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Current Exhibits
 CSI: Crime Scene Insects
Learn the secrets of crime solving bugs. The Miami Science Museum offers visitors a rare opportunity to learn more about the mysterious world of crime scene investigation with its new exhibit, CSI: Crime Scene Insects. The exhibit dives into forensic entomology, the use of insects such as flies, maggots and beetles to reveal critical details of a crime scene, a fascinating practice that plays a vital role in solving a variety of crimes. CSI: Crime Scene Insects opens June 6th and runs through January 2010.
 Megalodon: The Largest Shark That Ever Lived!
At 60 feet long, Megalodon was the largest shark that ever lived and a dominant marine predator. Sharks are at risk today, with recent population declines attributed to humans. Though Megalodon vanished 2 million years ago, its fascinating story inspires lessons for science and shark conservation. This new national traveling exhibition, "Megalodon: Largest Shark that Ever Lived," which opens in February at Miami Science Museum, features a 60-foot-long walk-through sculpture and highlights the evolution, biology and misconceptions regarding giant prehistoric sharks.
 The Reclamation Project/Native Flags
A collaborative eco-art intervention by Miami artist, Xavier Cortada
The Reclamation Project explores our ability to coexist with the natural world. It reminds us of what our community looked like before all the concrete was poured. For a few months, mangrove seedlings will "reclaim" the island where they thrived a few decades ago. Afterwards, the seedlings will be planted on Biscayne Bay. This new mangrove colony will eventually rebuild ecosystems above and below the water line.
 Immersion Theatre
In "Vital Space" you will be called upon to explore inside the body of an infected astronaut. Using nano-robots, you will use the touch screens and compete in a series of virus fighting games to save your team member. In the highly-interactive exhibit, you will be immersed in a representational reconstruction of our human biology traveling through the major organs to the cellular structure and beyond into DNA.
 Newton's Notions
Everything moves, but why? How? Isaac Newton figured it out and so can you in this exhibit that invites you to push, pull, lift, stop, go, drop and bounce your way to discovering more about how the world works. It's a fun, hands-on way to learn about the universal laws of motion.
 40 Tons of Coral in New York City
Dr. Roy Waldo Miner documented the coral reefs of the Bahamas in the 1920s and 1930s. These unique hand-colored photographic images from the collection of the Miami Science Museum document the ingenuity and technology required to collect and transport 40 tons of coral for a two-story diorama at the American Museum of Natural History. Open April 2005 - Ongoing
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