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
Attack of the Bloodsuckers! Exhibit Opening & Ribbon Cutting Saturday, January 17, 2026 11:30 am – 12:00 pm The EcoTarium is excited to announce our newest traveling exhibit, Attack of the Bloodsuckers! Learn about mosquitoes, fleas, ticks, leeches, and other bloodsucking…
Events
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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…
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Animal Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesDiscover our resident animals! Are you curious about what our otters eat, how fast our snakes slither, or what our birds do in the winter? Get up close with one…
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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,…
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Afternoon Astronomy
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesMiss those beautiful winter skies? Look up anyway! Join us on Sundial Plaza and look at the Moon, the Sun, or the beautiful world around us. Or, if the weather…
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Museum Open!
Featured RecurringEcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesThe EcoTarium is open! Join us for a full day of fun! To find a list of holidays where the museum is open to the public, click here! Get Tickets
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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,…
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Animal Discovery
EcoTarium 222 Harrington Way, Worcester, MA, United StatesDiscover our resident animals! Are you curious about what our otters eat, how fast our snakes slither, or what our birds do in the winter? Get up close with one…