A transformative space to expand accessibility and passion for science.

The Museum of Science, Boston is excited to announce a major renovation and reinvention of 10,000 square feet at the Museum to establish the Public Science Common, a state-of-the-art convening space that will connect the public to Boston’s unparalleled scientific community.

The space is a critical part of meeting the Museum’s mission to inspire a lifelong love of science in everyone and to play a leading role in transforming the nation’s relationship with science and technology at a time of rapid innovation.

The new convening space will serve as the central hub of the Museum’s three new Centers for Public Science Learning—the Center for Life Sciences, the Center for the Environment, and the Center for Space Sciences—led respectively by directors Insoo Hyun, PhD, David Sittenfeld, PhD, and Danielle LeBlanc. The Centers will use the new convening space as a platform for public conversations, lectures, ideas festivals, student competitions, and more. Through its digital capabilities, the Public Science Common will also engage global audiences both in real time and after the fact, amplifying the Museum's on-site experiences and becoming a driving force of global public science conversations.