page_title: Museum of Science (Boston)
section_title: Exhibit halls
hierarchical_section_title: Museum of Science (Boston) / Exhibit halls
caption_attribution_description: The Museum of Science, Boston. On the Charles River with a view of the Leonard P. Zakim Bridge behind it
context_page_description: The Museum of Science is a science museum and indoor zoo in Boston, Massachusetts, located in Science Park, a plot of land spanning the Charles River. Along with over 700 interactive exhibits, the museum features a number of live presentations throughout the building every day, along with shows at the Charles Hayden Planetarium and the Mugar Omni Theater, the only domed IMAX screen in New England. The museum is also an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and is home to over 100 animals, many of which have been rescued and rehabilitated.
context_section_description: Blue Wing
  Butterfly Garden: a walk-through greenhouse containing exotic butterflies with an area dedicated to botanical education
  Seeing is Deceiving: a collection of optical illusions, including many motorized illusions
  Making Models: exhibit on the use of physical and abstract models to understand the real world
  Mathematica: A World of Numbers... and Beyond: a roomful of classic mathematical exhibits by designers Charles and Ray Eames
  Natural Mysteries: an investigative exhibit on classification of mysterious objects and natural history specimens
  Theater of Electricity: features the world's largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator, designed by Professor Robert J. Van de Graaff and donated by MIT in 1956. Demonstrations of "artificial lightning bolts", Tesla coils, and other electrical apparatus
  Math Moves!: Experiencing Ratio and Proportion: an immersive exploration of math and proportion including the former exhibit, Clark Collection of Mechanical Movements: over 100 working models of mechanical motions and linkages
  Innovative Engineers: exhibits and brief biographies of Boston engineers, including minorities and women
  Investigate!: a house-sized collection of rooms to explore using scientific thinking
  Energize!: exhibits of renewable energy technologies
  Nanotechnology
  Mapping the World Around Us
  Take a Closer Look
  Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic: a collection of fossils and life-size models of dinosaurs and extinct animals, including a full-size Tyrannosaurus rex model
  Colossal Fossil: Triceratops Cliff: a 65-million-year-old fossil, discovered in the Dakota Badlands in 2004
  Machines & Transportation
  Living on the Edge
  To the Moon
  Behind the Scenes
  Wicked Smart: Invented in the Hub
  Green Wing
  New England Habitats
  A Bird's World
  Colby Room: a classic explorer's trophy room filled with stuffed animal heads from big-game hunting, preserved as a historical exhibit and also used for meetings
  Hall of Human Life: an exhibit of interactive activities focusing on human biology
  Red Wing
  Mugar Omni Theater: largest Omnimax movie theater in New England
  Charles Hayden Planetarium
  Cosmic Light
  Discovery Center: offers the opportunity to talk with scientists and participate in experiments
  Foucault pendulum: shows the effect of the rotation of the earth
  Museum Store
  Polage: a wall-sized polarized light collage of shapes by artist Austine Wood Comarow
  Soundstair: a stairway fitted by artist Christopher Janney with photoelectric cells which trigger musical sounds
  Archimedean Excogitation: a large rolling ball sculpture by George Rhoads
  Thrillride 360: Simulator ride
  Miscellaneous
  Yawkey Gallery on the Charles River: an open area filled with information about the Charles River and river science in general
  The Rock Garden
caption: The Museum of Science spans the length of the Charles River Dam, including a dedicated parking garage at far left. The Leonard P. Zakim Bunker Hill Memorial Bridge is visible in the background
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