(Quicklink: https://nescitech.org/events)
Come check out the makerspace, meet R2D2, and take a tour. Visit the Open House page. Our facilities are for children in grades 4 and up. Ask to see our Yard Sale items.
We host free Public Telescope Nights on select Friday and Saturday evenings in the spring, summer, and fall, weather permitting. Learn more / Sign up.
The Volunteer Examiners Team of New England Amateur Radio, Inc. (NEAR) offers regular amateur radio license exams at New England Sci-Tech. Find out more.
StratoScience Workshop, run by the New England Weather Balloon Society at NEST, launches high-altitude balloons with student projects over New England. Find out more.
Each August this Amateur Radio event attracts hobbyists, science enthusiasts, scout groups, and radio operators from around New England. Learn More.
Every June, more than 40,000 hams in North America set up stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio’s science and service. Free event. Learn More.
Open to all licensed amateur radio operators worldwide, Winter Field Day in January demonstrates ham radio’s science and service. Free to the public. Learn More
Solar Telescopes, Nighttime Telescopes, Galileo Show, Ham Radio Activities, Planetarium Shows! Free to the public.. Learn more.
Free, public viewings of "LOSING THE DARK" in the planetarium celebrating the Earth Day All Around Natick event in April each year. Learn More.
In April, free public viewings of "LOSING THE DARK" at NEST in the planetarium celebrating Earth Day and the Framingham Science on State Street event. Learn More.
Each Spring, Sci-Tech hosts a National Mythology Exam session in March for students of classical mythology. We offer exam prep workshops. Learn More
Each Spring, New England Sci-Tech hosts a National Latin Exam session in March for students of classical Latin. We offer exam prep workshops. Learn More
NEST participates in a fantastic evening of family-friendly entertainment in the vibrant Natick Center Cultural District on Thursdays in June, July, and August. Free to the public. Learn More.
NEST participates in the annual Massachusetts STEM WEEK in October by hosting activities that help draw attention to astronomy, the moon, and light pollution. Free to the public. Learn More.
During International Observe the Moon Week around the 1st Quarter Moon of Sep-Oct, NEST hosts activities to draw attention to astronomy, the moon, and light pollution. Free to the public. Learn More.
Free planetarium shows: Sounds of the Ocean: A Mindful Underwater Journey by Embodied Sounds, Inc. at NEST in celebration of World Ocean Week, June 2025. Learn More.