Lots to explore throughout this large, interactive museum. Step inside a giant microscope lens, create your own engineering challenge using foam blocks and wooden shapes, get creative with a giant wall installation made of 952 pixel dials and try more hands-on science.

🎬 Explore the science and technology behind some of the most beloved animated films through 50 interactive experiences featuring Buzz Lightyear, Dory, Mike and Sulley, Edna Mode and other favorites in The Science Behind Pixar.

🐠 Use Wild Kratts technology and the powers of science and teamwork to solve problems, explore ocean habitats, help marine animals, and foil the villains’ nefarious plans in Wild Kratts: Ocean Adventure.

✨ Choose from a range of starry shows including One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure and Black Holes: The Other Side of Infinity in the biggest planetarium in America.

🙈 Crawl through the iconic 80-foot, pitch-black Touch Tunnel. Explore an unknown environment and you realize how much we rely on sight.

🪢 Explore multiple routes in the massive suspended Infinity Climber (surrounded by 19 miles of hand-threaded wire that forms a protective mesh to prevent climbers from falling).

💥 Experience the excitement of (controlled) liquid nitrogen explosions in Boom Time shows throughout the day.

🐒 Meet over 100+ fascinating animal species including cotton-top tamarin monkeys, naked mole rats and red-footed tortoises in Wild About Animals exhibition.

👶 The littlest scientists cab explore Wobbly World, a wonderland for babies and toddlers.

🚂 Experience the engineering marvels and bygone lifestyle of train travel in the early 1950s in the Great Train Set, one of the most elaborate and detailed model railroads ever built.

🍽 Find family favorites including hot and cold sandwiches, house-made pizza, chicken with amazing “awesome sauces” on the side, salads, and snacks at The Cosmic Café food hall. Order online to avoid waiting. Or stop by the Galaxy Grab and Go, a speedy self-service area.

🎟 Reserve online in advance to save; time slots sometimes sell out.

🚙 Approx. 20-50 minute drive (traffic varies) from mid-Manhattan; $7 parking onsite

⛴  Take a ferry from World Trade Center to Liberty State Park then walk/taxi 20 minutes

🚂  50 minute train ride (with transfer); see train schedules (select 33rd Street PATH Station to Liberty State Park Light Rail Station)