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Museum Lab at ScienceWorks hands on museum

ScienceWorks Museum

MuseumLab invites kids to turn “What if?” into real experiments on Saturdays Introducing MuseumLab, a pop-up science lab inside ScienceWorks where kids ages 6 to 12 turn curiosity into real discovery. Led by educator and former lab scientist Ash Friend, these two-hour weekend workshops invite participants to investigate big questions through playful, hands-on challenges inspired […]

Pi Day Celebration at ScienceWorks

ScienceWorks Museum

Join us March 14 (that is, 3.14, π) for a full slice of Pi Day fun. Explore pi math magic, build solar paper circuits, and watch a special Albert Einstein birthday video. From 11 AM to 12:30 PM, SOU biogeography students will present research posters on native species, including carnivorous plants and woodboring beetles. And because you […]

Museum Lab at ScienceWorks hands on museum

ScienceWorks Museum

MuseumLab invites kids to turn “What if?” into real experiments on Saturdays Introducing MuseumLab, a pop-up science lab inside ScienceWorks where kids ages 6 to 12 turn curiosity into real discovery. Led by educator and former lab scientist Ash Friend, these two-hour weekend workshops invite participants to investigate big questions through playful, hands-on challenges inspired […]

Museum Lab at ScienceWorks hands on museum

ScienceWorks Museum

MuseumLab invites kids to turn “What if?” into real experiments on Saturdays Introducing MuseumLab, a pop-up science lab inside ScienceWorks where kids ages 6 to 12 turn curiosity into real discovery. Led by educator and former lab scientist Ash Friend, these two-hour weekend workshops invite participants to investigate big questions through playful, hands-on challenges inspired […]

Making Music featuring Dr. Terry Longshore and 25 SOU Students

ScienceWorks Museum

T Coordinated by SOU Professor of Music, Artist in Residence, and Honors College Instructor, Dr. Terry Longshore. In this inspiring project, Longshore and the 25 students of his “Making Music” course in the SOU Honors College are designing and composing a multi-media, multi-instrumental performance centered around the theme of “Memories,” and invoking SOU Honors College’s […]

STEAM Olympics Camp at ScienceWorks

ScienceWorks Museum

Our 2026 STEAM Olympics Camp gives young scientists a place to stay curious, creative, and engaged all week long. Campers dive into the science behind their favorite sports as they design robot ice skaters, build mini skate parks, explore physics in motion, and light up their own Olympic Ceremonies with custom LED torches. It’s a joyful week […]

The American Revolution: Extended Excerpts at ScienceWorks

ScienceWorks Museum

Experience a 36-minute extended preview of The American Revolution, the new six-part documentary series by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt. Southern Oregon PBS CEO Phil Meyer will join us at ScienceWorks to introduce curated clips that explore how thirteen colonies united, fought for independence, and sparked global democratic change. Watch the full series on PBS.org […]

NOON Years Eve celebration at ScienceWorks

ScienceWorks Museum

NOON Year's Eve Ring in the New Year at NOON with our annual Noon Year’s Eve celebration! Each year we count down to noon with not one, but two balloon drops: a raucous, music-filled celebration in the Main Gallery and a quieter, sensory-friendly countdown in Da Vinci’s Garage, where we whisper the numbers and celebrate […]

Heart of Humanity Concert Series: Mass for the Endangered, a mulitisensory film experience

ScienceWorks Museum

From composer Sarah Kirkland Snider (“An unerring knack for breathtaking beauty” – The New Yorker), Mass for the Endangered is a unique film presentation of a work of music, poetry, and video animation with art and poetry by Nathaniel Bellows. The piece is a hymn for the voiceless and the discounted, a requiem for the not-yet-gone, a […]

Heart of Humanity Concert Series: Mass for the Endangered, a mulitisensory film experience

ScienceWorks Museum

From composer Sarah Kirkland Snider (“An unerring knack for breathtaking beauty” – The New Yorker), Mass for the Endangered is a unique film presentation of a work of music, poetry, and video animation with art and poetry by Nathaniel Bellows. The piece is a hymn for the voiceless and the discounted, a requiem for the not-yet-gone, a […]

Monster Ball at Science Works Hands On Museum

ScienceWorks Museum

Here’s what you can look forward to: Monster Ball is more than a party — it’s a celebration of creativity, community, and wonder. So put on your best costume, bring your monster moves, and join us for a night you won’t forget. Ashland High School Haunted House — Choose between The Mad Lab: Unhinged (scary) or The Curious Lab: […]