Buffalo Museum of Science
DESCRIPTION: The museum has a number of unique spaces available for rent, from small meeting areas to a 400-seat auditorium or even the entire museum. Availability varies, call for details.
SPACENOTES: We are unable to offer large facility rentals while the museum is open to the public.
1020 Humboldt ParkwayBuffalo, NY 14211
(716) 896-5200
(716) 897-6723 (fax)
Discount for groups
Handicap Accessible
Meeting Facility
Motorcoach Parking
Motorcoach Parking
Group Limit: 201 +
Handicap Access
Tour Length: Call for details
The Buffalo Museum of Science offers educational and exciting experiences the whole family can enjoy. From special traveling exhibits to a National Geographic 3D Cinema, collections of over 700,000 artifacts and specimens and its interactive science studios, BMS is always “inspiring curiosity through exploration”.
Record your own weather forecast or step into a wind chamber in Our Marvelous Earth, explore health and the human body in Explore YOU, build your own gravity wall in the In Motion studio, explore over 1,500 insect specimens in Bug Works, or discover science with your toddler and young scientists in the Explorations early childhood gallery.
Special workshops and classes are also available every month; preregistration is required and available online.
The Buffalo Museum of Science and Tifft Nature Preserve offer distinctive spaces for your next event too. From dancing in our grand Hamlin Hall to stargazing from the Museum’s rooftop, BMS offers a unique location your guests are sure to remember. You may even rent out the entire museum if you wish. Enhance your event with special science programming and/or admission to special traveling exhibits, when available. Tifft Nature Preserve, the museum’s urban nature sanctuary in South Buffalo, offers 264 acres of natural beauty just minutes from downtown Buffalo.
Traveler Rating
Five Most Recent Traveler Reviews
01/14/2025 | By ErieCountyKate Mourning the loss of my Well-Loved Museum
The staff was friendly, there was a visible effort to maintain cleanliness as people used areas, and 2 volunteers/docents were set up to show an experiment and some artifacts. We were a family group...
04/21/2024 | By nicolegX4611RK Interactive Museum Experience: Best Suited for Families
While it's an amazing spot for young ones to dive into science with interactive exhibits, as an adult without kids, I felt a tad out of place. 
Don't get me wrong, the learning opportunities are...
02/20/2024 | By Prax-Tammy Science Museum
I haven't been to the Science Museum in 15 years. It has improved so much. A nice way to spend a couple hours. We had lots of fun.
11/23/2023 | By stevew478 Interesting Museum
A very interesting museum. Nice displays of various science and technology subjects. Looked like a great place for children.
06/01/2023 | By JimmyJimNZ Solar Saturday Fun
Took my niece to the Museum of Science for Solar Saturday. She's a big astronomy buff, so she really wanted to have a look through a "real" telescope. It's the wrong time of year for the night...
