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Sciencenter, Ithaca, NY
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Sciencenter

A hands-on science museum in Ithaca with more than 250 interactive exhibits for families and school groups.

601 1st Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 · Ithaca, NY

About Sciencenter

The Sciencenter is a hands-on science museum in Ithaca, New York, with a large set of interactive exhibits. Visitors can handle reptiles and fish in an animal room, study weather in an energy gallery, and try engineering challenges in a build space. The museum also runs an outdoor watershed exhibit, a tidepool touch tank, and programs such as math activities and camps. It was founded in 1983 as a nonprofit educational organization and holds national accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums.

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