Discover the science behind the name of the summer’s hottest days at this fun drop-in activity!

FREE with Museum admission

Be a part of history! Join Museum Archivist Chris Hunter for the official opening of the Erie Canal Audio Tour in downtown Schenectady. Use your cell phone to access information at all of the stops along the tour. Learn about the technology used to construct the canal ... discover the impact the canal had on the lives of those who lived near it ... explore business growth and opportunities brought by the canal. Developed with funding from an Erie Canal Heritage Corridor grant. Opening ceremony at Stop #1 (Key Bank, 315 State Street (near the corner of State St. and Erie Blvd).

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FREE

It's feeding time! Learn how a bird’s beak type relates to what it eats and where it lives at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium's FETCH! Lab. Come to this exciting weekly program to learn about science and do hands-on activities like the ones on the popular PBS tv show!

FREE with Museum admission

Build a catapult using a lever, and power it with a rubber band. Then, use what you've learned to build your own design, and send a marshmallow flying through the air. Come to this exciting weekly program to learn about science and do hands-on activities like the ones on the popular PBS tv show! Sponsored by the William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation.

FREE with Museum admission

Create wild chemical reactions at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium's FETCH! Lab. Come to this exciting weekly program to learn about science and do hands-on activities like the ones on the popular PBS tv show!

FREE with Museum admission

Try visual challenges that might trick you and see how fast you can retrain your brain at the Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium's FETCH!™ Lab. Come to this exciting weekly program to learn about science and do hands-on activities like the ones on the popular PBS tv show!

Explore energy, electricity generation and efficiency with miSci educators. These interactive demonstrations rely on audience participation and use manipulatives, providing an interactive learning opportunity. This new program was developed by the Franklin Institute and the Penn State Center for Nanoscale Science, a Materials Research Science and Engineering Center supported by a National Science Foundation grant.

FREE with Museum admission

Introduce children ages 3 to 5 to science with Watching the Wind by Edana Eckart and a special activity. Advance registrants receive a FREE book (while supplies last) and materials to continue the study of science at home. Space is limited. Register with the online option below or call 518.382.7890 x 224 to register today!

FREE with Museum admission

Enjoy FREE general Museum admission from 11AM – Noon the first Sunday of the month. Explore science with interactive exhibits in Seeing, MRI: Examining the Human Body, Fueling the Future, and more!

THE WORKSHOP IS FULL. Please call 382-7890 x 224 if you would like to be on a waiting list.

Robotics is the perfect way to show kids how science, technology, engineering and math apply to real life. You already play with robotics technology in your toys and games but did you know that robotics is also used in medicine, art, music, and even fashion design? Learn how using household objects and crafts supplies can help you create your very own robot.

Presented by Kathy Ceceri, author of Robotics: Discover the Science and Technology of the Future, and a senior editor of Wired.com’s GeekMom blog; Special FETCH! Lab activity from Kathy’s Robotics book, 1 - 2:30pm; Book Signing with Kathy, 1 - 2pm.

Space is limited. Age 7 & up.

$12 Members; $15 non-Members

Have an explosive visit with this bonus educational opportunity! Learn about nanotechnology, a science so small you can’t even see it, at this educator-led science demo.

FREE with Museum admission