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PUBLIC EVENTS WE JOIN OR HOST EACH YEAR

OPEN HOUSES

Come check out the makerspace, meet R2D2, and take a tour. Our facilities are for children in grades 4 and up. Register on the Calendar. Ask to see our Yard Sale items.

PUBLIC TELESCOPE

We host Public Telescope Nights on select Friday and Saturday evenings in the spring, summer, and fall, weather permitting. Find out more and register for an event.

HAM RADIO EXAMS

The Volunteer Examiners Team of New England Amateur Radio, Inc. (NEAR) offers regular in-person amateur radio license exams at New England Sci-Tech. Find out more.

StratoScience 2024 LAUNCH

StratoScience Workshop will launch a high-altitude balloon over New England in the Summer of 2024. Attached to a 2000g weather balloon will be suspended several payloads of student projects. Find out more.

Northeast HamXposition

The Northeast HamXposition in August each year attracts hobbyists, makers, science and STEM enthusiasts, school and scout groups, and amateur radio operators from all over New England. Find out more.

ARRL RADIO FIELD DAY

Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up temporary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science and service to our communities. Learn More.

WINTER RADIO FIELD DAY

Open to all licensed amateur radio operators worldwide, Winter Field Day in January is both a contest and a practice exercise of radio skills. Learn More

ASTRONOMY DAY

Solar Telescopes, Nighttime Telescopes, Galileo Show, Ham Radio Activities, Planetarium Shows! Open to the public. Learn more.

EARTH DAY ALL AROUND NATICK

Free, public viewings of "LOSING THE DARK" at New England Sci-Tech in the planetarium celebrating the Earth Day All Around Natick event in April each year. Learn More.

SCIENCE ON STATE STREET

Free, public viewings of "LOSING THE DARK" at New England Sci-Tech in the planetarium celebrating Earth Day and the Framingham Science on State Street event in April. Learn More.

NATIONAL MYTHOLOGY EXAM

Each Spring, New England Sci-Tech hosts a National Mythology Exam session in March for students of classical mythology. We offer exam prep workshops, and students at Sci-Tech take the exam in March. Learn More

NATIONAL LATIN EXAM (NLE)

Each Spring, New England Sci-Tech hosts a National Latin Exam session in March for students of classical Latin. We offer exam prep workshops, and Latin students at Sci-Tech all take the exam in March. Learn More

NATICK NIGHTS

NEST participates in a fantastic evening of family-friendly entertainment in the vibrant Natick Center Cultural District on Thursdays each June, July, and August. Learn More.

MASS STEM WEEK

NEST participates in the annual Massachusetts STEM WEEK in the last weeks of October by hosting activities that help draw attention to astronomy, the moon, and light pollution. Learn More.

OBSERVE THE MOON NIGHT

During International Observe the Moon Week around the 1st Quarter Moon of Sept / Oct, NEST hosts activities that help draw attention to astronomy, the moon, and light pollution. Learn More.

WORLD OCEAN WEEK

Free planetarium viewings of Sounds of the Ocean: A Mindful Underwater Journey by Embodied Sounds, Inc. at New England Sci-Tech in celebration of World Ocean Week in June 2024. Learn More.