Special Events

SOLD OUT – Memory Cafe: Watercolor Notecards

Join us at the Museum each third Thursday of the month for Memory Cafe. This month we are relaxing while creating beautiful watercolor notecards. Regardless of skill level, each participant will make a lovely piece of art. This program provides an opportunity for adults with memory challenges and their loved ones to explore science and nature...

15 Jan

9:30 am - 11:00 am

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Artifact Analysis

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! What is an artifact and what can it tell us? Learn all about how anthropologists use artifacts to learn about people that lived long ago in this interactive demo. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and...

17 Jan

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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CSI: Museum Stage Show

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! Something has gone missing at the museum, and we need your help to find it! Put your detective hat on, grab your magnifying glass, and put your sleuthing skills to the test to solve a mystery in this...

17 Jan

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Fingerprint Forensics

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! How do fingerprints help solve mysteries? Test your sleuthing skills and learn about the science of fingerprint identification in the interactive demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free for BMS members.

17 Jan

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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What Animal Was It? Stage Show

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! Who left this track? Who left this antler? Learn all about the clues animals leave behind and what scientist can learn from them in this interactive stage show. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free...

17 Jan

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Sleuthing: Back to “Basics”

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! Someone removed the labels from all our liquids! Help our science detectives figure out which mystery liquids are acids, and which are bases in this interactive demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free for...

18 Jan

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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What Animal Was It? Stage Show

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! Who left this track? Who left this antler? Learn all about the clues animals leave behind and what scientist can learn from them in this interactive stage show. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free...

18 Jan

11:00 am - 11:30 am

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Secret Messages

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! Put on your best detective hat and create your own secret code by learning about codes and ciphers throughout history in this fun hands-on demonstration. Drop in; no registration required. Included with admission and free for BMS members.

18 Jan

12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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CSI: Museum Stage Show

Join us every weekend during regular museum hours for special demos/stage shows! Something has gone missing at the museum, and we need your help to find it! Put your detective hat on, grab your magnifying glass, and put your sleuthing skills to the test to solve a mystery in this...

18 Jan

1:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Collections Live: Working with the Geology Collection

A lot goes on behind the scenes in our Collections Department. Unearth some of the projects our staff and volunteers are currently working on in Geology Storage. No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included with Museum admission, and free for members. All Ages Due to staff availability, times and themes...

19 Jan

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Collections Live: Cataloging – A Work in Progress

A lot goes on behind the scenes in the Collections Department! Get a glimpse of inventory and cataloging procedures and learn about what goes in to caring for a museum collection.  No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included with Museum admission, and free for members. All ages Included with Museum...

19 Jan

12:30 pm - 3:30 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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Collections Live: The Amazing, Awesome Arthropoda

Arthropods constitute roughly 75% of all animal life on earth! Catch an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the Museum’s Invertebrate Zoology Collection, and bug out with museum professionals who are preserving the amazingly awesome diversity found in the Arthropoda. Stair access only All ages No pre-registration required, activity is ongoing, included...

21 Jan

10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Buffalo Museum of Science

1020 Humboldt Parkway

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