Exhibitions
Learn more about the current exhibitions at Liberty Science Center.
Blue Whale
Discover the world’s biggest animal in our massive premium exhibition, Blue Whale, making its United States premiere at LSC!
In this immersive exhibit, you’ll see the enormous skeleton of a recovered blue whale and discover how whales evolved, the size of their heart, how they communicate, and more of the mind-blowing biology of Earth’s largest animal...ever. Gain insight into the decline of blue whales, what's being done to protect them, and how scientists are using DNA to unlock some of the secrets of these elusive creatures.
Curious George: Let's Get Curious!
Step into the world of Curious George! This colorful, action-packed exhibition is based on the familiar characters in H.A. and Margret Rey’s classic stories and inspired by the animated television series on PBS KIDS. Visitors can operate wheels to help George climb a building, sort and weigh fruits and vegetables at the produce stand, use science skills to play a hole of mini golf, climb the rocket from George’s space adventure, build a whirligig in the country, and visit the Museum within the Museum. Activities invite children to learn like George—through direct experience and problem solving!
Touch Tunnel
Liberty Science Center's iconic Touch Tunnel is an 80-foot, crawl-through, pitch-black tunnel. Exploring an unknown environment in the dark makes you realize how much we rely on sight to move through the world.
The Touch Tunnel is one of the most unforgettable experiences at LSC, creating memories among multiple generations. Discover it on your next visit to the Science Center!
Infinity Climber
Crawl into an adventure in the world’s first suspended climbing play space of its kind! The Infinity Climber measures 26 feet wide, 24 feet deep, and 19 feet tall. It is surrounded by 19 miles of hand-threaded wire that forms a protective mesh to prevent climbers from falling to the ground below.
With multiple routes to explore, the Infinity Climber is a thrilling climbing gym for the 21st century.
Wobbly World
Experience Liberty Science Center's exhibition for our littlest scientists!
Wobbly World is unlike anything else in the country. In this bright, inviting, slightly off-kilter wonderland, young children are invited to explore balance, motion, and cause and effect.
LSC collaborated with renowned toy designer Cas Holman on this amazing exhibition!
Wild About Animals
Cotton-top tamarin monkeys. Red-footed tortoises. Naked mole rats! Liberty Science Center is home to 100+ fascinating animal species. Come meet many of them in our Wild About Animals exhibition.
Dino Dig Adventure
Uncover ancient dinosaur fossils buried in more than 60 tons of sand!
In Dino Dig Adventure, you'll be immersed in the landscape of a real paleontological dig. Search for fossils from seven different dinosaur species, including replicas of bones, eggs, and even dinosaur poop.
The Great Train Set
All aboard! Experience the engineering marvels and bygone lifestyle of train travel in the early 1950s when you visit one of the most elaborate and detailed model railroads ever built.
This amazing experience at LSC captures the wonder of the Lackawanna Railroad in the era when trains chugged from the grand Hoboken Terminal through scenic small-town New Jersey to coal country in eastern Pennsylvania.
Universe Revealed
Floating out in space, a million miles away, the most advanced technology NASA has ever built peers out into the dark: the James Webb Space Telescope.
In our Universe Revealed gallery, you’ll discover the brilliant Webb Telescope, from its feats in astronomical engineering, to its incredibly detailed images of space, and beyond.
Making Mammoths
Discover mind-blowing, groundbreaking science on the third floor! In LSC’s Making Mammoths exhibit, explore the effort to bring back mammoths, led by Harvard geneticist George Church, a recipient of LSC’s Genius Award. This is an effort that, theoretically, could help reduce global warming.
At the center of the exhibit is a woolly mammoth replica, six months in the making with each crafted hair individually positioned. (Photo: Ryan Fischer)
Microbes Rule!
They’re microscopic, mighty, and play a key role in life all over our planet. And yet, microbes get a bad rep because some of them cause disease.
In Microbes Rule!, step inside a giant microscope lens and discover these organisms in a whole new way. Through stunning art and groundbreaking technology, explore how the overwhelming majority of microbes are beneficial to us and essential to our survival.
Cosmic Portal
As you travel from the parking lot into LSC’s entrance, you’ll make your way through the Cosmic Portal, inspired by a wormhole transporting you to a far, distant place.
This stunning vestibule envelopes you in imagery, sound, and lighting effects expressing the compression and expansion of space and time.
Boom Time
Join us for our Boom Time show, where we show off controlled explosions!
All the action takes place in our one-of-a-kind, 57-square-foot movable safe room made of polycarbonate walls (the same material used for bullet-proofing).
Experience the excitement of liquid nitrogen explosions as we blow up things like watermelons, bouncy balls, pumpkins, and more.
Our Hudson Home
The Hudson River is home to thousands of species – including our own! In Our Hudson Home, discover the importance of this river as a means of travel and commerce, a source of food, and a place to play.
Hoberman Sphere
It’s one of the most memorable parts of any visit to Liberty Science Center: the Hoberman Sphere!
Designed by artist and engineer Chuck Hoberman and installed during the opening of the original Science Center in 1992, the Hoberman Sphere has welcomed millions of guests to LSC for more than 20 years.
Hundreds of scissor-like connectors expand and contract the globe all day. Make your way to the upper mezzanine area to learn more about the Sphere's engineering and design.
Dream Machine
The Dream Machine debuted at New York's Panorama Festival in 2017, but now it has a permanent home at LSC! In this interactive, sensory adventure, you'll use bicycle pumps to produce combinations of colors, sounds, and scents – some pleasant, some unpleasant.
Explore each of the different stations to experience a complex range of human emotions, including happiness, disgust, and hope.
Energy Quest
Energy comes in many forms. By understanding how energy is generated, we can begin to develop ways to live more efficiently.
In Energy Quest, build a hydrocarbon molecule, discover the power in ocean waves and dams, learn about nuclear power, and explore renewable energy: solar and wind. Then you can be an energy source when you race hand-crank-powered cars!
Kitty Hawk Flyer
See some revolutionary tech on the fourth floor. The Flyer, from Kitty Hawk, is an all-electric VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) vehicle designed to give individuals the ability to experience what it feels like to glide above the water.
Pixel Art
Get creative with Pixel Art, a giant wall installation made of 952 pixel dials, each containing more than 1,000 possible color combinations, which you rotate to "turn on" different colors.
Check it out and leave behind a fun image or pattern on our wall. Be sure to share your coolest creations with us online using hashtag #LibertyScienceCenter.
Wonder Why
Create, think, and observe! Wonder Why is filled with activities that celebrate the joy and wonder of science.
Explore endurance and test your strength by hanging onto a bar as long as possible. Try out different pathways on the Rock Wall. Make fluorescent rocks glow at our mineral display. Test your reaction time or explore the range of your mind’s eye with intriguing optical illusions.
Bees to Bots
The third floor of Liberty Science Center is buzzing with excitement! In Bees to Bots, peer inside our honey bee hive to see real bees at work, busily building honeycomb and making honey. Then explore our multimedia exhibition to discover innovative ways that scientists are studying bees.
Brain Games
What does it take to solve puzzles? Practice your critical thinking skills and challenge yourself! In Brain Games, you’ll discover coding by teaching a robot to navigate a maze, piece together magnet shapes to create the five Platonic Solids, explore patterns using big colorful foam blocks, and more.
There’s a puzzle for everyone in Brain Games!
Hum Rider
Encounter a feat of engineering during your visit to LSC! The Hum Rider is the first car that can hydraulically rise up and widen its wheel base so that it can drive over bumper-to-bumper gridlock.
The car, a converted Jeep Grand Cherokee, weighs 4,900 lbs. and uses an intricate hydraulic system to escape traffic jams.
Million-Volt Lightning Machines
See LSC’s pair of one-million-volt Tesla coils, generously donated by magician and endurance artist David Blaine.
Blaine donated these Tesla coils in 2012 following a 73-hour endurance stunt, during which he stood atop a 22-foot high pillar at Pier 54 in New York City, surrounded by a system of seven Tesla coils. The coils directed an electric discharge of one million volts at him for the entire duration of the performance.
View the Tesla coils in person, and learn more about Nikola Tesla, a pioneer of electric power.
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