2019 Highlights

Through our Membership Access Program we provided free access to the museum for 531 families who qualified for free or reduced lunch at school.

An activity like Paper Mountains is easy to do at home because it requires few supplies.

We partnered with schools in rural communities including Moravia, Van Etten, Dryden, Enfield, and Odessa Montour to bring hands-on science to 1,041 students and their families.

At our Science Together programs, 1,952 parents and caregivers supported their young children’s early science learning through collaborative hands-on activities.

Learn how to make homemade slime with your young learner.

Over 700 children from Tompkins and Cayuga Counties designed and tested windmills and learned about sustainable energy through our free field trips.

We welcomed 294 Head Start families to special Family Science Nights at the Sciencenter.

We collaborated with over 420 scientists and STEM experts to develop exhibits, bring research to our floor, and provide hands-on experiences in current science for our visitors.

Through a partnership with the Downtown Ithaca Children’s Center, we provided 20 elementary school students a space to explore and expand their science interests after school.

We are leaders in the national museum field.

As part of the National Informal STEM Education Network, the Sciencenter takes a lead role in developing hands-on STEM activity tool kits used by 350 museums, universities, and planetariums nationwide.

Try Nebula Spin Art, an example of a NISE Network activity we helped develop.

Our team of exhibit design experts developed and fabricated three new exhibits that opened on our museum floor in 2019: Energy Labs, Pet Vet, and Changing Skies.

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