1 Museum of Science Driveway, Boston

Boston’s Museum of Science began in 1830 as a natural history museum, and its original building was in the Back Bay neighborhood. In 1951, it relocated to the Charles River Dam Bridge, and today the complex includes exhibitions such as the Hall of Human Life, the Engineering Design Workshop, the Theater of Electricity (featuring the world’s largest air-insulated Van de Graaff generator), and an Omnimax movie theater. The mission of the museum, in the words of its president Tim Ritchie, is “to inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone to the end that we can envision a world where science belongs to each of us for the good of all of us.” It’s open 9 am to 5 pm, seven days a week, 363 days a year. (You can access restrooms, the gift shop, and the cafeteria without needing a ticket.)

Guest speaker

Tim Ritchie, President, Boston Museum of Science