Museum of Science Discovery Center
Designed for children from birth to age eight and their accompanying grownups, the Discovery Center offers an assortment of fun, hands-on activities that are designed to encourage discovery through play. An ideal area for early learners, this educational environment emphasizes the use of real objects and has an extensive teaching collection for exploring natural history, physical science, and technology topics.
You"ll also find interactive animal exhibits, dinosaur exhibits and loads of other things to do.
Some of the activies we especially enjoy are the:
- Archaeology Excavation
- Bubble-ology
- Capillary Action Butterflies
- Copter Engineering
- Fingerprint Detectives
- Hoop Glider Engineering
- Oobleck
- Owl Pellet Dissection
- Paper Bridge Engineering
- Secret Messages
- Slime Chemistry
The Discovery Center is open daily, 10 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., and until 7:30 on Friday evenings. During the summer and school vacation weeks, hours are extended; see the Young Children's Community Calendar (at right) or call 617-589-0433 for more information.
