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Medical Presentations - Facebook LIVE Streams Liberty Science Center New Jersey 4/21/2020 - 6/30/2020 Weekly on Tuesday 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm REGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED AGE RANGE:  Elementary, Tweens FREE CALL: WEBSITE MORE DETAILS: Welcome to LSC in the House, the place where home scientists can conduct experiments, explore the world of LSC's animals, find amazing movies to watch, and get inspired about science and technology without ever leaving the living room. Check out our super cool Facebook live streams! We will be covering different topics each day to keep the kiddos engaged in science at home. We will update our experiences regularly while so many of us are sticking close to home.

Science Trivia - Facebook LIVE Streams Liberty Science Center New Jersey  0000 4/17/2020 - 6/26/2020 Weekly on Friday 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm REGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED AGE RANGE:  Elementary, Tweens FREE CALL: WEBSITE MORE DETAILS: Welcome to LSC in the House, the place where home scientists can conduct experiments, explore the world of LSC'€™s animals, find amazing movies to watch, and get inspired about science and technology without ever leaving the living room. Check out our super cool Facebook live streams! We will be covering different topics each day to keep the kiddos engaged in science at home. We will update our experiences regularly while so many of us are sticking close to home.

Planetarium Presentations - Facebook LIVE Streams Liberty Science Center New Jersey 4/23/2020 - 6/22/2020 Weekly on Thursday 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm REGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED AGE RANGE:  Elementary, Tweens FREE CALL: WEBSITE MORE DETAILS: Welcome to LSC in the House, the place where home scientists can conduct experiments, explore the world of LSC's animals, find amazing movies to watch, and get inspired about science and technology without ever leaving the living room. Check out our super cool Facebook live streams! We will be covering different topics each day to keep the kiddos engaged in science at home. We will update our experiences regularly while so many of us are sticking close to home.

Animal Updates - Facebook LIVE Streams Liberty Science Center New Jersey 4/22/2020 - 6/24/2020 Weekly on Wednesday 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm REGISTRATION NOT REQUIRED AGE RANGE:  Elementary, Tweens FREE CALL: WEBSITE MORE DETAILS: Welcome to LSC in the House, the place where home scientists can conduct experiments, explore the world of LSC's animals, find amazing movies to watch, and get inspired about science and technology without ever leaving the living room. Check out our super cool Facebook live streams! We will be covering different topics each day to keep the kiddos engaged in science at home. We will update our experiences regularly while so many of us are sticking close to home.

Explore the powers of wild creatures in LSC's new adventure for young learners! Opens Feb. 1 On Feb. 1, 2020, LSC welcomes a brand new adventure for young learners —  Wild Kratts: Creature Power! Based on the popular PBS Kids series,  Wild Kratts  is all about discovering wild creatures' unique "creature powers." Your creature adventure begins at the Wild Kratts HQ and continues through five distinct habitats. Slip through underbrush like a jaguar, swing through trees like a monkey, and hang on a rope like a sloth in the Tropical Rainforest. Learn about Australian kangaroos, platypuses, and koalas. Become an Antarctic penguin and slide off an ice shelf, peer underwater, and balance on an ice floe. Then, get a new perspective on your own neighborhood as you “shrink down” to go eye-to-eye with beetles and birds, see flowers as butterflies do, catch lunch like a bullfrog, and create a creature chorus. The exhibition features animal experts Chris and Martin Kratt and a ca...

Location:  4th Floor Dates:  Oct. 5, 2019 – April 19, 2020 Fly into an interactive adventure based on the Angry Birds games! Opens Oct. 5 LSC’s newest premium exhibition,  Angry Birds Universe: The Art and Science Behind a Global Phenomenon , flies into Jersey City on Oct. 5! Based on the popular games, the exhibition takes guests of all ages into the world of  Angry Birds  for interactive adventures, both physically and mentally stimulating. Explore different concepts in science, tech, engineering, arts, and math in an extreme hands-on environment! Angry Birds Universe: The Art and Science Behind a Global Phenomenon  is available with the purchase of a Combination or Premium Pass. Highlights Build and race vehicles in a live version of the Angry Birds Go! kart racing game Use real slingshots to aim birds through the air Draw your own bird and animate it in the high-tech design studio Conquer the climbing wall, play a game of laser tag, explore real charact...

Join a curious T-Rex on an adventure to learn about dinosaurs! Opens Sept. 21 LSC’s newest adventure for young learners,  Dinosaur Train: The Traveling Exhibit , opens Sept. 21! Join a curious Tyrannosaurus Rex named Buddy who travels the world to discover everything there is to know about dinosaurs! Based on the  Dinosaur Train  TV series, the exhibition embraces and celebrates the fascination kids have with both dinosaurs and trains. Join Buddy on his adventure back to the time of dinosaurs and unearth basic concepts in life science, natural history, and paleontology! Highlights Hop on the Dinosaur Train and travel to all three time periods during the Age of Dinosaurs (Mesozoic Era – Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous) Learn the characteristics of herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores, and how dinosaurs are classified into these groups Explore math concepts by studying the different sizes and measurements of dinosaurs Interact with real and replica fossils and learn how...

Open September 22 to December 22, 2019 Fall Fest Fall Fest , North Jersey’s ultimate autumn adventure, debuts at Liberty Science Center on Sept. 28! Everything you love about autumn – the mazes, the pumpkins, the apple cider – is here in Jersey City! Tired of regular old corn mazes? See if you can find your way out of our outdoor  Spider Maze , a 4,000-sq-ft webby labyrinth that’s unlike any maze you’ve explored before! The  8-foot-tall haystack  is the perfect climbing challenge for your big kids, while the  hay maze  is a blast for the little kids in your group. Everyone will enjoy meeting some furry friends at our  weekend petting zoo ! Next, head inside to our  indoor pumpkin patch , where you’ll get to choose and paint your own pumpkin (available on weekends for a $2 donation). The pumpkin experiments continue from there...use an endoscope to explore the slimy insides, and then see one smash open using liquid nitrogen! And of course, it wouldn’t b...

Explore art and nature through stunning sculptures made with LEGO pieces. Now open! This premium exhibition uses beautiful works of art made from simple toy blocks to explore animal endangerment, the balance of ecosystems, and mankind’s relationship with nature. Explore massive LEGO pieces, all created by Brooklyn artist Sean Kenney, brick by brick. Some show the majesty of various wild species including pandas, tree frogs, polar bears, and hummingbirds. Others depict eco-friendly actions humans can take—from protecting an animal's habitat, to planting a garden, to using a bike instead of a car. Just like LEGO bricks, everything in nature is interconnected in a delicate balance. This exhibition also includes a hands-on play zone where guests can dream up and build their own wild creations using thousands of bricks! Experience  Sean Kenney’s Art Made with LEGO® Bricks  from June 22 through Sept. 2, available with the purchase of a Combination or Premium Pass. Hours Mon. - Fri. ...

Follow the clues, examine the footprints, and crack the case! Get ready to solve a thrilling mystery in LSC’s newest premium exhibition!  The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes  is now open. In this interactive adventure, you’ll be transported into Sherlock Holmes’ London—a world filled with innovation and experimentation in the field of forensic science. While you're hot on the trail of your own case, you’ll learn how the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, a scientific expert ahead of his time, used seemingly trivial observations of clues others missed to solve mysterious crimes in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's famous books. Follow the footprints, examine the spatter patterns, decipher Morse Code, find missing items, and use your powers of observation to crack the case in this can’t-miss exhibition! The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes is available with the purchase of a Combination Pass or Premium Pass. Visitor info Location:  4th Floor Catch this exhib...