Curiosity brings you to 657 East Ave. and the Rochester Museum & Science Center, the regional hub for hands-on community education in science, technology, regional history, and natural culture. Step close and imagine families, student groups, and tourists arriving here to explore a collection of 1.2 million artifacts that anchor the stories inside. Wanderers like you come for exhibits that range from deep time to living cultures: Expedition Earth traces the Rochester area landscape and natural history from 540 million years ago to the present day, while Wonders of Water examines the waters of the Rochester region as both a force of nature and a source of life.
Inside you’ll find Hodinöšyö:nih Continuity | Resilience | Innovation, an exhibit about Hodinöšyö:nih culture of both past and present — sometimes spelled Haudenosaunee — and The Path We Share, which explores the diversity of Indigenous American lifestyles through material culture and the environment. There’s science theater too; Electricity Theater presents a science show for curious visitors. The RMSC also operates the adjacent Strasenburgh Planetarium and the 850-acre Cumming Nature Center in Naples, New York.
Notice the museum building beside you, the adjacent Strasenburgh Planetarium, and the streetscape of East Avenue stretching past.