STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math)

Come make hydrogels while you learn about polymers and biomaterials.

What did people in the past think the future would look like?

Come on your own, with friends, or bring the whole family to the museum for a special week of programming.

Can we mimic the extreme resilience of human tissues? Can we grow alternatives to traditional plastics? Can we engineer a bio-inspired future?

Leading biologists Ruth Lehmann and Siniša Hrvatin share their groundbreaking research on how living systems persevere, pause, and adapt across generations.

Join us at the MIT Museum for a special film series exploring time travel through the lens of science fiction cinema.

Explore the weird and wonderful qualities of time travel and black hole physics with MIT physics professor Scott Hughes and his students.