Main Level

Dinosaur Gallery
Look for clues in the fossil record as you examine claws, teeth, and bones. Investigate models of other prehistoric animals and compare them to modern day animals to gain a better understanding of these ancient creatures.

Discovery Room
Handle and touch specimens and artifacts as you exploremany wonders of natural history and science. Discovery boxes provide hands-on experiences with natural objects such as rocks, shells, or animal feet. Make observations and ask questions to identify artifacts.

Hall of the Cosmos
From our solar system to galaxies and beyond, the Hall of the Cosmos provides interactive opportunities, scaled models and large format Hubble Space Telescope images.

Also stop by the Tech Theater to view our live news feed ViewSpace from the Space Telescope Science Institute, providing the latest information on NASA missions and findings. 

During the weekends, interact with Pennsylvania's only digital video globe, the Magic Planet. Its stunning visual impact reveals authentic representations of weather systems, earthquakes, planets, and more!

Find your place in space.

Light and Sight Gallery
Explore the electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma waves. Be a geologist and learn how ultraviolet light is used to identify rocks and minerals, or sneak a peek at organic objects exposed to ultraviolet light. What do you look like under ultraviolet light?

Live Animal Room
Understand how zoologists classify animals based on a variety of traits. Explore some of the unique characteristics of insects, arthropods, reptiles, and amphibians as you classify examples of the Museum's live animals. Pay attention and look carefully - not all characteristics are visible. Touching is encouraged.

Natives of the Susquehanna
The North Museum explores the abundance of anthropological history along the Susquehanna River in the exhibit Natives of the Susquehanna. Eight new exhibit cases, hands-on interactives and a mural of the Susquehanna River immerse you in Lancaster County's Native American history from the Paleo Indians of 10,000 years BC to the mighty Susquehannocks that inhabited Lancaster County until 1763.

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Lower Level

Cabinet Museum
Learn about birds, rocks, and bugs galore as you explore the Museum's natural history collections. What can they teach us about our world? A scavenger hunt tailored to your group's age will open your students' eyes to a wide variety of amazing specimens. Learn fascinating facts for your next outdoor adventure.