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 our Homeschool Program and schedule, click here!
For info on Alden Planetarium shows and showtimes, click here!
For the seasonal Worcester Railers Explorer Express Train schedule, click here!
Featured Event
Frosty Festival Saturday & Sunday, December 6 & 7, 2025 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Join us for a winter festival that will light up your holiday season! Glide into winter magic with our BRAND NEW Sock Skating rink at…
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Budding Scientists
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterIn the Budding Scientists program, curious little explorers conduct simple, safe, science and nature explorations. You bring the curiosity, we'll provide the science fun. This is hands-on active and…
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…
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, WorcesterMiss those beautiful winter skies? Look up anyway! Early sunset got you down? Look up! Join us on Sundial Plaza to look through a telescope at the Moon or another…