Museum of Science, Boston, Boston

###Five Things to Know About Museum of Science The Museum of Science dates all the way back to 1830, when a group of civic-minded scientists and academics formed the Boston Society of Natural History. The group didn’t have a permanent spot for its collections until 1864, and it didn’t move into its current spot by the Charles River until 1951. After 180 years, the museum still isn’t standing still; it’s just finished a capital campaign to help inspire a love of science and technology in future generations. Before you stop by, here are a few helpful tidbits about the museum. * **There’s plenty for little ones to do.** Designed for kids 8 or younger, The Discovery Center offers hands-on science experiments, real fossils and animal skeletons, and much more. T. rex fans will love the _Dinosaurs: Modeling the Mesozoic_ exhibit, which features plenty of imagination-inspiring models and fossils. * **To infinity and beyond?** Why not? Past exhibits include _The Science Behind Pixar_, which showed the technology and science that go into creating films such as _Toy Story_ and _Finding Nemo_ over more than 40 exhibit elements. * **There are presentations all day.** Check out a demonstration of lightning created by a very large Van de Graaff generator, see a show about scientific magic, or watch two brothers discuss physics while performing entertaining feats in _The Amazing Nano Brothers Juggling Show_. * **IMAX in the house**: With a gargantuan screen measuring more than five stories in height, the IMAX theatre gives you an immersive view of the world; popular shows let audiences explore Arabian lands or visit the worlds of dinosaurs or humpback whales. * **Math controversy abounded** in 2015 when a teen saw what he believed to be a math error in a museum exhibit. At first, the museum acknowledged its error, but upon further review, it emerged that the museum’s original equation was correct (albeit presented in a less common format).