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.
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Featured Event
Check out the calendar below for all of our events!
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
Lunar New Year
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesLunar New Year February 10, 2024 10:00 am - 5:00 pm The EcoTarium invites you to our Lunar New Year celebration, featuring a live Lion Dance performance by the Imperial Lion Dance Team! Join us to experience special educator-led programs, planetarium shows, and tabletop activities where we'll discover cycles in nature and movement in space!…
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
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
Speaker Series: Astrophysics
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesSpeaker: Tim Brothers, Dark Sky Massachusetts and Wallace Astrophysical Observatory Saturday, February 10 5:00 pm – 5:45 pm Taking Back the Night Our night sky is in crisis as the fastest growing environmental problem, light pollution, turns night into day. Not just a threat to stars, excessive lighting poses a danger to many creatures, including…