stein will discuss the process of creating her dioramas inspired by true encounters between humans and wildlife
The evolutionary history of vertebrates began more than 500 million years ago (mya). In Romer Hall explore this history with fossils including the 42-foot long Kronosaurus from 153 mya, a plateosaurus
Part of the merger between the Museum of Science and the Computer Museum, this exhibit highlights the history of computing and uses historical artifacts to illustrate how human needs have led to new t
Get a feel for New England's natural environment with these classic dioramas. In addition to these windows on wide-ranging landscapes, the exhibit's model birds, casts of feet, antlers, beak
'To The Moon' tells the story of the Apollo program through artifacts that show the jump in the technology capability that allowed the astronauts to successfully land on the moon.
This exhibit is presents in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the first Moon landing and President Kennedy's grand vision that made the achievement possible. In 1961, President Kennedy chall
Katharine Lane Weems (1899-1989), a Boston-born artist, donated her collection to the Museum of Science to demonstrate the many connections between science and art. There are 30 bronze sculptures of a
Every year the Museum of Science creates a display about the Draper Prize winners and their invention. This year (2010) honors Sir Timothy Berners-Lee who invented the World Wide Web.
Use your senses like a scientist to better observe the world.
Created by the famous design team of Charles and Ray Eames, this has been a favorite exhibit since it opened at the Museum of Science in 1981. The Eames wanted to provide an opportunity for everyone t
Ranging from radio waves (larger than a football field) to gamma rays (a billion times smaller than a pinhead), wavelengths are all invisible to the human eye, except for the section of the spectrum k
Re-creation of Colonel Francis T. Colby's den in Hamilton, Massachusetts.
Fish in a school, the spread of fads and fireflies flashing in sync are examples of systems in which there is no leader in charge, but patterns will still emerge from simple interactions among individ
The Hall of Mammals is the oldest gallery in the museum, with a 19th century arrangement of specimens that includes a full-sized giraffe and three whale skeletons suspended from the rafters. In the ba
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