** coming soon **
Planetarium is closed until early 2011 due to renovations and technological updates.
Use your senses like a scientist to better observe the world.
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
Scientists use classification to uncover the natural world's hidden patterns and meanings. With its reference library of interesting objects, enticingly mysterious environments and hands-on activ
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
Act like a scientist and explore DNA, chemistry, and plant biology in the museum's drop-in laboratory.
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
Petrified wood from Arizona, Egyptian granite and Massachusetts' own Roxbury puddingstone are just some of the rock stars that can be found in this outdoor exhibit, where visitors can take a tour
Use your senses like a scientist to better observe the world.
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
Vision is a complex process, and the human brain has developed some very clever shortcuts to help us sort the useful visual information from the useless. Many of the illusions in this exhibit exploit
Sunlight is the world's largest energy resource, and more energy in the form of sunlight reaches Earth every hour than humans consume in a year. In this exhibit, visitors can learn how we can mak
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
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
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
With engaging interactives and stunning images, this exhibit takes you through the scales of weather: global, national, regional, local and personal. At the focus of the exhibit is a skill called &quo
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
Amy Stein will discuss the process of creating her dioramas inspired by true encounters between humans and wildlife
The world of maps is one of infinite possibilities. They help us navigate from here to there, but they can also be abstractions, diagrams of relationships or interactions over time. This exhibit shows
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.
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