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.


Our Events
Calendar of Events
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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....
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....
SOLD OUT: Discovery Camp: Out of this World (Ages 3-4)
Are you a future artist? Explore different mediums in a week of art making, creativity, and inspiration from the natural world. 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. Early bird discount will be combined...
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Collections Live: Study Skins – The Science of Preservation
Collections Live: Study Skins – The Science of Preservation
Collections Live: Study Skins – The Science of Preservation is every Tuesday from 10am to 1pm on the Museum’s third floor. Join collections staff in our Specimen Preparation Lab where you will delve into the macabre world of preserving flesh, skin, and bones. Uncover the significance of each specimen 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
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Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda is every Wednesday from 10am to 1pm on the Museum’s fourth floor (stair access only). 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 museum professionals who are...
Collections Live: Geology with Joe
Collections Live: Geology with Joe
Collections Live: Geology with Joe is every Wednesday from 11am to 2pm on the Museum’s third floor. Bring your mystery rocks and fossils and learn how to identify and catalog your collection. No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included with Museum admission, and free for members. All Ages For all...
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Planetarium Shows – SOLD OUT
Planetarium Shows – SOLD OUT
Join our Astronomy staff on a tour of the skies over the Queen City and beyond. From solar and lunar eclipses to the vast expanse of space, this program gives people of all ages the chance to ask questions and guide the program for a unique experience each time. Please...
Daytime Behind-the-Scenes Collections Tours: Geology Rocks!
Daytime 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...
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
Powerful Soil for Powerful Food with BFLO Worm Works
Powerful Soil for Powerful Food with BFLO Worm Works
Join local entrepreneur and educator Myles Stubblefield of BFLO Worm Works to dig into how compost is important to our families and friends and FOOD. Learn how to cultivate compost with worms, and how to grow strong healthy plants. Each registration includes materials for one worm bin; groups of up...
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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. (Staff and volunteers processing geology specimens: databasing, inventory, storage, photography, etc.) 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...
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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4 events,
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda is every Wednesday from 10am to 1pm on the Museum’s fourth floor (stair access only). 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 museum professionals who are...
Collections Live: Geology with Joe
Collections Live: Geology with Joe
Collections Live: Geology with Joe is every Wednesday from 11am to 2pm on the Museum’s third floor. Bring your mystery rocks and fossils and learn how to identify and catalog your collection. No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included with Museum admission, and free for members. All Ages For all...
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...
Cancelled – SciNight: Physical Physics
Cancelled – SciNight: Physical Physics
Feel like a kid again with large-scale demonstrations and experiments. Gain practical insights into the laws and properties of matter and energy. A body at rest will remain at rest, but this full-participation auditorium program will get you moving! Limited space available. $30 per participant* Ages 18+
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BubbleFEST 2023 – tickets on sale now!
BubbleFEST 2023 – tickets on sale now!
Our annual celebration of bubble science is BACK! At BubbleFEST, participate in family-friendly bubble activities and demonstrations, bubble crafts and much more! From bubble walls to bubble windows, bubble tools, bubbles in nature, frozen bubbles, and bubble pools, this event bubbles over with FUN every year! Special guest Buffalo Foam...
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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. (Staff and volunteers processing geology specimens: databasing, inventory, storage, photography, etc.) 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...
CANCELLED 9/18: Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
CANCELLED 9/18: Collections Live: Processing Historic Images at the Buffalo Museum of Science
This event will not take place on September 18. We apologize for any inconvenience. 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...
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2 events,
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda is every Wednesday from 10am to 1pm on the Museum’s fourth floor (stair access only). 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 museum professionals who are...
Collections Live: Geology with Joe
Collections Live: Geology with Joe
Collections Live: Geology with Joe is every Wednesday from 11am to 2pm on the Museum’s third floor. Bring your mystery rocks and fossils and learn how to identify and catalog your collection. No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included with Museum admission, and free for members. All Ages For all...
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1 event,
Twilight at the Museum: Seeing the Solar System – SOLD OUT
Twilight at the Museum: Seeing the Solar System – SOLD OUT
Our final Twilight night of the summer! The beginning of autumn brings longer nights, and a chance to see some of the most beautiful worlds in our own celestial neighborhood: planets, moons and more. These Friday night evenings for all ages offer twilight talks with astronomers, observations of celestial objects...
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
Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY Cooking Demonstration
Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY Cooking Demonstration
Join us around the kitchen table for a special cooking demonstration presented by the Hispanic Heritage Council of WNY. Our first-floor demonstration kitchen will be open from 1pm - 2pm featuring homestyle Hispanic and Latino recipes. Included with Museum admission and free for members. All Ages
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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. (Staff and volunteers processing geology specimens: databasing, inventory, storage, photography, etc.) 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...
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,
3 events,
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda
Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda is every Wednesday from 10am to 1pm on the Museum’s fourth floor (stair access only). 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 museum professionals who are...
Collections Live: Geology with Joe
Collections Live: Geology with Joe
Collections Live: Geology with Joe is every Wednesday from 11am to 2pm on the Museum’s third floor. Bring your mystery rocks and fossils and learn how to identify and catalog your collection. No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included with Museum admission, and free for members. All Ages For all...
Behind-the-Scenes Collections Tours: Cabinet of Curiosities
Behind-the-Scenes Collections 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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Step Up For Science
Step Up For Science
Join the Buffalo Museum of Science on Saturday, September 30 for a festive evening in support of the Museum's mission. Step up for science and help us advance science learning in WNY. The entire museum will be open to explore with food and cocktails, live entertainment, and fun activities. Ages...