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Winning Bidder will receive a Family Pass valid for one day's general admission for two adults and two chidlren.  Pass is valid until 3/31/2019 and pass must be present to gain entry into the Ecotarium.

Science and Nature Exhibits
Hands-on investigations for all ages
The EcoTarium's museum building features three floors of hands-on, interactive exhibits that explore the natural and physical sciences and our New England environment. Each year, the museum welcomes dynamic traveling exhibits, as well as houses permanent installations that make creative use of the museum's natural history collection and living wildlife. Our exhibits make learning fun and are designed to engage a family audience.

Animals
See who's living at the EcoTarium
On a visit to the EcoTarium, you'll encounter a wide variety of animals, from owls to turtles to bald eagles. You'll meet some of them face to face during our public programs and visit others while they swim, relax and play in their habitats. Some animals, like wild turkeys, are living on their own within the museum grounds. You never know which animals you might see on a visit to the EcoTarium!

Many of our animals are here due to injuries, illness, human socialization, or other issues which make them unreleasable to the wild. All enclosures have been specially designed to meet the natural needs of the species as well as to accommodate any physical limitations of the individual animal. Many of our animals' homes include quiet areas, where they are able to rest and nap (if you don't see an animal, this may be why). All animals receive regular check-ups from their vets and daily interaction with their caretakers.

At the EcoTarium, some of our animals live on exhibit (you can find them among exhibits inside the museum as well as outdoors on our Meadow Path and Wildlife Path). Additionally, we have program animals who are not on exhibit but do come out for certain EcoTarium experiences led by our Wildlife Staff and Museum Educators who have been specially trained to work with our animals.

Multi-Species Animal Exhibits:
Animal Corner
Meet native animals you rarely see. Several have come out of hiding to live in the Animal Corner building on the museum's Lower Courtyard. Drop by to see our personable porcupine and skunks.

Tide Pool
Check out the tide pool tank on the lower level of the museum. It's full of crabs, sea stars, mussels, and other shoreline creatures. Take a seat to watch how New England's coastal critters feed, crawl, and interact.

Our Wild Friends
The EcoTarium is set on 55 acres of land that includes woodlands, ponds and marshland, and meadow habitats. It's a popular spot for native New England wildlife. If you’re lucky, you might see a hawk, wild turkey, sparrow, oriole, red-winged blackbird, frog, fish, salamander, chipmunk, rabbit, squirrel or deer. Some animals you’re quite likely to see. Others are active at night when the grounds are closed or are very shy. Be a detective and look for their signs: tracks, burrows, nests or scat (that's a fancy science word for poop). Seek out skunk tracks in the winter snow, hunt for owl pellets year round, and watch the meadow fill up with goldfinches when the flowers bloom in the summer.

Alden Digital Planetarium: A National Geographic Theater
An Exciting Partnership
In October 2014, the EcoTarium announced its five-year partnership with one of the world’s largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations, National Geographic. The partnership includes rebranding the EcoTarium’s theater to the Alden Digital Planetarium: A National Geographic Theater.

There are fewer than ten other museums in the United States having this exclusive partnership with National Geographic, and the EcoTarium is the first museum partner in New England!

A Tradition of Cutting Edge
In 2007, the Alden Digital Planetarium became the first digital planetarium in Massachusetts!

Featuring Digital Light Processing technology from Sky-Skan, Inc., the EcoTarium's planetarium uses images from NASA and the Hubble Space Telescope to create a three-dimensional solar system projected onto a 40-foot dome. With immersive surround sound technology from Bose, the planetarium offers a 360-degree, multi-sensory experience.

Planetarium Tickets
Tickets can be purchased at the Tickets and Information Desk on the day of your visit.

$5 per person (plus museum admission)
$4 per person for EcoTarium members