What's Happening at the MIT Museum during Cambridge Science Festival 2024

In 2007, the MIT Museum founded the Cambridge Science Festival and has continued to produce this annual celebration showcasing science, technology, engineering, art, and math (STEAM) ever since. This year's festival is taking place September 23-29.

Admission to the museum and to all events during the festival is free!

Seating is first come, first served for most programs; please arrive early.

Monday, September 23

3:30-5:00pm Afternoon Program: Emerging Tech Forums: Humanoid Robots

2:30-4:30pm Drop-in Activity: Maker Hub: Balance Sculptures

Tuesday, September 24

12:00-12:45pm Lunch & Learn: What's Afloat on the Charles River Floating Wetland

1:15-2:15pm Afternoon Program: Kayaking to the CRC Floating Wetland

2:30-4:30pm Afternoon Program: Pathways to Invention Screening and Demonstration

2:30-4:30pm Drop-in Activity: Maker Hub: Balance Sculptures

7:00-9:00pm Evening Program: Democracy in the Age of AI

Wednesday, September 25

2:00-5:00pm Afternoon Program: Decoding the Brain

2:30-4:30pm Drop-in Activity: Maker Hub: Balance Sculptures

6:30-8:00pm Evening Program: Mi Última Neurona Live Podcast Recording

Thursday, September 26

2:30-4:30pm Drop-in Activity: Game-making Workshop with OctoStudio

2:30-4:30pm Drop-in Activity: Maker Hub: Balance Sculptures

6:00-8:00pm Evening Program: Game On! at the MIT Museum

Friday, September 27

2:00-2:30 Afternoon Program: Gallery Talk: Drawing After Modernism

2:30-4:30pm Afternoon Program: Maker Hub: Balance Sculptures

2:30-4:45pm Afternoon Program: Design a DNA Experiment for Astronauts!

7:00-9:00pm Evening Program: Moms on Mars

Saturday, September 28

11:00am-12:00pm Morning Program: AI, Data, and Design: Humanizing Emerging Technology

12:30-4:30pm Drop-in Activity: Maker Hub: Balance Sculptures

12:30-3:00pm Afternoon Program: Echoes of Transformation: Interactive Experiments with AI and Data

1:00-2:30pm Afternoon Program: Cosmograph: Speculative Fictions for the New Space Age

3:00-4:00pm Afternoon Program: Write Science: This is NOT an Artifact

6:00-9:00pm Evening Program: Teen After Dark: Space

Sunday, September 29

10:30am-12:30pm Drop-In Activity: Microscopy

12:00-4:00pm Drop-in Activity: Science Carnival: Fruit Music Activity Cart

12:30-5:30pm Drop-in Activity: Maker Hub: Balance Sculptures