Family & Public Programs

DinoFEST 2026: Roar & Explore Weekend

For DinoFEST 2026, we’re expanding to TWO full days of our annual celebration of dinosaurs, geology, and paleontology! Enjoy all your favorite DinoFEST activities, and check out some new experiences! Explore our oversized foam dino dig pit Get your hands dirty in our oobleck pits Keep your dino-hunting eyes peeled...

21 Mar

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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DinoFEST 2026: Roar & Explore Weekend

For DinoFEST 2026, we’re expanding to TWO full days of our annual celebration of dinosaurs, geology, and paleontology! Enjoy all your favorite DinoFEST activities, and check out some new experiences! Explore our oversized foam dino dig pit Get your hands dirty in our oobleck pits Keep your dino-hunting eyes peeled...

22 Mar

10:00 am - 5:00 pm

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Collections Live: Geology with Joe

Bring your mystery rocks and fossils and learn how to create and catalog your own collection. Collections Live! is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. All Ages Due to staff availability,...

25 Mar

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Lecture: Wonderful Cambrian Beasts and Where to Find Them

Science Buff Lecture Series Featuring Javier Ortega-Hernandez, PhD Harvard University 2025-2026 Paleontological Society Distinguished Lecturer Time: 7:00PM Museum is open from 5 to 9 p.m. The Cambrian fossil record is famously full of so-called “weird wonders”, extinct soft-bodied organisms with an otherworldly appearance that have captured the imagination of researchers...

26 Mar

7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Collections Live: Cataloging – A Work in Progress

A lot goes on behind the scenes in the Collections Department! Get a glimpse of inventory and cataloging procedures and learn about what goes in to caring for a museum collection.  No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included with Museum admission, and free for members. All ages Included with Museum...

27 Mar

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Collections Live: Mussel Memory

Take a moment to wade into our Digital Imaging Lab to reveal how digitization has brought our Freshwater Mussel Collection out of memories past and into the forefront of current research. Collections Live! is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office...

27 Mar

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Au-Some Night at the Museum: DinoFEST

Enjoy sensory-friendly dino and paleontology activities in a calm atmosphere with limited exhibit sounds throughout the Museum. A limited number of sensory backpacks including sound dampening headphones, visual communication cards, and fidgets will be available upon request, along with dedicated quiet areas on the 1st and 4th floors and balcony....

27 Mar

5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Collections Live: Geology with Joe

Bring your mystery rocks and fossils and learn how to create and catalog your own collection. Collections Live! is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. All Ages Due to staff availability,...

01 Apr

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Collections Live: Cataloging – A Work in Progress

A lot goes on behind the scenes in the Collections Department! Get a glimpse of inventory and cataloging procedures and learn about what goes in to caring for a museum collection.  No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included with Museum admission, and free for members. All ages Included with Museum...

03 Apr

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Collections Live: Mussel Memory

Take a moment to wade into our Digital Imaging Lab to reveal how digitization has brought our Freshwater Mussel Collection out of memories past and into the forefront of current research. Collections Live! is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office...

03 Apr

2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Collections Live: Geology with Joe

Bring your mystery rocks and fossils and learn how to create and catalog your own collection. Collections Live! is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. All Ages Due to staff availability,...

08 Apr

11:00 am - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Collections Live: Cataloging – A Work in Progress

A lot goes on behind the scenes in the Collections Department! Get a glimpse of inventory and cataloging procedures and learn about what goes in to caring for a museum collection.  No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included with Museum admission, and free for members. All ages Included with Museum...

10 Apr

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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