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 seasonal Explorer Express Train schedule, click here! (Our train is currently closed for the winter season!)
To book an Otter Encounter, click here!
Featured Event
Prehistoric Planet Vacation Week Programming February 17 – 21, 2025 10:00 am – 5:00 pm What was the world like when dinosaurs roamed the Earth? Dig into geology and paleontology with us to learn about the history of our planet…
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Collection Connection
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterExplore our private collection! The EcoTarium has thousands of specimens - fossils, gems, birds, weird things in jars - behind the scenes in our scientific collection. Come see something that…
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…
Science Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterWant more interactive 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,…
Afternoon Astronomy
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterEarly sunset got you down? Look up! Join us on Sundial Plaza to look through a telescope at the Moon or another planet, or if conditions do not permit come…