Science Museum
of Western Virginia
Center in the Square, Roanoke, VA

NEW: Science Summer Camp 2008
Summer camp registration is now open! Camps are offered for preschoolers (ages 4-5) and school-aged children who have completed kindergarten through eighth grade. Lots of new camps and new field trips! Click here for descriptions of our exciting camps! More...
Members get discounts on summer camp and can visit other science museums for free. Join today!  More...

NEW: The Living River
Freshwater fish have arrived! Smallmouth bass, fallfish, and minnows, with thanks to the Virginia Tech Department of Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences! New Arrivals in our Coastal Estuary Touch Zone: Horseshoe Crabs, Pincushion Urchins, Left Handed Whelk, Sea Stars--Touchable with care and clean hands! Please wash lotions, perfumes, and hand sanitizers off hands first.  More...
JUST ADDED: New Watershed Classes at the Museum for Grades 3 through high school! More...

In the MegaDome Theatre: Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West
Through August 31, 2008
 With careful research and meticulous recreations, this scientific expedition lives again on the big screen. Movie-goers will go back 200 years to experience this monumental quest — the adventure, danger and beauty of the unmapped West. Thanks to the Botetourt County Chamber of Commerce, the first 300 Botetourt County schoolchildren who come to see the film on field trips will see it free! More...   Click here for showtimes

In Hopkins Planetarium: The Sky Above Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
FREE on weekends with Paid General Admission!
 Laugh, sing, and learn through this introduction to the wonders of the day and night skies starring Mister Rogers and characters from the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Saturdays at 11:30am. More...  Click here for showtimes

 

In the Glow: The Science Behind the Art of Neon
 Through May, 2008 
In the Glow explores the history, chemistry, and physics of glowing gases, and presents beautiful examples of neon art and signs. More...

...and on the First Floor
The Science Museum will be Reinventing the space on the first floor of Center in the Square, previously occupied by Museum Square. A new look is coming! Check back for more information and more science fun!

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Science Museum of Western Virginia | One Market Square, Roanoke, VA 24011 | 540/342.5710