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
Speaker: Alex Gianninas, Connecticut College Saturday, October 12 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm How and Why We Perform Stellar Autopsies When the vast majority of stars, including our very own Sun, reach the end of their lives they will ultimately…
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Science Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesWant 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, examine mysterious bones, or put your senses to the test! Included with the cost of admission. Get Tickets
Science Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesWant 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, examine mysterious bones, or put your senses to the test! Included with the cost of admission. Get Tickets
Otter Encounter
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesDiscover our resident otters! Slydell and Daisy are inviting you to lunch! Get up close to our otters, feed them their favorite foods, and learn how we care for them at our zookeeper-led Otter Encounters. Tickets are not included with the cost of admission. Learn More Get Tickets
Science Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesWant 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, examine mysterious bones, or put your senses to the test! Included with the cost of admission. Get Tickets
Collection Connection
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesExplore 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 isn't on display every day! Included with the cost of admission. Get Tickets
Science Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesWant 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, examine mysterious bones, or put your senses to the test! Included with the cost of admission. Get Tickets
Afternoon Astronomy
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesEarly 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 into the Alden Planetarium for an interactive guided tour of the evening sky! Included with the cost of admission. Get Tickets