Calendar
Each season offers exciting activities, special events, and experiences at the EcoTarium!
There is always something new happening both on our grounds and inside the museum building.
For info on Alden Planetarium shows and showtimes, click here!
For the Explorer Express Train schedule, click here!
To book an Otter Encounter, click here!
Featured Event
Check out the calendar below for all of our events!
Explorer Express Train
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterAll Aboard the Explorer Express train! Hop on our open-air passenger train cars for a scenic 12-minute ride, a relaxing and beautiful way to see the museum grounds. Tickets are…
Planetarium Show – One World, One Sky
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterOne World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure Do some stargazing and blast off to the moon with your friends from Sesame Street in One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s…
Science Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterWant more hands-on science? Catch our free, daily, educator-led Science Discovery programs. You might engineer a tower, meet an animal, concoct a potion, find a hidden rainbow, crack a code,…
Explorer Express Train
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterAll Aboard the Explorer Express train! Hop on our open-air passenger train cars for a scenic 12-minute ride, a relaxing and beautiful way to see the museum grounds. Tickets are…
Planetarium Show – Cosmic Adventure
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterCosmic Adventure Take a roller coaster ride from the moon through the universe; explore our galaxy and Solar System. Narrated by Nancy Cartwright of The Simpsons. Audience: Ages 4+ Length: Approx 20…
Explorer Express Train
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterAll Aboard the Explorer Express train! Hop on our open-air passenger train cars for a scenic 12-minute ride, a relaxing and beautiful way to see the museum grounds. Tickets are…
Science Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterWant more hands-on science? Catch our free, daily, educator-led Science Discovery programs. You might engineer a tower, meet an animal, concoct a potion, find a hidden rainbow, crack a code,…
Planetarium Show – Passport to the Universe
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterPassport to the Universe Tom Hanks narrates a trip out through the solar system to the Orion Nebula and back to Earth through a black hole simulation. Audience: All Ages. Best…
Explorer Express Train
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterAll Aboard the Explorer Express train! Hop on our open-air passenger train cars for a scenic 12-minute ride, a relaxing and beautiful way to see the museum grounds. Tickets are…
Animal Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterDiscover our resident animals! Are you curious about what our otters eat, how fast our snakes slither, or what our birds do in the winter? Get up close with one…
Explorer Express Train
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterAll Aboard the Explorer Express train! Hop on our open-air passenger train cars for a scenic 12-minute ride, a relaxing and beautiful way to see the museum grounds. Tickets are…
Planetarium Show – CAPCOM Go! The Apollo Story
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterCAPCOM Go! The Apollo Story Showcases the historical achievements of the Apollo program and what it took to put the first man on the moon. Audience: Ages 7+ Length: Approx 26 min…
Science Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterWant more hands-on science? Catch our free, daily, educator-led Science Discovery programs. You might engineer a tower, meet an animal, concoct a potion, find a hidden rainbow, crack a code,…
Explorer Express Train
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterAll Aboard the Explorer Express train! Hop on our open-air passenger train cars for a scenic 12-minute ride, a relaxing and beautiful way to see the museum grounds. Tickets are…
Planetarium Show – Habitat Earth
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterHabitat Earth Discover what it means to live in a biologically connected world above and below the surface of the water. Explore the tallest trees to the tiniest fungi. Audience: Ages…
Explorer Express Train
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterAll Aboard the Explorer Express train! Hop on our open-air passenger train cars for a scenic 12-minute ride, a relaxing and beautiful way to see the museum grounds. Tickets are…