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 January is Science Sleuth Month!: Check our event calendar for the daily lineup of activities!

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January 2025

Family Get A Clue

NEW THIS YEAR! Join us for a family-friendly version of our popular museum mystery event! The Museum President’s lunch has been stolen, but who did it? Families work together at their own pace to collect evidence from museum staff stationed throughout the museum to catch the critter culprit. Designed for...
25 Jan
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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PigPen Cipher

Decode an encrypted message and make your own coded message with a pigpen cipher with this self-facilitated activity! Included with admission and free for members.
25 Jan
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Science Sleuth Partner: Wildwood Western New York

Meet Wildwood WNY, one of our environmental education partners, as they share tips and tricks for finding out “who” and “why” of the woods. Uncover relationships between species and commonly overlooked natural processes.  All ages. No pre-registration required, activity is included with regular Museum admission or free with BMS membership.
25 Jan
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Artifact Analysis! Stage Show

Join us every day in January during regular museum hours for special Science Sleuth Month demos/stage shows! What is an artifact and what can it tell us? Learn all about how anthropologists use artifacts to learn about people that lived long ago in this interactive stage show. Drop in; no...
25 Jan
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Ink Chromatography: Separating with Science

Join us every day in January during regular museum hours for special Science Sleuth Month demos/stage shows! Test your science sleuthing skills with this interactive demonstration on the science of chromatography. Join our staff as they demonstrate how scientists use chromatography to separate mixtures into their parts and solve mysteries....
25 Jan
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Sleuthing: Back to “Basics”

Join us every day in January during regular museum hours for special Science Sleuth Month demos/stage shows! Someone removed the labels from all our liquids! Help our science detectives figure out which mystery liquids are acids, and which are bases in this interactive demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included...
25 Jan
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Mixtures of Mysteries! Stage Show

Join us every day in January during regular museum hours for special Science Sleuth Month demos/stage shows! Inspire your inner scientist with these unexpected experiments! Put your knowledge of experiments to the test in this interactive stage show focused on the wonderful world of chemistry. Drop in; no registration required....
25 Jan
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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What Bug Was It?

Join us every day in Janaury during regular museum hours for special Science Sleuth Month demos/stage shows! What clues do insects leave behind for us to find? Join our science detectives to learn about all the different types of information scientists can gather from insects in this month’s edition of...
25 Jan
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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PigPen Cipher

Decode an encrypted message and make your own coded message with a pigpen cipher with this self-facilitated activity! Included with admission and free for members.
26 Jan
10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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What Animal Was It? Stage Show

Join us every day in January during regular museum hours for special Science Sleuth Month demos/stage shows! Who left this track? Who left this antler? Learn all about the clues animals leave behind and what scientist can learn from them in this interactive stage show. Drop in; no registration required....
26 Jan
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Fingerprint Forensics

Join us every day in January during regular museum hours for special Science Sleuth Month demos/stage shows! How do fingerprints help solve mysteries? Test your sleuthing skills and learn about the science of fingerprint identification in the interactive demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free for...
26 Jan
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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CSI: Museum Stage Show

Join us every day in January during regular museum hours for special Science Sleuth Month demos/stage shows! Something has gone missing at the museum, and we need your help to find it! Put your detective hat on, grab your magnifying glass, and put your sleuthing skills to the test to...
26 Jan
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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