All Hands-On Science
November 10, 2019 | 6pm Sip, savor, and support science in your community during our fall fundraiser. Enjoy drinks, hors d’oeurves, and a showcase of how we inspire curiosity through...
Girl Scout Programs Earn your badge through hands-on exploration at the MESS Hall. Dates and themes below. Please sign up via the Girl Scouts...
Enjoy monthly programs like Curiosity and Questioning corner for deeper dives into fun topics like space and paleontology. Want to explore on your own?...
Make us a part of your year of education! The MESS Hall offers monthly field trips for homeschool students. The activities are best for ages 6+,...
Can you believe it? Fool your senses with our special summer exhibit along with featured Mess Kits. Every weekday from 11 AM – 1...
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 12pm to 5pm Tuesday through Friday and 10am to 5pm Saturday. Admission is $10 per person, or free with a family membership.
Homeschool Field Trip – Chemistry 10:00 am
Curiosity Day | Fossil Day 1:00 pm
Questioning Corner | Space 1:00 pm
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not ‘Eureka!’ but ‘That's funny…’
— Isaac Asimov
The Pensacola MESS Hall’s school year hours of operation are 12pm to 5pm Tuesday through Friday and 10am to 5pm Saturday. Admission is $10 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.
