In the Community

MiaSci is dedicated to serving all members of our community. One of the ways we do this is by going out into the community to deliver programming, from schools and parks to shopping malls and street festivals, ensuring that everyone can enjoy a memorable science moment. Whether it’s meeting one of the animals from our Wildlife Clinic, sampling some solar cooking or catching a science demo, the chance to take part in some live science learning may be right around your corner. Check out our Calendar of Events to see when we might be in your area.

The Tinker Tank – Event this Saturday October 27

Are you a tinkerer? Do you want to learn the basics of tube audio amplifier restoration, troubleshooting, and some of those mystical mods tube gurus talk about. Or maybe you have a vintage piece that’s giving you trouble? Either way, come to … Continue reading

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Baby’s First Museum

It’s not something normally recounted in baby albums, but as you read this story, you may start to wonder … “Why not?” You always hear about baby’s first words, first steps, first laugh – but what about baby’s first museum? … Continue reading

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Wall of Wind

It’s been 20 years since Hurricane Andrew, and this summer the Museum is honoring the anniversary of the storm with a brand new Hurricane exhibit. Tragic and heroic stories from Andrew’s survivors are told, and now, the Museum is expanding … Continue reading

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Illuminating the Planetarium

When the new Patricia and Philip Frost Museum of Science is completed downtown, external illumination of the planetarium sphere will make it a sight to be seen, day or night. Last week, Museum staff met with a team from Electrosonic, … Continue reading

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ASPIRE!

Students and facilitators of the Upward Bound Program, President and CEO of the Miami Science Museum Gillian Thomas, and Vice President of Education Dr. Judy Brown accept the AT&T ASPIRE Program Award check from AT&T Executive, JC Flores to support … Continue reading

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Beep Beep! Special Delivery!

Let ECHOS Year 2 begin! In the second week of September, just in time for back to school, ECHOS staff delivered 38 material kit sets to 38 classrooms at 21 Head Start childcare centers. Teachers of local Head Start centers … Continue reading

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A New Year for ECHOS

A week before children headed back to school, Head Start teachers were already getting re-energized for ECHOS at the first workshop of the year. The Museum’s Early Childhood Hands-On Science (ECHOS) initiative, in collaboration with the University of Miami’s Department … Continue reading

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Go Green!

There are only so many hours in the day, but still, students in the second session of Digital WAVE this summer managed to build an entire 3D house in a virtual world in just 2 weeks. The goal was to … Continue reading

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5, 4, 3, 2, 1….. Blast Off!

This summer, young people from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade are doing all kinds of things at the Miami Science Museum’s Summer Camp. From Kitchen Chemistry and Icky Sticky Goopy Glop, from Amusement Park Physics to Superhero Science, they are designing video games, investigating … Continue reading

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Tell Us What YOU Want to Know about the New Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science!

The new Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science, opening in 2015 in Downtown Miami’s Museum Park, will be counted among the world’s most innovative and sustainable science museums. The building itself will harness energy from water, the Sun, wind, … Continue reading

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