All Hands-On Science
School Year Hours Come in for open exploration during the school year! Tuesday – Friday 1PM – 5PM Saturday 10AM – 5PM Closed on Sundays and Mondays The MESS Hall...
This fall, the MESS Hall is offering monthly workshops for home school students. The classes are divided by age group, and each month is...
Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing. – Thomas Huxley Introducing: Science of the Story This summer the...
Summer camps at the MESS Hall are a great way for your child to explore a new science topic and have fun. Registration is now...
Enjoy the sunset while sampling a variety of wines, munching on hors d’oeuvres, and mingling with others who inspire creativity and scientific curiosity at the...
The Pensacola MESS Hall is not a typical science museum. Rather than exhibits with planned outcomes, visitors get to work like real scientists, developing questions and creating experiments, engaging in complex reasoning and learning science just through tinkering. It’s all hands-on science. Learn more.
We are located at 116 N. Tarragona St. in downtown Pensacola, right behind Caldwell Associated Architects. (Need directions?)
The Pensacola MESS Hall’s school year hours of operation are 1pm to 5pm Tuesday through Friday and 10am to 5pm Saturday. Admission is $8 per person, or free with a family membership.
Design your own marble racetrack and race your friends! The same track pieces and tubes can have very different results depending on angles and other factors. It's a great hands-on demonstration of physics concepts like acceleration and velocity, and it's just one of many permanent exhibits at the Pensacola MESS Hall.
