Exhibits

On Display Now!

If your parents never let you break open your Etch A Sketch® to find out how it works, or if you’ve been wondering how to stop your toddler’s push toy from making such an infernal racket, you’ll love The exhibition includes hands-on stations illustrating the simple mechanisms commonly found in toys.

Peek inside some popular toys! Explore linkages, cams, pulleys and circuits. Steady your hands and win at Operation®! Activate different electrical circuits. Discover what makes Jack jump. Crank gears and make toys spin! Find out which mechanisms make toys move, and how!

On Display September 2018-January 2019

The Beta Zone

We're testing out new ideas and we need your feedback. Over the next few months we'll be building and showcasing some homemade exhibits. If you like them, let us know. If you don't like them, let us know how to make them better. We'll take all your feedback and upgrade our homemade projects to turn them into new, awesome exhibits. Look for the "Beta Zone" icon on each exhibit and leave comments in our suggestion box!

Check out our newest addition to our Engineering Zone, Pentominoes!
This fun exhibit will challenge your problem solving skills and get you thinking about all the different ways you can organize these blocks!

Staff Experiments

Legend has it that a Mountain Dew will dissolve a rodent in 30 days or less. So, being the good scientists we are... we're testing that theory.

This experiment has ended, but stay tuned for the video of results!

Permanent Collections

Reflection Zone

A mirror can be used in so many ways! We're used to regular mirrors: Flat mirrors, mounted on a vertical surface. But when they're tilted—or better yet, curved—mirrors can show us things we might not expect. Can a mirror take away gravity?

Engineering Zone

Come construct and create with a variety of building materials in our Engineering Zone. Kids start developing their engineering skills the first time they stack two blocks. Young children love to develop their design skills with building toys, and we have plenty!

Check out some of the new pieces of our Engineering Zone!

The RiverRail Tot Spot!

Fun for ages birth to pre-K, our toddler
area is designed for little ones to
explore safely while siblings explore in
The Science Zone. We welcome parents
to bring a coffee and socialize!

Zoo Zone

For years scientists around the world have used animals to help us understand our earth. Bring your kids down to the Zoo Zone so that they too may begin to learn all about our amazing planet!

Click Below to Adopt an Animal!

Adopt an Animal Program!

The Bubble Zone

Who doesn't like to play with bubbles? At The Science Zone we love bubbles so much we've dedicated a whole area to them. We have a huge bubble table that makes some of the biggest bubbles you'll ever see! This is one of our favorite areas because it just allows kids to be kids. But parents, don't worry you can join in the fun too!