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April 2025

Space Trivia Stage Show

Join us every day in April during regular museum hours for special Space Month demos/stage shows! Test your space knowledge with this Jeopardy-style trivia game filled with space-themed challenges. Our staff hosts will keep the mission exciting with surprises, humor and stellar facts! Drop in; no registration required. Included with...
01 Apr
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Solar System Space-lets

Join us every day in April during regular museum hours for special Space Month demos/stage shows! What’s a gas giant? What are the eight planets in our solar system? Join us for this interactive demonstration focusing our own solar system. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free...
01 Apr
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Molecules in Motion

Join us every day in April during regular museum hours for special Space Month demos/stage shows! How do objects react to the vacuum of space? This interactive demo explores how materials behave and change in a vacuum. Participants can experiment with putting various objects in a small vacuum chamber and...
01 Apr
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Stargazing with Stellarium Stage Show

Join us every day in April during regular museum hours for special Space Month demos/stage shows! What planets and stars can we see in the night sky? Join us to explore our solar system, discover answers to questions, and learn the stories that make up the constellations using the software...
01 Apr
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Star Formation

Join us every day in April during regular museum hours for special Space Month demos/stage shows! Did you know that the space between stars, planets, and other large objects is not empty? It contains gas and dust. Learn how gas and space dust are critical in star formation in this...
02 Apr
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Collections Live: Geology with Joe

Bring your mystery rocks and fossils and learn how to create and catalog your own collection. Collections Live! is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. All Ages Due to staff availability,...
02 Apr
11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Extremeophiles Stage Show

Join us every day in April during regular museum hours for special Space Month demos/stage shows! Join BMS facilitators for this interactive stage show to learn about some of Earth’s toughest creatures that are adapted to living in the harshest conditions on our planet. From the deepest oceans to the...
02 Apr
11:00 am - 11:30 am
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Storytime: Sun! One in a Billion

Join us on Wednesdays where we will read an out-of-this-world story by Stacy McAnulty aloud, and bring elements of the story to life with demonstrations and activities! Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free for BMS members.
02 Apr
11:30 am - 12:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Orbiting Objects

Join us every day in April during regular museum hours for special Space Month demos/stage shows! What is gravity and what are its effects? Learn about force of gravity and its influences in this interactive demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free for BMS members.
02 Apr
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Space Trivia Stage Show

Join us every day in April during regular museum hours for special Space Month demos/stage shows! Test your space knowledge with this Jeopardy-style trivia game filled with space-themed challenges. Our staff hosts will keep the mission exciting with surprises, humor and stellar facts! Drop in; no registration required. Included with...
02 Apr
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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SOLD OUT – Planetarium Shows: Tour of the Solar System (5PM)

Boldly go where only a few humans–and lots of robots–have gone before! Our planetarium will transform into a faster-than-light spaceship to deliver you to our numerous planets, marvelous moons, and some dwarf planets, too. (we still love you, Pluto!) All ages Tickets: $15 per person; Buffalo Museum of Science members...
02 Apr
5:00 pm - 5:45 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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Behind-the-Scenes Collections Tour: Geology Rocks

Holmes! What kind of rock is this? Sedimentary, my dear Watson. Learn why this and other CoRn Y jokes are funny by investigating the Museum’s Geology Collection. What you see on display is just the tip of the iceberg. Come behind the scenes and see the rock cycle, marvel at...
02 Apr
6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Buffalo Museum of Science
1020 Humboldt Parkway
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