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 birde......More

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 use the process of elimination to correctly Guess Whoo! Regroup after the trails and try out one of our many board games in the Darling Education Center. Rain or shine dress appropriately for the trails. Ages 21+ photo ID required. Beer and wine available for purchase. Guests are welcome to bring their own snacks to eat in the Education Center at Tifft. $25 per person. Buffalo Museum of Science Members save 10%.

Tifft Nature Preserve, 1200 Fuhrmann Boulevard, Buffalo, NY, 14203, United States

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.

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

Solar Saturdays

Get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara regions and beyond! Weekly on Saturdays weather permitting. All Ages Included with admission/membership

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

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-reg......More

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 with Museum admission, and free for members.  

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

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 t......More

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 resources. Get a glimpse of some of these images and learn about the process that will make them available to all. This project is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities All ages Included with Museum admission and free for members

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

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 Arth......More

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 required, activity is ongoing, included with Museum admission, and free for members. Due to staff availability, times and themes for Collections Live may be subject to change or cancellation. If interested in a specific program, please check our website, or call ahead for any updates.

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

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

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

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 play......More

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 your 3-D body mapped out as a colorful cloud of dots, feel the peculiar sensation of being in a virtual body and step into spectacular virtual worlds. Looking into a giant stereoscope viewer, interacting with the latest eye-tracking technology and visiting immersive virtual worlds, visitors discover how VR uses—and sometimes fools—our senses to make the virtual world seem real. Reinventing Reality also introduces you to the social impacts of VR. From treating patients to training astronauts and designing cars and new products, the creation of simulated experiences in VR impacts almost every industry. The exhibit features 15 unique interactive displays as 12 VR experience pods, six careers and creators modules, and opportunities to step into the vastly different, family-friendly virtual worlds with licensed VR games including Angry Birds VR, Synth Riders, and Artist VR. Tickets are available now at sciencebuff.org. Due to the hands-on nature of the exhibit and limited capacity, we strongly encourage tickets to be purchased prior to visiting, particularly during weekends and school breaks. Sponsored by: M&T, Bond, Schoeneck & King Age: All ages Cost: $26 adults $23 children, seniors, students, & military | $6 for members

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

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.

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

Solar Saturdays

Get a rooftop view of the Buffalo Niagara regions and beyond! Weekly on Saturdays weather permitting. All Ages Included with admission/membership

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

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-reg......More

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 with Museum admission, and free for members.  

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

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 ......More

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 and a variety of health and wellness activities, including a family fitness activity from YMCA Buffalo Niagara, an obstacle course courtesy of the Independent Health Wellness Team, PlayStreets programming through the Police Athletic League of Buffalo, Reddy Bikeshare demonstrations, a special appearance by Billy Buffalo, and more. Community partners representing a range of health and wellness resources will be on site, including UB Environmental health studies, New York Life’s Child ID program, and Crisis Services. There will also be a special storytime in the SensERIE early childhood space led by the BMS highlighting the significance of Juneteenth. All four floors of the Museum and its interactive science studios will be open for guests to explore. Families can also take part in a scavenger hunt and quiz in Explore YOU presented by Independent Health, the Museum’s health-focused science studio designed to provide a hands-on approach to understanding the human body and importance of healthy behaviors. Community Health Day activities run until 2 p.m. the Museum will remain open until 4 p.m. Registration is not required for this free event.

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States

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 t......More

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 resources. Get a glimpse of some of these images and learn about the process that will make them available to all. This project is funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities All ages Included with Museum admission and free for members

Buffalo Museum of Science, 1020 Humboldt Parkway, Buffalo, NY, 14211, United States