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 9, 2026
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,…
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…
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…
Speaker Series: Astrophysics
Speaker: Andrew Couperus, Smith College May 9, 2026 5:00 – 5:45 pm The Most Common Stars in the Universe You’ve Never Seen Before The vast majority of stars in the…