Celebrate National Engineers Week: Everyday Engineering

Celebrate National Engineers Week: Everyday Engineering

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week by engaging in some everyday engineering. Try an engineering challenge by constructing and creating with repurposed and recycled materials. Monday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, Feb. 21 – Bridge Building Wednesday, Feb. 22 and Thursday, Feb. 23 – Float and Fly Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 […]

Free with admission
Celebrate National Engineers Week: Everyday Engineering

Celebrate National Engineers Week: Everyday Engineering

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week by engaging in some everyday engineering. Try an engineering challenge by constructing and creating with repurposed and recycled materials. Monday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, Feb. 21 – Bridge Building Wednesday, Feb. 22 and Thursday, Feb. 23 – Float and Fly Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 […]

Free with admission
Celebrate National Engineers Week: Everyday Engineering

Celebrate National Engineers Week: Everyday Engineering

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week by engaging in some everyday engineering. Try an engineering challenge by constructing and creating with repurposed and recycled materials. Monday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, Feb. 21 – Bridge Building Wednesday, Feb. 22 and Thursday, Feb. 23 – Float and Fly Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 […]

Free with admission
Celebrate National Engineers Week: Everyday Engineering

Celebrate National Engineers Week: Everyday Engineering

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week by engaging in some everyday engineering. Try an engineering challenge by constructing and creating with repurposed and recycled materials. Monday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, Feb. 21 – Bridge Building Wednesday, Feb. 22 and Thursday, Feb. 23 – Float and Fly Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 […]

Free with admission
Celebrate National Engineers Week: Everyday Engineering

Celebrate National Engineers Week: Everyday Engineering

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Join us as we celebrate National Engineers Week by engaging in some everyday engineering. Try an engineering challenge by constructing and creating with repurposed and recycled materials. Monday, Feb. 20 and Tuesday, Feb. 21 – Bridge Building Wednesday, Feb. 22 and Thursday, Feb. 23 – Float and Fly Friday, Feb. 24 and Saturday, Feb. 25 […]

Free with admission

Lincoln Public Schools Step Team

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Discovery Museum is excited to welcome youth steppers from the district-wide Lincoln Public Schools Step Team. Step is an artform that involves making acapella-style beats with your body, to create an experience that brings together dance, music, and community. The LPS Step Team is a diverse group of students, who are committed to standing together […]

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Everyday Engineering: Pop-Up Valentines

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Roses are red. Violets are blue. Join us and make a pop-up card or two! Use some simple paper engineering and your creativity to make one-of-a-kind Valentines to share with family and friends.

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Saehae bok mani badeuseyo! Happy New Year!

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Lunar New Year is a celebration observed by numerous cultures to mark the beginning of a calendar year whose months are based on moon cycles. In today’s program, we will be joined by a Discovery Museum staff member as she shares her personal experience and her family’s traditions for the holiday. Play some traditional Korean […]

Black Women in Science: The Ball Method

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Join us for an exciting new program series that honors the contributions of Black women in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. In this program, explore the work of Alice Ball, a groundbreaking chemist who developed the “Ball Method” – one of the first treatments for Hansen’s Disease, or leprosy. Be inspired by […]

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Backyard and Beyond: Natural History Mysteries

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Explore some of the artifacts in our collection and become a natural history detective! Using your observation skills and a variety of science tools like magnifiers and measuring tools, can you figure out what some of them are?

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Small Acts, Big Impacts: A Day of Service

Small Acts, Big Impacts: A Day of Service

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a designated National Day of Service, to encourage all Americans to volunteer within their communities and honor the life and legacy of the Civil Rights leader. Join the Discovery Museum as we engage in small acts of service to benefit our neighbors. Make a Welcome Card for and help […]

Free with admission
Small Acts, Big Impacts: A Day of Service

Small Acts, Big Impacts: A Day of Service

Discovery Museum Discovery Museum, 177 Main St, Acton, MA, United States

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a designated National Day of Service, to encourage all Americans to volunteer within their communities and honor the life and legacy of the Civil Rights leader. Join the Discovery Museum as we engage in small acts of service to benefit our neighbors. Make a Welcome Card for and help […]

Free with admission