MUSEUM HOURS:

We’re always up to something fun
From camps and lectures, to annual day-long events celebrating things like bubbles and dinosaurs, to fundraisers like Beerology, to workshops and classes, we’re always up to something fun! Check out our events calendar for upcoming can’t-miss dates.


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Wee Explorer Storytime
Wee Explorer Storytime
Connect your child with curiosity through the magic of stories! Enjoy a book read-along with a fun hands-on experiment in the Sprouts classroom. All materials provided. Age: Ages 3-5 Cost: $5 per child. Registration required.
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Get a Clue: Challenge Edition
Get a Clue: Challenge Edition
This January, our popular adults-only museum mystery game will feature new (and more!) suspects, weapons, and possible scenes of the crime… and now, CHALLENGES! In addition to the traditional game of questioning witnesses to gather clues, teams may participate in optional challenges to help determine “whodunit”. Was it the Ben...
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Pay What You Wish Day, Sponsored by Moog
Pay What You Wish Day, Sponsored by Moog
On Monday, January 16, celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with joyful exploration of science! Pay the admission you wish all day long from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All admission contributions, big or small, will support our mission. Adventure through all four floors of the Buffalo Museum of Science...
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SOLD OUT!: Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Geology Rocks!
SOLD OUT!: Behind-the-Scenes Tour: Geology Rocks!
Holmes! What kind of rock is this? Sedimentary, my dear Watson. Learn why this and other CoRn Y jokes are funny by investigating the Museum’s Geology Collection. What you see on display is just the tip of the iceberg. Come behind the scenes and see the rock cycle, marvel at...
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NEW! Daytime Behind the Scenes Tour: Geology Rocks!
NEW! Daytime Behind the Scenes Tour: Geology Rocks!
Holmes! What kind of rock is this? Sedimentary, my dear Watson. Learn why this and other CoRn Y jokes are funny by investigating the Museum’s Geology Collection. What you see on display is just the tip of the iceberg. Come behind the scenes and see the rock cycle, marvel at...
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WNYIC is LIT!
WNYIC is LIT!
In this engaging workshop for teachers of K-3rd grade and teachers of ELL/ESL you’ll learn to use your favorite children’s books to spark IMAGINATION, enhance students’ LITERACY SKILLS, and promote INVENTIVE THINKING. The lessons are based on each step of the 7-STEP INVENTION PROCESS. Your students will identify and creatively...
Inventive Thinking Workshop for Educators
Inventive Thinking Workshop for Educators
In this engaging workshop (for teachers of 4th-8th grade), you’ll learn many tools for each step of the 7-STEP INVENTION PROCESS using SIX PROJECT-BASED CHALLENGES. Your students will learn to use Inventive Thinking to identify and solve obstacles in their lives and the lives of those around them. For more...
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Discovery Camp: Out of this World (Ages 7-8
Discovery Camp: Out of this World (Ages 7-8
Blast into outer space in an adventure across the galaxy investigating stars, planets, and the unknown. Do you have what it takes to be a space explorer? Age: 7-8 Price: $310 per camper (BMS Members save 10%) Early Bird Discount: Register by May 1 to save 5% per camper per week....
Sci-Night: Behind the Scenes Tour: Cabinet of Curiosities
Sci-Night: Behind the Scenes Tour: Cabinet of Curiosities
Take a peek into the Vertebrate Zoology Collection's spine-tingling Cabinet of Curiosities to explore the mind bending stories of some of nature's unique freaks, morbid mistakes, and seemingly scientific impossibilities! Marvel at obscure oddities, glimpse the wildly unusual, and satisfy your macabre interests. Feeling enticed yet? We invite (dare) you...
SciNight: Galaxy Art
SciNight: Galaxy Art
Unlock the elemental nature of deep space in this art and science workshop. Using watercolor and ink you will materialize your own unique and surprising galaxies and nebulae on notecards and paper. Age: 18+ Cost: $30 per participant, BMS Members save 10%
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NEW! Daytime Behind the Scenes Tour
NEW! Daytime Behind the Scenes Tour
Take a peek into the Vertebrate Zoology Collection's spine-tingling Cabinet of Curiosities to explore the mind bending stories of some of nature's unique freaks, morbid mistakes, and seemingly scientific impossibilities! Marvel at obscure oddities, glimpse the wildly unusual, and satisfy your macabre interests. Feeling enticed yet? We invite (dare) you...
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Art of Science
Art of Science
Create your own science craft and learn how it relates to one of our interactive science studios. All materials provided. Age: 3-5 Cost: $5 per child. Registration required.
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Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a museum? Museums take care of ‘collections’ – but what does that mean? Collections LIVE is a new initiative to turn the museum ‘inside-out’! Previously backstage activities will be taking place in public spaces – check out what goes into cataloging...
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a museum? Museums take care of ‘collections’ – but what does that mean? Collections LIVE is a new initiative to turn the museum ‘inside-out’! Previously backstage activities will be taking place in public spaces – check out what goes into cataloging...