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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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Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Arthropods constitute roughly 75% of all animal life on earth! Catch an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Museum's invertebrate Zoology Collection, and bug out with the museum professionals who are preserving the amazingly awesome diversity found in the Arthropoda. Stair access only. For all Collections Live programs no pre-registration is...
May Extended Hours ’til 9 p.m.
May Extended Hours ’til 9 p.m.
Enjoy all of the Museum's permanent science studios and the special Reinventing Reality exhibit until 9 p.m. on Wednesdays during the month of May! Plus, get a special encounter with some wandering dino friends around 5:30 p.m. Included with general admission or Reinventing Reality tickets. Reserve your Reinventing Reality tickets...
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3 events,
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays
Get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara regions and beyond! Weekly on Saturdays weather permitting. All Ages Included with admission/membership
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays return starting on May 6! Weather permitting, get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara region and beyond. Please visit sciencebuff.org for current accessibility to the rooftop. Rooftop access is included with general admission and FREE for Members.
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Home Composting with Worms! with BFLO Worm Works
Home Composting with Worms! with BFLO Worm Works
Join local entrepreneur and educator Myles Stubblefield of BFLO Worm Works to dig into why compost is important to our families and friends, who can help compost, and types of composting including vermicomposting. Each registration includes materials for one worm bin for the June 3 program; groups of up to...
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Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection is every Monday from 10am to 1pm. A lot goes on behind the scenes in our Collections Department. Unearth some of the projects our staff and volunteers are currently working on in Geology Storage. All ages. No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included...
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images is every Monday from 12:30pm-3:30pm. Have an interest in historic images? "Hidden Views: Salvaging Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science" is a project that aims to digitize almost 2,000 historical images relating to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, transforming them into available...
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3 events,
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Arthropods constitute roughly 75% of all animal life on earth! Catch an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Museum's invertebrate Zoology Collection, and bug out with the museum professionals who are preserving the amazingly awesome diversity found in the Arthropoda. Stair access only. For all Collections Live programs no pre-registration is...
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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. Registration required. $5 per child with museum admission Ages 3-5
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Behind-the-Scenes Collections Tours: Geology Rocks!
Behind-the-Scenes Collections Tours: 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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Science After Hours: Guess Whoo at Tifft Nature Preserve
Science After Hours: Guess Whoo at Tifft Nature Preserve
The Museum's June Science After Hours is headed to Tifft Nature Preserve (1200 Fuhrmann Blvd., Buffalo) for an outdoorsy twist on the popular board game! Get a crash course on our feathered friends that call Tifft home before you hit the trails and talk to helpful birders for hints, and...
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Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays
Get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara regions and beyond! Weekly on Saturdays weather permitting. All Ages Included with admission/membership
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays return starting on May 6! Weather permitting, get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara region and beyond. Please visit sciencebuff.org for current accessibility to the rooftop. Rooftop access is included with general admission and FREE for Members.
0 events,
2 events,
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection is every Monday from 10am to 1pm. A lot goes on behind the scenes in our Collections Department. Unearth some of the projects our staff and volunteers are currently working on in Geology Storage. All ages. No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included...
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images is every Monday from 12:30pm-3:30pm. Have an interest in historic images? "Hidden Views: Salvaging Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science" is a project that aims to digitize almost 2,000 historical images relating to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, transforming them into available...
0 events,
1 event,
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Arthropods constitute roughly 75% of all animal life on earth! Catch an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Museum's invertebrate Zoology Collection, and bug out with the museum professionals who are preserving the amazingly awesome diversity found in the Arthropoda. Stair access only. For all Collections Live programs no pre-registration is...
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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. Registration required. $5 per child with museum admission Ages 3-5
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Reinventing Reality Exhibit Closing Weekend
Explore the science, creativity, and innovation behind one of the fastest evolving technologies, virtual reality, and how it’s transforming the way we see and interact with the world. Presented in English and Spanish, Reinventing Reality combines STEM concepts with playful interactives to reveal how individual elements of VR work. See...
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays
Get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara regions and beyond! Weekly on Saturdays weather permitting. All Ages Included with admission/membership
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays return starting on May 6! Weather permitting, get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara region and beyond. Please visit sciencebuff.org for current accessibility to the rooftop. Rooftop access is included with general admission and FREE for Members.
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Community Health Day sponsored by Independent Health
Community Health Day sponsored by Independent Health
Community Health Day, sponsored by Independent Health, will take place on Monday, June 19, 2023. In addition to free museum admission, Community Health Day offers several health and wellness-focused activities for visitors of all ages from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Independent Health will offer free giveaways while supplies last...
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection is every Monday from 10am to 1pm. A lot goes on behind the scenes in our Collections Department. Unearth some of the projects our staff and volunteers are currently working on in Geology Storage. All ages. No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included...
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images is every Monday from 12:30pm-3:30pm. Have an interest in historic images? "Hidden Views: Salvaging Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science" is a project that aims to digitize almost 2,000 historical images relating to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, transforming them into available...
0 events,
2 events,
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Arthropods constitute roughly 75% of all animal life on earth! Catch an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Museum's invertebrate Zoology Collection, and bug out with the museum professionals who are preserving the amazingly awesome diversity found in the Arthropoda. Stair access only. For all Collections Live programs no pre-registration is...
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Behind-the-Scenes Tours: Cabinet of Curiosities
Behind-the-Scenes Tours: 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...
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2 events,
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays
Get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara regions and beyond! Weekly on Saturdays weather permitting. All Ages Included with admission/membership
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays return starting on May 6! Weather permitting, get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara region and beyond. Please visit sciencebuff.org for current accessibility to the rooftop. Rooftop access is included with general admission and FREE for Members.
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6 events,
SOLD OUT: Discovery Camp: Out of this World (Ages 3-4)
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: 3-4 Price: $310 per camper (BMS Members save 10%) Early Bird Discount: Register by May 1 to save 5% per camper per week....
SOLD OUT: Discovery Camp: Out of this World (Ages 5-6)
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: 5-6 Price: $310 per camper (BMS Members save 10%) Early Bird Discount: Register by May 1 to save 5% per camper per week....
SOLD OUT: 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....
SOLD OUT: Discovery Camp: Out of this World (Ages 9-10)
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: 9-10 Price: $310 per camper (BMS Members save 10%) Early Bird Discount: Register by May 1 to save 5% per camper per week....
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection
Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection is every Monday from 10am to 1pm. A lot goes on behind the scenes in our Collections Department. Unearth some of the projects our staff and volunteers are currently working on in Geology Storage. All ages. No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included...
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Collections Live: Processing Historic Images is every Monday from 12:30pm-3:30pm. Have an interest in historic images? "Hidden Views: Salvaging Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science" is a project that aims to digitize almost 2,000 historical images relating to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, transforming them into available...
2 events,
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays
Get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara regions and beyond! Weekly on Saturdays weather permitting. All Ages Included with admission/membership
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays
Solar Saturdays return starting on May 6! Weather permitting, get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara region and beyond. Please visit sciencebuff.org for current accessibility to the rooftop. Rooftop access is included with general admission and FREE for Members.
