Cooking Galley
Stop by the Cooking Galley to cook up some fun and try a healthy snack! This program is free and open to visitors of all ages – no prior registration required.
Check out our calendar below for special programs and activities to plan your fun-filled adventure, or just pop by any day we’re open during our regular museum hours—we promise you’ll always find something to do.
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☀️ Open: September 4-7, September 18-22, September 25-29: 10am-4pm (Members Only at 9:30am)
🕙 Closed: September 8-17, September 23-24, September 30-October 1
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Stop by the Cooking Galley to cook up some fun and try a healthy snack! This program is free and open to visitors of all ages – no prior registration required.
Don’t be a sucker! Come make your own lollipops* for National Lollipop Day, experimenting with many different colors, flavors, and ingredients in our 4th floor Cooking Galley! * Lollipops will contain a range of ingredients, mostly honey and chocolate. No nuts or gluten anticipated! Recommended Age Range: 4-10 Please note: Class fee covers the cost of one participating child. Museum Read more about Lollipops Lollipops! »
Come celebrate the 50th anniversary of the first Moon Landing, and how Buffalo helped launch astronauts safely to and from the Moon. We will be building and experimenting with different types of straw rockets in our 3rd floor Tinkering Tank! This class is recommended for children 6-12 years. Please note: Class fee covers the cost of one participating child. Museum admission Read more about Buffalo Launches to the Moon! »
Stop by the Cooking Galley to cook up some fun and try a healthy snack! This program is free and open to visitors of all ages – no prior registration required.
Taste and experiment with different Indian spices* in this hands-on cooking workshop in the 4th floor Cooking Galley! Together, we’ll read the children’s book Hot Hot Roti for Dada-Ji by F. Zia and learn to make our very own roti and mango lassi. *Ingredients will include wheat flour, yogurt, mango, milk, and various spices. Recommended Age Range: 3-10 Please note: Read more about “Cook the Books” (Series): Roti »
Stop by the Cooking Galley to cook up some fun and try a healthy snack! This program is free and open to visitors of all ages – no prior registration required.
Join us for Sci Fri as our friends from Thermo Fisher Scientific (Grand Island) run four different experiments throughout the museum: Strawberry DNA Extraction, Spell Your Name in DNA, Build Your Own Lava Lamp, and Testing Water Quality. Participation is free, but supplies are limited! Museum admission required.
Join us for WellNow Wednesdays - keeping you and your family well through fun and engaging programs throughout the museum!
Today marks the 107th birthday of Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt), a German-born artist who spent most of her career in Venezuela. To celebrate her practice of “drawing without paper,” we’ll construct our own colorful mobiles out of wire and other artistic materials and play with the shadows they cast as they move against light. Recommended for ages 5-12. Note: We will Read more about “Drawing Without Paper” Mobile Workshop »
Join us the first Saturday of each month for a full day of fun and engaging healthy activities located throughout the museum’s play zones and educational studios at Fearless Family Play Day presented by BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York. These family friendly activity days are held the first Saturday of each month, with BlueCross BlueShield of Western New York Read more about Fearless Family Play Day presented by BlueCross BlueShield of WNY »
Join the Cornell Cooperative Extension to make a healthy, English muffin pizza snack. This program contains both gluten and dairy, and is recommended for ages 4+. This program is free, but prior registration is required.
Join us in the Tinkering Tank to learn about the importance of wearing a helmet whether you're riding your bike or playing a sport! Then, use your knowledge to build your very own experimental egg helmet and test it out! This class is recommended for children 7-12 years. This class is FREE, but museum admission and/or membership are required for Read more about Protect Your Noggin: Thinking About Helmet Safety »