The Lawrence Hall of Science
The public science center of the University of California, Berkeley.
Open Daily 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Closed December 24 & 25 Open New Year’s Day View Additional Hours >
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Members: you’re invited to an exclusive look at our early childhood drop-in program, “Dance Into The Light!”
We’re open December 21–January 5 with special events, refreshed activities, new experiences, and more! Fill your holiday season with curiosity…
Visit The Lawrence and enjoy all the hands-on science we offer for just $5 per person.
Join us for our annual family-friendly New Year’s Eve party! Bid farewell to 2024 and ring in 2025 with colorful…
Join us for Space Weather Explorers Week! Engage with fellow enthusiasts in a dynamic conversation and bring your curiosity.
Come talk with scientists at Berkeley Lab to hear about their ongoing work to understand and discover this elusive matter.…
Join us for Champagne Supernova, the brightest party in the galaxy, on October 10, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Delight in…
Ready, set, dig! From dinosaur bones to a variety of mystery fossils, there’s no telling what you will unearth!
Become a member! Join us for an exclusive Members-only prehistoric preview of our new exhibit Dinosaur Lookout! Bring a picnic…
Earth is the only known planet to harbor life. Most life on Earth is microscopic, in the form of single-celled…
On the same day as the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Summer Olympic Games, join us for a friendly…
Join us for the Climate Adaptation Science Fair at KQED’s new headquarters in San Francisco. Discover how we can adapt…
What happens when a song gets stuck in your head? Why do we like certain melodies and not others? Why…
Join The Lawrence On-The-Go at the East Bay’s largest street festival! The Solano Stroll is chock full of art vendors,…
Enjoy hours of interactive science activities, music, guest speakers, delicious food, and more.
September’s theme is Engineering Encounters. Find our booth to design, build, and test your creations and put your engineering skills…
A brand new dinosaur exhibit is roaring into The Lawrence! Join us on Saturday, October 19 for the grand opening…
Explorará cómo una nueva generación de satélites está mejorando simultáneamente la cartografía del agua, las predicciones climáticas y los esfuerzos…
Commemorate the spooky season with a celebration of misunderstood creatures!
This vibrant festival brings over 100,000 people together to enjoy music, food, and activities, paying homage to the dead. Visit…
Celebrate Indigenous People Heritage Month in the Outdoor Nature Lab with ‘ottoy Initiative leaders Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino.
Héctor García Martín, físico, compartirá cómo su laboratorio utiliza tecnologías avanzadas para hacer que las nuevas soluciones sean más predecibles,…
Get into the Thanksgiving spirit and help us pilot activities for our upcoming exhibition, Future of Food.
La música está en todas partes. En una fiesta, en la calle, en nuestro cuerpo, en nuestra mente. Por eso…
Feel the warmth of the sun and sand between your toes at our outdoor science party!
Siempre ha sido un objetivo de la ciencia medir las dimensiones más pequeñas y con la resolución más rápida para…
Be the first to see a brand-new 3D film about the king of dinosaurs! We’re rolling out the red carpet…
Celebrate everyone’s favorite prehistoric giants with a whole week of special dinosaur-themed activities! The week kicks off with the premiere…
Join us for a pilot of our upcoming exhibit specially designed for your little explorers. Embark on an illuminating journey…
11:00 a.m. – 3 p.m. The Lawrence Discovery Store is home to phenomenal science kits, enthralling books, and fun toys…
Step right up to our pop-up boardwalk for a science carnival and learn the science behind your favorite frozen treat…
Celebrate the reopening of our 3D Theater with a screen that doubles the surface area and a new state-of-the-art projector,…
Spring Break at The Lawrence Why do some lizards change color? How does a snake hear without ear holes? Bring…
Celebrate women and girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math on International Women’s Day!
Join Lawrence On-The-Go and over 70 other organizations to explore rockets and beehives, robots and sharks, catapults and hearts, animation,…
Come check out brooke’s work and learn from her about sustainable architecture! See how brooke connects with the earth to…
Have you ever seen an 8-foot fiery human heart? Join the Flaming Lotus Girls for a temporary installation of their…
Bring your positivity and join The Lawrence On-The-Go at Oakland’s 7th annual Black Joy Parade!
Celebrate Spring Break with solar science! We’ll have a printmaking station all week featuring our Sunprint Kit paper in Forces…
Help us test a new activity for your littlest future scientists! Have a blast exploring with various optical tools that…
Soak up the sun and celebrate Spring Break with special events, extended hours, and more at The Lawrence!
Get up close and personal with musical instruments and get inspired by the power of music!
Explore solar science and witness a solar eclipse!
The Lawrence On-The-Go will bring hands-on science discovery to the 6th annual Tri-Valley Innovation Fair!
Come celebrate Earth Day in style at the Outdoor Nature Lab!
Explore the properties of the three states of matter—solids, liquids, and gasses—in this phase-changing, mind-bending science show!
Looking to celebrate the New Year with your kids but don’t want to stay up past their bedtime? Our annual…
Get into the holiday spirit with a festive activity in our Hands-on Biotech exhibit!
Embark on an illuminating journey into a world of wonder and discovery and help us pilot a new exhibit for…
Walk the red carpet and enjoy a special preview of our latest 3D film, Blue Whales: Return of the Giants!
Indoor air quality—the air quality within and around homes, buildings, and other structures—affects our health and comfort just as outdoor…
Have you ever wondered about the indigenous traditions of Berkeley and the East Bay? Join us on Thursday, November 16…
Our annual Halloween party is back! Visitors wearing a costume can get free tickets to 3D films or Planetarium shows.…
Join us at The Lawrence for an immersive evening for hungry minds exploring the future of food. This celebratory benefit…
Renovations on our beloved Animal Discovery Zone are nearly complete!
On October 14, an annular solar eclipse will be visible across the United States. The Lawrence will have eclipse glasses…
Join us for an exclusive Members-only preview of our newly refurbished Animal Discovery Zone (ADZ)!
This talk will guide you through the origins and journey of the Solar Wind from the Sun to the Earth,…
Catch Lawrence On-the-Go at Scientific Adventures for Girls’ STEAM night: Planet Protectors. Build a terrarium, learn about pollinators, become a…
El trabajo de Héctor consiste en secuestrar el ribosoma, haciéndolo capaz de ensamblar bloques de construcción que no son aminoácidos…
Explore everyday science at Science@Stockmen’s Park, a free monthly outdoor event for children ages three and up, teens, and adults.…
Visit The Lawrence and enjoy all the hands-on science we offer for just $5 per person. $5 Days are part…
August’s virtual lecture is all about earthquakes! Join Dr. Sarina Patel from UC Berkeley’s Seismology Lab and Dr. Floriana Petrone…
Join Lawrence On-the-Go for a fun Saturday STEM Fair with Kits Cubed, an organization based in Oakland dedicated to igniting…
Bring your lunch and picnic outside next to our Sun Stones II exhibit, a sculpture offering unique viewing opportunities of…
Join Sea Otter Savvy’s Heather Barrett and Cafe Ohlone co-founders Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino in our Outdoor Nature Lab…
Celebrate the 10th anniversary of Oakland First Fridays with Science at Cal and The Lawrence On The Go! Explore the…
Local band The Dans of Steel will delight guests with a performance that will break down the music of Steely…
A visitor favorite, Bug Bonanza is a celebration of bugs! SaveNature will bring their awesome insect zoo to The Lawrence…
Celebrate the human body and what it can do when put to music! Les Aerielles will return this summer with…
Lithium is an essential element in energy-dense batteries and is a key ingredient for a low carbon future, but we…
Kick off our series of Summer Science Fundays with a celebration of our sun and other stars. Search for sunspots,…
Explore building in two and three dimensions and discover the engineering properties of sturdy structures including bridges, roller coasters, and…
Rock out with science and celebrate the opening of our brand-new exhibition, Making Music: Math and Science Out Loud!
What does a boat need to float and sail? Join us in our Forces That Shape the Bay exhibit, where…
Investigate and experiment with the forces that govern our world, with activities from our hands-on Phenomenal Physics festival and GSK…
On National Ice Cream Day, we celebrate the sweetest of the seven basic tastes, the one made possible by sugars.…
Join us for two activities exploring the surprising properties of light and investigating the chemical structure of matter. Compared to…
This five-day, summer workshop covers the Complete Series of the ABE curriculum, including an introduction to micropipettes and gel electrophoresis,…
Experience the rhythm of traditional taiko drumming in a performance by UC Berkeley’s Taiko band. Berkeley students will play massive…
High school teachers are invited to a free online interactive Teacher Workshop: Scientific Thinking Toolkit for All as a part…
High school robot makers and their Cal undergraduate mentors, Pioneers in Engineering (PiE) Robotics, face off this weekend in a…
Stringent climate change targets, including lowering the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, will require both a decline…
Las ranas venenosas de la fresa son anfibios diminutos que podrían caber en la uña de tu pulgar. En Centroamérica,…
Learn more about how electrical charges can impact the world around us in this explosive interactive science show during Spring…
Want to learn more about the sun and use engineering to solve problems? Join us for a free Hands-on Solar…
Do you think you could live on another planet? In this program you will blast off into cutting-edge science as…
Join The Lawrence On-The-Go at the annual North Bay Science Discovery Day in Santa Rosa! Children, teens, and families are…
Come explore the forces of physics—the basic principles that govern our physical world. Explore electricity and magnetism, optics and sound,…
Join our partner Justice Outside for a cosmic journey and a lecture by artist, astrophysicist, and professor of astronomy, Dr.…
Join us for our annual Halloween celebration, featuring creepy crawly critters, flying pumpkins, and more!
Humans have a lot to learn from the other animals who share the Earth—some have innate abilities and senses that…
Looking for something to do with your family on their day off from school? The Lawrence has you covered with…
While we might be most familiar with rattlesnakes, black widows, and poison frogs (oh my!), toxins are produced or acquired…
Grounds for Science presents Illuminating the Brain: How light, color, and a jellyfish protein help us study the mind and…
Nuestro planeta Tierra es como una cebolla: está hecho de capas. Algunas son sólidas, otras líquidas, y están hechas de…
At this month’s Midday Science Cafe, we’ll take a star-studded intergalactic journey to see some of the universe’s hottest and…
Meet & greet Cal scientists, participate in hands-on science activities, and enjoy over a mile of FREE family fun at…
Exactly two years ago, before the new Netflix documentary series, “How to Change your Mind” premiered, the UC Berkeley Center…