Are you a teen?
Science – and so much more – is cool at the Putnam! Make your own stop motion movie in our Fab Lab Animation Station then post it to our Facebook page and see how many likes you can get! Or you can take a selfie that’s gone back in time in our
Black Earth | Big River exhibit. Better yet, grab your friends and enjoy a documentary film in our National Geographic GIANT Screen Theater!
Things that may be of interest to you
Featured Exhibit
OMG! ELEMENTS OF SUPRISE
Discover the building blocks that shape YOUR WORLD through an all-new Putnam exhibit experience about the weird and wonderful Periodic Table! Elements are all around you; they make up EVERYTHING — the air we breathe, the water we drink, the earth we walk on AND YOU! Celebrate the Year of the Periodic Table and take an eye-opening tour through the Periodic Table of Elements — more than 150 years after its creation!
OPEN THROUGH 2020! Learn more.
Movies
Our National Geographic GIANT screen really is GIANT: at over 6 stories tall, it’s an experience you won’t want to miss!
Check out what’s playing now! (PS: it’s great for date night!)
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