EcoTarium
The EcoTarium is New England’s leading museum of science and nature, an indoor-outdoor experience dedicated to inspiring a passion for science and nature education in visitors of all ages. Located in Worcester, Massachusetts, guests are encouraged to explore three floors of indoor interactive exhibits, exciting shows in the digital planetarium, daily Science Discovery programs, live animal habitats, hikes through forest and meadow nature trails, outdoor imaginative play, and a train ride around the 45+ acre campus (seasonal).
Phone
508.929.2700
Email
info@ecotarium.org
Website
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Collection Connection
Explore 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
Want 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
Want 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
Animal Discovery
Discover 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 of our many live critters, and learn how we care for them at our zookeeper-led Animal Discovery Programs. Included with…
Science Discovery
Want 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
Museum Open!
The 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
Science Discovery
Want 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
Want 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
Want 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
Miss those beautiful winter skies? Look up anyway! Early 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 don’t permit come into the Alden Planetarium for an interactive guided tour of the evening sky!…