What's on in Boston

Exterior of the Museum of Science, Boston, seen from across the Charles River Dam

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Museum of Science, BostonScience Park / West End

Making Waves

Ended13 June 2026 – 27 September 2026Ticketed — see website

This exhibition has ended.

Limited-time hands-on exhibit on wave science, from a pendulum's swing to a giant slinky's pulse. Part of the Museum's Year of Revolutionary Science.

More in Boston

On now All of October 2026

Also at Museum of Science, Boston

On now nearby

Display cases of rare books and printed material in the Imagined Nation installation at the Boston Athenæum

Imagined Nation

Boston Athenæum

A photograph by Constantine Manos from his 1974 series documenting Boston's streets, on view in Where's Boston? 50 Years Later

Where's Boston? 50 Years Later

Boston Athenæum

Gibson House Twilight Tours

Gibson House Museum

All exhibitions in Boston this month Coming up in November

Nearby

Exterior of the First Harrison Gray Otis House, a three-storey red-brick Federal mansion at 141 Cambridge Street, Boston

Otis House

Architecture10 min walk

The brick facade of the 1806 African Meeting House on Smith Court, Beacon Hill, Boston

Museum of African American History

Architecture11 min walk

The Federal-style brick facade of 55 Mount Vernon Street, the Nichols House Museum, on Beacon Hill in Boston

Nichols House Museum

Architecture13 min walk

The sandstone Beacon Street facade of the Boston Athenæum at 10½ Beacon Street

Boston Athenæum

Image credits

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Museum of Science, BostonDaderot, via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Imagined NationBoston Athenæum
Where's Boston? 50 Years LaterConstantine Manos / Boston Athenæum
Otis HouseDaderot, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Museum of African American Historyajay_suresh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0
Nichols House MuseumJohn Phelan / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Boston Athenæumajay_suresh / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0

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