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
Summer Event Series: Mud Day Saturday, June 27, 2026 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Looking for a chance to perfect your mud pie? Not bugged by bugs? Or maybe feathers tickle your fancy. Either way, you will have a BLAST(-off) at one…
Events for May 2, 2026
Breakfast with the Otters
Breakfast with the Otters 9:00 am – 10:00 am Multiple dates April 5 through September 12 You're invited to an exclusive breakfast with Worcester's favorite river otters! Join us for…
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,…
Cosmic Adventure
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterEmbrace your inner astronomer! Discover the wonders beyond Earth’s atmosphere in the only public planetarium in central Massachusetts. Take a roller coaster ride from the Moon, through the Solar System,…
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,…
Astronomy Live!
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterEmbrace your inner astronomer! Discover the wonders beyond Earth’s atmosphere in the only public planetarium in central Massachusetts. Join an educator for an interactive tour of the night sky, the…
Astronomy Live!
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterEmbrace your inner astronomer! Discover the wonders beyond Earth’s atmosphere in the only public planetarium in central Massachusetts. Join an educator for an interactive tour of the night sky, the…
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,…
CAPCOM Go! The Apollo Story
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterEmbrace your inner astronomer! Discover the wonders beyond Earth’s atmosphere in the only public planetarium in central Massachusetts. Armed with archival audio and video, celebrate the Apollo program’s incredible achievements…
Afternoon Astronomy
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, WorcesterMiss those beautiful winter skies? Look up anyway! Join us on Sundial Plaza to look through a telescope at the Moon or another planet, or if conditions don’t permit come…