Museum of Science (Boston) Has anybody been to the Museum of Science in Boston?

[DavidBrown]

The Boston Museum of Science is an AZA-accredited facility. Its website says that it has 50 species of animals including a cotton top tamarin exhibit and an insect zoo with a leaf-cutter ant colony.

Have any Zoochatters been there? If so, what are the species highlights of the place?

 

[Pleistohorse]

I visited a few times in the 1990’s and the early aughts. There were no live animals there when I visited, although that has changed since. There was a gallery of New England dioramas, which I believe included one of the last “Eastern” Cougars killed in New Hampshire (?). They also had a neat “trophy room” exhibit which I believe was donated by the estate of a local Bostonian. My every first visit (1990) corresponded with a traveling exhibition on Bears...which featured much taxidermy and informational panels. That was pretty cool.

That was probably not the information you were looking for...but, yes, I’ve been there. Last time, maybe, 2001.

 

[Smaggledagle]

I have been there at least twice since 2010

Tbe cotton top tamarins are in the health section for some reason. I haven't seen any other animal exhibit, except for the taxidermy New England dioramas. I kinda wanna go back when COVID is over to fully look at all the exhibits.

 

[TinoPup]

Their mammal list is typical for a museum - domestic rats, rabbits, ferrets, hedgehogs, and chinchillas, along with tenrecs, striped skunk, grey squirrel, flying squirrel, virginia opossum, NA porcupine, and screaming armadillo, plus the tamarin (looks like they only have one).