About Carnival

Cambridge Science Carnival

A family-friendly science extravaganza, Carnival is a beloved yearly highlight of the Cambridge STEAM calendar and features over 100 activity booths and demonstrations, with live music and installations, including the ever-popular Robot Petting Zoo! Carnival is a STEAM-themed adventure playground for inquisitive visitors of all ages – we can’t wait to see you there and celebrate our diverse, creative community together.

Founded by the MIT Museum in 2007, Carnival takes place every year in the Kendall/MIT Open Space.

MIT Museum

The MIT Museum aims to connect curious minds to MIT’s unique culture of problem-solving and playful creativity, bringing together science, technology, art and design in surprising ways to explore our future.

In addition to exhibitions, programs, a maker hub and learning labs, the museum invites visitors to take part in on-going research while demonstrating how science and innovation will shape the future of society. In October 2022, a reinvented MIT Museum opened in a new location in the heart of Kendall Square in Cambridge, MA.

Highlights of the Museum include freshly conceived exhibitions featuring objects from the Museum’s prodigious collections of over 1.5 million objects, along with loans of art and other objects; the Lee Family Exchange event space for public dialogue and conversation; the hands-on Heide Maker Hub, where audiences can create and invent; and an expanded Museum Store.