The Academy is open 365 days a year, meaning every day is a good day to visit. In addition to more than 20 active exhibits, each day there's a wide range of activities, shows, events, and tours.

Take a spin around our Holiday Ice Rink! Morning and afternoon sessions available daily.  

Today, December 12, 2018

E.g., 2018-12-13
9:30 am

The Museum opens at 9:30 am today.
Museum Opens
Entrance
10:00 am

Become a scientist for a day by checking out a field science backpack full of tools and activities.
Junior Scientist Adventure
Coat Check

Put on your thinking caps and check out live science activities in action.
Junior Scientist Adventure: Live Science Experience
Project Lab
10:15 am

Join us for an interactive storytelling of "The Mitten", adapted and illustrated by Jan Brett.
The Mitten: Interactive Storytime
Science Today Station
10:30 am

Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist.
Penguin Feeding
African Hall

Motions of the Solar System for grades 3-5
School Groups Only
Motions of the Solar System
Planetarium
11:00 am

Waddle on over for an interactive program about penguins and their amazing adaptations.
"P" is for Penguin
Piazza
11:30 am

Watch as a diver plunges into one of the world's deepest living coral reef tanks.
Coral Reef Dive
Philippine Coral Reef

Embark on a journey into the hidden world of coral reefs in this digital fulldome presentation.
Expedition Reef
Planetarium
12:30 pm

Come take a seat and join us for a seasonally themed puppet show that's fun for the whole family.
My First Winter: Puppet Theater
Science Today Station

Witness the life and death of stars
Journey to the Stars
Planetarium
1:00 pm

Meet some of the Academy’s most spectacular residents and learn about their surprising survival adaptations.
Ssssnake Encounter
Science Today Station
1:30 pm

Learn about the fascinating adaptations of rays and other ocean cruisers.
Sea Cruisers: Rays and Their Relatives
Reef Lagoon

Embark on a journey into the hidden world of coral reefs in this digital fulldome presentation.
Expedition Reef
Planetarium
1:40 pm

Want to learn about our solar system? Come ask our planetarium staff and go on a trip through space!
Solar System Safari
Hohfeld Hall
2:30 pm

Watch as a diver plunges into one of the world's deepest living coral reef tanks.
Coral Reef Dive
Philippine Coral Reef

Witness the life and death of stars
Journey to the Stars
Planetarium
3:00 pm

Learn about our charismatic African penguin colony from an Academy biologist.
Penguin Feeding
African Hall
3:30 pm

Learn all about Claude, our albino American alligator, and other swamp-dwelling denizens. 3:30 pm daily.
Swamp Talk
The Swamp

Embark on a journey into the hidden world of coral reefs in this digital fulldome presentation.
Expedition Reef
Planetarium
4:30 pm

Explore the immense scale of the known Universe in this live presentation that leaves Earth far behind.
Tour of the Universe
Planetarium
5:00 pm

The museum closes at 5 pm today.
Museum Closes
Entrance