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Planetarium is closed until early 2011 due to renovations and technological updates.
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.
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
Use your senses like a scientist to better observe the world.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Amy Stein will discuss the process of creating her dioramas inspired by true encounters between humans and wildlife
'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
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
Re-creation of Colonel Francis T. Colby's den in Hamilton, Massachusetts.
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
This exhibit introduces the exciting adventure of astronomical discovery through hands-on activities, 3-D models, computer activities and historic artifacts.
Act like a scientist and explore DNA, chemistry, and plant biology in the museum's drop-in laboratory.
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