Special Events

Fingerprint Forensics

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special 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 BMS members.

02 Jan

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Secret Messages

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! Put on your best detective hat and create your own secret code by learning about codes and ciphers throughout history in this fun hands-on demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free for BMS members.

02 Jan

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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CSI: Museum Stage Show

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special 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 solve a mystery in this...

02 Jan

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Artifact Analysis

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special 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 demo. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and...

02 Jan

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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What’s in the Box? Science Through Our Senses

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! Put your best science-sleuthing skills to the test with our mystery boxes! Use your sense of touch and deductive reasoning to figure out what’s in the box in this interactive demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included with...

02 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 weekend during regular museum hours for special 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 with admission and free for...

02 Jan

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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DNA Detectives

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! What is DNA and how does it help solve mysteries? Become a science sleuth as you help extract DNA and learn how it can help solve crimes in this interactive demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included with...

02 Jan

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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What Animal Was It? Stage Show

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special 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. Included with admission and free...

02 Jan

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Artifact Analysis

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special 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 demo. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and...

03 Jan

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

View Detail

What’s in the Box? Science Through Our Senses

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! Put your best science-sleuthing skills to the test with our mystery boxes! Use your sense of touch and deductive reasoning to figure out what’s in the box in this interactive demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included with...

03 Jan

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Fingerprint Forensics

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special 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 BMS members.

03 Jan

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Secret Messages

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! Put on your best detective hat and create your own secret code by learning about codes and ciphers throughout history in this fun hands-on demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free for BMS members.

03 Jan

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

View Detail