Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

Boonshoft Museum of Discovery The Boonshoft Museum is the premier destination for family learning in the Miami Valley.
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Just popping in to say good morning and have a beautiful Sunday!🌞📸:Aleyah Mack, Marketing
11/30/2025

Just popping in to say good morning and have a beautiful Sunday!🌞

📸:Aleyah Mack, Marketing

Sleepy Flora in her favorite napping spot!📸:Aleyah Mack, Marketing
11/29/2025

Sleepy Flora in her favorite napping spot!

📸:Aleyah Mack, Marketing

11/28/2025

Our meerkats enjoying the delicoius greens donated to us by the Dayton Foodbank. Thank you!

🍂🦃Happy Thanksgiving!We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our wonderful community for your unwavering support of o...
11/27/2025

🍂🦃Happy Thanksgiving!

We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our wonderful community for your unwavering support of our missions here at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery.
Thank you, visitors and staff, for making this year special with your curiosity about science, nature, and history. This holiday season, we're grateful that together we can celebrate these fundamental aspects of knowledge and understanding.

Wishing you a safe, happy, and fulfilling holiday season filled with joy and gratitude.🧡

Best wishes,
The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery Team

Have you heard about our Curator's Club? ⛏️Support Our Collections: Preserve over 1.8 million objects for future generat...
11/26/2025

Have you heard about our Curator's Club?
⛏️Support Our Collections: Preserve over 1.8 million objects for future generations!🦴🌎

Join the Curator's Club: https://boonshoft.org/curators-club/

Just a reminder that we will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving. We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday!🧡We ...
11/26/2025

Just a reminder that we will be closed tomorrow for Thanksgiving. We hope everyone has a wonderful and safe holiday!🧡

We will see you again when we reopen for normal business hours on November 28th.

11/25/2025

Check out what strange things are happening this Friday and Saturday at our Stranger Things Laser Shows!

📅Join us on Friday, Nov 28th as we honor and commemorate the lost species on "Lost Species Day". We will have tables set...
11/25/2025

📅Join us on Friday, Nov 28th as we honor and commemorate the lost species on "Lost Species Day". We will have tables set up in the lobby from 10:00-12:00 and zoo from 10:30-2:30 for information and reflection.

Honor our vanished friends.💚

Thank you to The Dayton Foodbank for the donation of all of these leafy greens! The animals are immensely grateful and l...
11/24/2025

Thank you to The Dayton Foodbank for the donation of all of these leafy greens! The animals are immensely grateful and loved every bite. 🥗

Step into the Upside Down this Friday and Saturday at our Stranger Things Laser Shows!Tickets available at boonshoft.or...
11/23/2025

Step into the Upside Down this Friday and Saturday at our Stranger Things Laser Shows!

Tickets available at boonshoft.org

🧪Unleash the mind-blowing world of science at Science Theater, sponsored by AES Ohio! Witness our show "Amazing Science"...
11/22/2025

🧪Unleash the mind-blowing world of science at Science Theater, sponsored by AES Ohio!

Witness our show "Amazing Science" 🚀 during November, bringing you a universe full of experiments, demonstrations & wonders.

💡Science isn't just for experts, it's accessible to everyone as an path for exploration, understanding, and enlightenment. Dive in and embrace your inner scientist! Be curious and ignite the spark within you! 💥

✨This Weekend!✨ Get up close and personal with our animal ambassadors. Discover the habitats and behaviors of these fasc...
11/21/2025

✨This Weekend!✨
Get up close and personal with our animal ambassadors. Discover the habitats and behaviors of these fascinating creatures during this informative conservation-based presentation.

📅November 22:
10:00 & 11:00
📅November 23:
1:00 & 3:00

Address

2600 Deweese Parkway
Dayton, OH
45414

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

Telephone

+19372757431

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The Boonshoft Museum is the Dayton region’s science center, children’s museum, natural history museum, planetarium, observatory and zoo! It provides critical STEM learning opportunities for nearly 200,000 visitors of all ages each year through permanent and traveling exhibitions, educational programs, special events, day camps, and more.