Sept 8-9

What kind of house would a robot like to live in?

Come build a "house" for Vernie, our Lego robot to live and have fun in at the Explorium! I bet he would love a "rollercoaster" in his bedroom!

Sept 15-16

Sad summer is over?

Well, not at the Explorium! Come join us as we explore our beautiful Port Jefferson Harbor front and do some late summer gardening. Special exploration program on Sept 16th at 1:30pm and 3 pm. First come, first serve.

Sept 22-23

NO more straws!

Let's keep straws out of our landfill. We're going to "Recycle, Reuse, Repurpose" straws into creative inventions.

Sept 29-30

Come have fun with Little Bits!

Build a "Bubble Bot". Build your own bubble blowing contraptions while learning about circuits and invention! Let your imagination guide your next invention!

Check out past events

March 31 , CLOSED April 1: Recycle, Reuse, and Recreate with Water Bottles

Create exciting new uses for your water bottles as you Recycle, Reuse, and Recreate them into interesting new creations.

We are OPEN during Spring Break April 2-6. 1-5 pm ( Delayed opening on April 2 at 2 pm, due to the weather conditions)

Recycle, Reuse, and Recreate with Water Bottles

Create exciting new uses for your water bottles as you Recycle, Reuse, and Recreate them into interesting new creations.

April 7-8 Stomp Rockets

Create a Sounding Rocket and “Stomp” your Scientific Research questions into Space!

Maker Spotlight!

Join Aja Rose on Saturday, April 7th to see models and photographs of some of the equipment and activities used in the Apollo missions to the moon. View 7 minutes of terror, a short film about the landing of the Mars rover "Curiosity" and the seven minutes where the engineers and scientists watch to see if their many years of hard work and programming was successful in being able to land a rover on Mars. Then build your own lunar rover that can travel over rough terrain and carry a payload!

April 14-15: Become a Plant Detective with Our Native Plant Seed Collections

Join us and solve the mystery of growing Native Plants.

April 21-22: Celebrate EARTH DAY with us!

Create a Terrarium and a Biome to Observe the Water Cycle

Observe the water cycle in your own plant habitats!

April 28-29: Create a Butterfly Feeder using Recycled Keurig Cups

Explore various species of butterflies by creating your own butterfly feeder!

March 3-4: Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

In honor of Dr. Seuss's birthday, Join us to create your own Green Oobleck to ooze through your fingers!

March 10-11: March Math Madness

Join us as we explore and investigate through Art the Mathematical findings of PI, Fibonacci, and Bernoulli!

Celebrate International Pi day this weekend with our "Makers in Residence"

March 10, 2pm: Dr. Moira Chas from SBU Math Dept as she explores the world of curves, crossings, surfaces and more.

March 11, 2 pm: Dr. Elana Reiser and her fabulous 3D Printed Interactive Math Fun

March 17-18: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Come to our Maker space to design and create Leprechaun traps! See how many Simple Machines you incorporate.

March 24-25: Celebrate World Water Day!

Join us as we design a Water Filtration System to clean dirty water!

We will have First Lego League teams showing off their 2018 Aqua Adventure Challenge or HydroDynamics challenge. We will see how their ideas conserve this valuable resource.