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Featured Exhibits
In addition to the more than 450 interactive displays that explain science and demystify the world, NYSCI also presents seasonal featured art and science exhibits that capture the imagination of all ages.
The Art of the Brick
September 28 to January 26, 2020
Experience The Art of the Brick, the world’s largest display of LEGO® art at NYSCI!
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April 22 to December 31
Solar Cat is the cutest solar panel ever made – and it can charge your phone, too!
Learn MoreImaging Women in the Space Age
July 13 to March 29, 2020
View vintage and current images of women as aviators and astronauts from fashion, television, film, pop culture and toys.
Learn MoreHistoric Hudson River – Artistic Visions
June 15 to November 3
This exhibition presents scenic views of the Hudson River and its surroundings.
Learn MoreWeather The Weather
September 8 to January 10, 2020
An International Exhibition of "Weather Inspired Art" by the SciArt Initiative.
Learn MoreGingerBread Lane 2019
November 23 to January 12, 2020
Homemade gingerbread houses made entirely of edible gingerbread, royal icing, and candy.
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With 100,000 plus square feet of indoor exhibition space, NYSCI presents more than 450 interactive displays that explain science and demystify the world.
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Connected Worlds
Presented in the iconic Great Hall, Connected Worlds immerses visitors in a fantastical animated world where your actions – gestures, movements, and decisions – impact how well the world is kept in balance.
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Design Lab
Design Lab encourages visitors to be creative while experimenting with structures, circuits, simple materials and more.
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Search for Life Beyond Earth
On Earth, wherever there is life, there is water. Are there other places in our solar system that might contain water and perhaps life?
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ACCESS
Explore ideas such as ecology, connected systems, sustainability and climate change through works created by artist-and-scientist teams.
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Scattered Light
Installed in inside the entrance to NYSCI, Scattered Light plays with space, light, color and perception, and changes as sunlight shifts around the building.
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Preschool Place
Preschool Place is the ideal space to explore, discover and build! Here our youngest visitors can experience multi-sensory activities in a safe, protected area.
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The Evolution – Health Connection
Explore the role of evolution and natural selection in health, illness, and prevention.
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Wild Minds
What animals really think.
Through videos, games, and displays, discover the similarities between human and animal cognition.
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Charlie & Kiwi’s Evolutionary Adventure
Seen through the eyes of Charlie, a young boy who is writing a report about his favorite bird—the kiwi, Charlie and Kiwi’s Evolutionary Adventure offers an engaging story, exhibits, and activities that introduce visitors to the basics of evolution.
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Seeing the Light
Explore the sense of sight, learning how humans see and perceive color and light, and how what we think we see often may not be what is actually there.
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Mathematica
The "Queen of the Sciences" for its intrinsic beauty, mathematics mothers a host of sciences & disciplines. Designed for IBM in 1961 by world-renowned designers Charles and Ray Eames, Mathematica is the first interactive exhibition devoted to Math.
Outdoor Exhibits
NYSCI’s 60,000 square feet of outdoor space lets you experience the Science Playground and an up-close view at vintage Atlas and Titan rockets with a nine-hole miniature golf course—proving that play really is rocket science!
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Science Playground
Through dozens of playground elements like slides, seesaws, sand pits, and fog machines, visitors of all ages and abilities can explore the scientific principles of motion, balance, sound, sight and simple machines, as well as sun, wind, and water.
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Rocket Park
Get a rare chance to explore some of the rockets and spacecraft that helped initiate the space race.
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Rocket Park Mini Golf
Rocket Park Mini Golf reveals that the same laws of motion and gravity that guide the path of a spaceship control the motion of golf balls here on Earth.
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