Buffalo Museum of Science

Buffalo Museum of Science The Buffalo Museum of Science is located at Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Buffalo, New York.
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Rooted in the belief that science creates opportunities and shapes our world, the Buffalo Museum of Science is a non-profit educational institution dedicated to providing relevant science programming to learners of all ages in the Buffalo Niagara region. Through interactive science studios and exhibits designed for multi-generational learning, the Museum showcases its extensive collection of more

than 700,000 specimens and artifacts representing all facets of the natural world with an emphasis on Western New York. With a focus on raising the science literacy in the Buffalo Niagara area and beyond, the Museum offers hands-on workshops, camps, panel discussions, guided tours and enhance learning opportunities for its guests and community. The programs of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences are supported in part by public funds from the County of Erie; City of Buffalo; New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation; and our members and friends.

06/01/2026

Happy first day of (meteorological) summer, WNY! ☀️☀️☀️

Meteorologists break the seasons up equally throughout the year to track weather and climate patterns more accurately year to year, since the solstices and equinoxes fall on different days and times each year. Here's what the meteorological calendar looks like:

🌷Spring: March 1
☀️Summer: June 1
🍂Fall: September 1
❄️Winter: December 1

Astronomical summer (summer solstice) starts on June 21 at 4:24 a.m.

Check out this newly digitized photo of the Museum from over 90 years ago! 😲📸The original photo was snapped in 1934 at t...
05/28/2026

Check out this newly digitized photo of the Museum from over 90 years ago! 😲

📸The original photo was snapped in 1934 at the Museum as crews unloaded exhibit materials the Museum acquired from the Century of Progress Exhibition after it closed in Chicago. We’re excited to announce that it is one of 1,200 images in our historical negative collection that have now been digitized thanks to funding under an Access and Innovation Grant—a member grant awarded to the Museum by the Western New York Library Resources Council - WNYLRC.

We’ll be adding more of these sneak peeks into our history on the New York Heritage Digital Collection’s website throughout the year: https://nyheritage.org/collections/hidden-views-salvaging-historic-images-buffalo-society-natural-sciences

05/28/2026

In case you missed the meteor yesterday: take a look at this incredible dashcam video of it streaking over Toronto!

We're still a little shooting-starstruck at the museum 🤩Thank you for sharing, Renee Doucette!

05/27/2026

Did you hear a loud boom around 5:00 this morning? Maybe you saw a bright flash in the sky? That was a meteor whizzing across the skies of WNY!

If you were lucky enough to catch it on camera, we'd love to see it! Message us your videos and we'll share them on our pages (with credit) 🎥

05/21/2026

Not so long from now, in a museum very close by.... we're taking you and your family on Cosmic Adventures to galaxies far, far away!

Join us Saturday from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. for hands-on learning with real experts from Moog and Challenger Center of O.N.E. about space and what it takes to explore the cosmos. 🚀🛸 It's included in the price of admission and is FREE for members!

05/15/2026

THEY WROTE IT DOWN 🐛🦋

Josh is right. Metamorphosis IS high concept.

05/14/2026

*PERMUTATION (noun): an ordered arrangement of a set of objects, or the act of changing the order of a set of objects.*

🤓 Turns out there's a ton of math and science both on and off the field in the world of sports! The NFL's rules for schedule making mean that each team's regular season schedule has AT LEAST 2.85 QUADRILLION—that's 15 zeroes 🤯—permutations. The basic formula looks like this: 17! x 8.

Here's why:
🏈 17 games played = 17 possible matchups for each week: so you multiply 17 x 16 x 15... and so on all the way to 1
🏈 8 possible weeks in which there could be a bye, so multiply that huge number by 8

Let’s talk about owl vomit... in the most wholesome way possible.Owl pellets are basically the OG “surprise toy,” except...
05/05/2026

Let’s talk about owl vomit... in the most wholesome way possible.

Owl pellets are basically the OG “surprise toy,” except instead of something plastic that you'll put away and never think about again, you’ll find tiny bones, fur, and clues about an owl’s dinner menu.

Check out our Family Workshop: Owl Pellet Dissection on May 9 and become wildlife detectives as we safely dissect pellets and discover what owls have been snacking on.

Gross? A little.
Fun? Absolutely, and the kids will love it!

Register now: https://www.sciencebuff.org/event/family-workshop-owl-pellet-dissection-2/

Address

1020 Humboldt Pkwy
Buffalo, NY
14211

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 4pm
Tuesday 10am - 4pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 4pm
Friday 10am - 4pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

Telephone

+17168965200

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