This award-winning science museum has more than 400 hands-on exhibits that explore the wonders of science in everyday life. Separate areas teach the principles behind cyberspace, molecules, physics, sound, light and the body—different active-learning experiences are geared to preschoolers and older children. Visit the World of Microbes, surf through the Technology Gallery, or hang on a 3-D spider web in the Science Playground. Open July and August Monday-Friday 9:30 am-5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am-6 pm; September-March Tuesday-Thursday 9:30 am-2 pm, Friday 9:30 am-5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am-6 pm; April-June Monday-Thursday 9:30 am–2 pm, Friday 9:30 am-5 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am-6 pm. US$11 adults, US$8 seniors and children ages 2-17 (September-June free admission on Friday 2-5 pm and Sunday 10-11 am). Children younger than 15 must be accompanied by an adult. 47-01 111th St., at 47th Avenue (subway line 7 to 111th Street), Flushing, Queens, New York City. Phone 718-699-0005. http://www.nyscience.org.
