Science & Learning in Central New York

Go prospecting for your very own world-famous Herkimer Diamond which was faceted by nature half a billion years ago.

The museum's exhibits focus on art, local history, science and natural history with the centerpiece of the museum being the 1904 Roberson Mansion.

This facility is one of the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) largest hatcheries boasting an annual production of nearly 160,000 pounds of brook, rainbow and brown trout.

Located on the shores of Onondaga Lake, this unique museum spotlights the industry that gave rise to the city of Syracuse and at one time, supplied the entire nation with salt.

With an annual production of 15,000 pounds of fish, this hatchery rears the entire statewide supply of tiger muskellunge and produces pond-reared walleye fingerlings.

Serving a small-town American community from 1884 to 1991, the Dr. Best collection echoes reminders of a quickly changing era and Civil War.

The hands-on interactive Erie Canal Museum in Syracuse is the world’s leading interpreters of the Erie Canal.

The Museum of Science and Technology is an exciting, hands-on science museum, planetarium and home to the only domed IMAX in Upstate NY.