Join us statewide for the 15th Wisconsin Science Festival, October 16-26th, 2025!

Science on the Square: Free Family Night at MCM

October 16 @ 4:00 pm

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Join the Madison Children’s Museum for a free night of museum fun as the Wisconsin Science Festival presents Science on the Square: Madison Night Market Fusion. Check out all MCM has to offer in addition to an exciting line-up of hands-on science activities – learn more here!

Admission is free from 4 to 8 p.m.

Stop by to check out these hands-on science stations plus MORE activities throughout the museum!

  • Wisconsin Center for Origins Research – Exploring Exoplanets
  • Chemistry with Alpha Chi Sigma
  • Wisconsin Agriculture in the Classroom – Soil Rocks!
  • SleepHealth Ambassadors – Snoozeapalooza
  • Dept of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection – Can you find invasive species?
  • UW-Madison Women in Chemistry – Cyanotype sun prints
  • UW-Madison Chemistry GSFLC – Boo Bubbles
  • IBio Go – Who are these little guys??
  • UW-Madison Schloss Lab – What does this feel like & what color is that?
  • WIPAC: IceCube Neutrino Observatory – The strangest telescope in the world
  • UW-Madison Medical Physics – Putting the ‘rad’ in radiation
  • Cardea – Keep your heart in rhythm
  • BadgerBots – Robot demo
  • Maydm – Make a binary beaded keychain!
  • UW-Madison Psychology Department – Rockin’ with the Data

For more information about Science on the Square and to see all participating businesses, visit wiscifest.org/SotS!

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Event Type
Citizen Science, Demonstration, Hands-on, Expo
Target Age Range
Families/All Ages

Venue

Madison Children’s Museum
100 N Hamilton St
Madison, WI 53703 United States
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Phone
(608) 256-6445
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