Museum Info
Boonshoft Museum
of Discovery
2600 DeWeese Parkway
Dayton, OH 45414
(937) 275-7431
Fax (937) 275-5811
TTY (937) 278-6076
Directions & Map
Hours
Monday – Saturday
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Sunday
12:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.
Closed: New Year's Eve, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, Chistmas Eve, Christmas Day, Easter
General Admission
Effective January 2, 2013, general admission will include unlimited Space Theater shows, based on available seating.
Children (3-16) $9.00
Seniors (60+) $10.00
Adults $12.00
Children under 3 and members are FREE.
Help us create a fun, safe environment for all our visitors! Children under 16 should always be accompanied by an adult in the Museum.
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Adults
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 From getting a bang out of the Hall of the Universe or slithering around in Bieser Discovery Center, to getting all wrapped up in the African Room or going out on a limb in Charles E. Exley, Jr. Wild Ohio, there are adult adventures in every nook and cranny at the Boonshoft Museum…reach for them all!
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 Two accessible floors await our visiting adults. The front entrance is at ground level with easy, “no-steps” entry into our admission area; we also have a convenient drive-up drop off and pick up zone within 20 feet of our front entrance. Wheel chairs, free of charge, are available at the front desk on a “first come, first serve” basis
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 What is the fifth planet from the sun? Find out by getting lost in our Hall of the Universe, exploring
the planets in our solar system and beyond. Short biographies of ground breaking astronomers accompany scientific explanations of celestial bodies and oddities. The Caryl D. Philips Space Theater, located next to the Hall of the Universe, houses the region’s only Digistar II star projection system, which is a state-of-the-art special purpose computer graphics planetarium system. Planetarium shows run daily. LInk to
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 The natural world is waiting for you in the Bieser Discovery Center. Start by viewing undersea specimens, such as brachiopods and cephalopods. Visit the geological section with its beautiful, extra-large sample of amethyst. Finish off with the discovery of tools made by the earliest Ohioans. Bieser also houses our Burmese Python, Rajeev, at approximately 14.5 feet long and weighing over 170 pounds.
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What do canopic jars, a Mossi-Dogon mask, a portion of limestone stele, and Nesiur, our real 2,800 year old mummy have in common? They are all on exhibit in our African Room, which highlights unique objects and curious items from the continent of Africa collected by local Miami Valley citizens. Nesiur, her story, and a re-creation of what her face might have looked like, are highlighted in the African Room. |
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Wild Ohio houses our North American animals that have come to the Museum with their own unique story. Many of our animals are unable to survive in the wild because of a previous injury. Each animal plays a role in educating visitors about their relatives in the wild and helps us in understanding our “bio-responsibility.”
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Are you curious by nature? How about arranging your very own tour of our Collections Repositories, lead by our expert curatorial staff from the Anthropology, Biology, or Geology departments. Journey through time with such diverse items as Native American animal hide shields, African tribal drums, a mummified human hand, and fossilized creatures that swam through the waters once covering Dayton.
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