Monday – Friday: 9:30 am – 5 pm
Saturday – Sunday: 10 am – 6 pm
Free Hours:
Friday: 2 pm – 5 pm
Sunday: 10 am – 11 am
Science in your backyard.
Discover over 450 exhibits, events, and workshops designed to engage ages 1 to 100. With over 100,000 square feet of indoor exhibition space, plus 60,000 square feet of outdoors, you’ve got room to explore!
Hold bugs, motorize and animate bugs, or take a carnivorous plant workshop at this one-day, annual event.
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Use giant slingshots to launch Angry Birds in our summer exhibition, Angry Birds Universe.
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NYSCI's mission is to nurture generations of passionate learners, critical thinkers, and active citizens through an approach we call Design Make Play.
Explore various animal homes and learn about habitats, the plants and animals within them, and how they are all connected.
Learn MoreHold bugs, motorize and animate bugs, or take a carnivorous plant workshop at this one-day, annual event.
Learn MoreLearn how to use basic woodworking tools like saws and clamps to create your own wooden Bobble Bug!
Learn MoreUse recycled materials to design and create your own crawly friend!
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NYSCI serves the most diverse audience of any science museum in America. We’re also making a difference globally, with our learning laboratories and apps.
Community Engagement
NYSCI is collaborating with the local community to build a rich ecosystem of STEM opportunities for educators, young people, & families in Queens.
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More than 600 students will participate in this free program that aims to stimulate interest among children in STEM.
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