Boo in the Zoo at Stone Zoo
Presented by Stone Zoo at Stone Zoo
Children throughout New England are invited to trick-or-treat among the animals. Thrills, chills, and animals lurk around every corner on the Trick-or-Treat Trail. Other haunted happenings offered throughout the day include: creepy crafts, ghoulish games, howling costume contests, and a haunted maze!
10/22/11 - 09/23/12
Stone Zoo Admission: $13.00 for adults; $11.00 for seniors (62+); $9.00 for children (2-12); Children under 2 are free
- http://www.stonezoo.org
Stone Zoo - 149 Pond Street, Stoneham, MA, 02180
Boston's Best Cruise
Presented by Boston's Best Cruises at MBTA Harbor Express Ferry
90 min. round trip ferry ride from Boston's Long Wharf and back. Scenic, historical, inexpensive family fun. Best views of Boston and the Harbor Islands.big fun on a budget.
11/01/09 - Ongoing
$6.00 Adult $3.00 Senior (2) children under 11 free this is for the 90 min. loop ride (round trip) Purchase tickets on board the ferry!!
- http://bostonsbestcruises.com
MBTA Harbor Express Ferry - 1 Long Wharf, Boston, MA, 02109
Family Experience Sundays at Diablo Glass School
Presented by Diablo Glass School at Diablo Glass School
Participants will learn about the venetian technique of glassblowing and the process to produce amazing and colorful pieces. During this one hour demonstration kids and adults will enjoy learning something unique watching our skilled artists blowing. After the demo, participants can make fused glass pendants or order blown pieces and watch the artists producing them. Price per event: $15 Demonstration 1-2 PM $10 Additional Hands-On Fused Glass 2-3 PM Group size limit: 60 for Demonstration 12 for Hands-On Fused Glass
10/11/09 - Ongoing
$15 per person for the demonstration, additional $10 for the hands-on fused glass
- http://www.diabloglassschool.com/familyexperience.htm
Diablo Glass School - 123 Terrace St., Boston, MA, 02120
Free Sunday Mornings at Harvard Museum of Natural History
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History
Don’t miss the world famous exhibit of 3,000 ‘Glass Flowers’, amazingly realistic models of plants, fruits and flowers created by father-son glass artists Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka from 1886-1936. Explore 12,000 specimens drawn from Harvard’s vast research collections at the University's most visited museum -- dinosaurs, meteorites, gemstones, and hundreds of prehistoric and current-day animals from around the globe. Get close to the world’s only mounted Kronosaurus, a 42 ft-long marine reptile; one of the first Triceratops ever discovered; a 1,642 lb. amethyst geode; 3 whale skeletons. The museum is on the Harvard University campus, just a short, 7-10 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square MBTA Red Line ‘T’ station, or a 15 minute walk from Porter Square commuter rail. Open daily, 9 am – 5 pm, 361 days/year. Handicapped accessible. Explore www.hmnh.harvard.edu for changing exhibitions, dozens of lectures, events, classes for all ages, year-round.
06/27/10 - 06/30/12
Regularly $9 adults; $7 seniors and students; $6 age 3-18
- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Guided River & Harbor Tours
Presented by Charles River Canoe & Kayak
Amazing experiences on the Charles River and Boston Harbor, including:
* Skyline & Sunset Tours - Spectacular Skyline Views from Kendall Square
* Boston Harbor Tours - Experience the Harbor from Kendall Square
* Barbeque Tours - Paddling & Food from Allston or Kendall Square
* Moonlight Canoe Tours - Relaxing Evening Canoe Tour from Newton
* Custom Tours & Events - Unforgettable Group Outings Just for You
* Eco-Tours - See and learn about the plants and animals that inhabit the Charles
06/23/11 - Ongoing
- http://www.paddleboston.com/tours/tours.php
IMAX Theatre
Presented by New England Aquarium at New England Aquarium
The giant screen – 65’ high by 85’ wide – is taller than a six story building! The slight curvature of the screen extends to the edge of your peripheral vision. The lamps that project the crystal clear images onto the gigantic screen get as bright and as hot as the surface of the sun! So hot, in fact, that cold water must be pumped into the lamp connectors to keep the machine from melting.
Amazing IMAX films will take you where you've only dreamed of going! Join us for incredible journeys to the bottom of the sea, outer space, and almost anywhere in between. Through the magic of IMAX and IMAX 3D, you can visit animals and habitats that are too large, too small or too endangered to exhibit in an Aquarium setting.
You can see an IMAX movie on its own, on a combo ticket when you visit the Aquarium or as part of an IMAX Theatre birthday party package with a participating local restaurant.
01/01/12 - Ongoing
Standard Prices:
Adult: $9.95/$15.95 (double feature)
Child (3-11): $7.95/$13.95 (double feature)
Members:
Adult: $8.95/$13.95 (double feature)
Child (3-11): $6.95/$11.95 (double feature)
IMAX/Aquarium Combo:
Adult: $28.95
Child (3-11): $21.95
- http://www.neaq.org/visit_planning/imax_theatre/index.php
New England Aquarium - Central Wharf, Boston, MA, 02110
MFA Playdates
Presented by Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA) at Museum of Fine Arts Boston
On the first and third Monday of each month, bring your toddler to enjoy story time and looking activities in the galleries, followed by art making. Each month focuses on a specific theme—on December 5 and December 19 join us to explore our "favorite things" in the Museum. Recommended for children ages 4 and younger with adults. Meet at the Sharf Visitor Center. No registration required.
Stay after the program to explore the Museum on your own or with new acquaintances, and enjoy snacks or lunch in the Garden Cafeteria or Calderwood Courtyard, or choose from a great selection of kid-friendly options from any of our dining venues.
FREE with Museum admission.
02/06/12 - 06/18/12
FREE with Museum admission
- http://www.mfa.org/programs/gallery-activities-and-tours/mfa-playdates-3
Museum of Fine Arts Boston - 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, 02115
Nature Storytime: Harvard Museum of Natural History
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History
Children 6 and under are invited to join Harvard Museum of Natural History staff for Nature Storytime every Saturday & Sunday at 11 am & 2pm. Enjoy stories and poems designed to engage the next generation of explorers with themes related to the museum's galleries.
For children 6 and under. Free with museum admission.
03/12/11 - Ongoing
FREE
- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/kids_and_families.html
Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
New England Forests, New Exhibition
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History
New England Forests, a permanent multi-media exhibition explores the natural history our regional forests. Explore the world of woodland caribou, beaver, otter and dozens of other wildlife of New England; learn about lichen cities that cling to rocks; and the circle of life within and around a forest pond from tiny tadpoles to giant moose. A must-see before you head to the outdoors for summer camping or fall foliage.
05/24/11 - 05/31/14
$9 adults; $7 seniors 65+ & students; $6 age 3-18
- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
New Photographic Exhibit - Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History
Opening in the museum lobby on October 12, will be a selection of photographs by renowned zoologist and photographer Piotr Naskrecki, from his new book, Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine. The exhibit presents a time-lapse photographic tour of life that has persisted nearly untouched for hundreds of millions of years. This photographic exhibit will remain on display through June 2012.
To compliment this photographic exhibit on Wednesday November 30 at 6:00pm, author Piotr Naskrecki will speak on Relics: Travels in Nature’s Time Machine, discussing his travels around the globe photographing creatures or habitats that remain remarkably similar to their earliest manifestations in the fossil record, or “relics.” For descriptions of all museum events, see http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford Street, a 7-8 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square T station. The Museum is handicapped accessible. More than 192,000 visitors a year make the museum the University’s most visited.
10/12/11 - 06/30/12
Admission: $9.00
Seniors and students $7.00
$6.00 ages 3-18
Under 3 free
- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
New Photographic Exhibit: Life in the Extreme Deep - Harvard Museum of Natural History
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History
Harvard Museum of Natural History announces a new photographic exhibit opening in the museum lobby on October 12, showcasing the research of Harvard’s Loeb Associate Professor of Natural Sciences Peter R. Girguis and stunning deep-sea photographs by scientists who work in the field with Professor Girguis. Life in the Extreme Deep will remain on display through June 2012.
In conjunction with the photographic exhibit, the museum will offer a lecture by Harvard biologist Peter Girguis on Wednesday October 12 at 6:30 pm. Girguis will discuss issues surrounding the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill and what biologists are doing to understand how natural “oil-eating” microbes are able to aid in the cleanup. A reception in the exhibit will follow the talk. Tickets are free to museum members and $10 others. For descriptions of all museum events, see http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/lectures_and_special_events/index.php.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford Street, a 7-8 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square T station. The Museum is handicapped accessible. More than 192,000 visitors a year make the museum the University’s most visited.
10/12/11 - 06/30/12
Admission: $9.00
Seniors and students $7.00
$6.00 ages 3-18
Under 3 free
- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu/
Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Penguin Exhibit
Presented by New England Aquarium at New England Aquarium
Everyone loves the penguins, and so will you. More than 80 birds live in the massive first-floor exhibit. Explore all around the exhibit, peer through the underwater periscope, play with the penguins at the penguin light station and listen to penguin sounds at the Hear a Penguin interactive panel. Curious visitors can also learn more about penguins at the Penguin Smart Station, participate in a Penguin Presentation or watch a penguin feeding.
The Aquarium’s penguin exhibit surrounds the Giant Ocean Tank, and can be seen from almost everywhere in the Aquarium. The exhibit holds more than 150,000 gallons of fresh, clean, filtered salt water from Boston Harbor.
02/05/12 - Ongoing
Included in cost of admission
- http://www.neaq.org/animals_and_exhibits/exhibits/individual_exhibits/penguin_exhibit/index.php
New England Aquarium - Central Wharf, Boston, MA, 02110
PLATFORM 8: Soo Sunny Park and Spencer Topel, Capturing Resonance
Presented by deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum
In their first collaboration, sculptor Soo Sunny Park and sound artist and composer Spencer Topel have transformed deCordova’s Window Gallery into a multi-sensory environment. In Capturing Resonance, the eighth project in the PLATFORM series, Park and Topel have composed a large-scale installation that utilizes the intense natural light in the gallery with the flow of museum visitors through this transitional space to create an ever-changing sculptural soundscape.
09/18/11 - 07/29/12
Adults: $12
Seniors/Students: $8
Youth (6-12): $8
Children 5 and under: Free
- http://www.decordova.org/art/exhibition/platform-8-soo-sunny-park-and-spencer-topel-capturing-resonance
Spiders!
Presented by Harvard Museum of Natural History at Harvard Museum of Natural History
See the new exhibit Spiders! within Arthropods: Creatures that Rule, and learn about these amazingly versatile, and venomous, air-breathing creatures which live on every continent except Antarctica, and in every terrestrial habitat. Check out the live tarantula! Spiders! will remain on display through June 2012.
The Harvard Museum of Natural History is located at 26 Oxford Street, a 7-8 minute walk through historic Harvard Yard from the Harvard Square T station.
10/29/11 - 06/30/12
Admission: $9.00
Seniors and students $7.00
$6.00 ages 3-18
Under 3 free
- http://www.hmnh.harvard.edu
Harvard Museum of Natural History - 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138
The Family Show
Presented by Improv Boston at ImprovBoston Theatre
Start your Saturday night off with an evening full of improvised music, scenes, stories and games that is fun for the whole family! This interactive evening, performed by the ImprovBoston Family Show Cast, is sure to bring out the child in everyone!
02/21/09 - Ongoing
$12 general admission
$10 seniors
$7 students and children
- http://www.improvboston.com
ImprovBoston Theatre - 40 Prospect Street, Cambridge, MA, 02139
The Trust Family Foundation Shark and Ray Touch Tank
Presented by New England Aquarium at New England Aquarium
The Trust Family Foundation Shark and Ray Touch Tank features sharks and rays in a mangrove-themed tank surrounded by shallow edges and viewing windows, allowing visitors to experience a close encounter with these animals.
Visitors to this new exhibit can reach out and gently stroke cownose rays, bonnethead sharks, Atlantic rays and epaulette sharks as they swim gracefully through the crystal clear water. The exhibit presents these incredible species in a way that highlights their importance in a healthy ocean ecosystem. It also emphasizes the value of conserving essential coastal habitats, such as mangroves and lagoons.
02/05/12 - Ongoing
Included in cost of admission
- http://www.neaq.org/animals_and_exhibits/exhibits/individual_exhibits/shark_and_ray_touch_tank/index.php
New England Aquarium - Central Wharf, Boston, MA, 02110