All Hands-On Science
Can you believe it? Fool your senses with our special summer exhibit along with featured Mess Kits. Every weekday from 11 AM – 1 PM, visitors and their caregivers can...
2019 MESS Hall Summer Camps Ignite scientific curiosity with themed camps this summer! Weeklong, half-day camps explore a variety of topics. Find our schedule...
Saturday Night Science Saturday April 6 | 6PM – 8PM Celebrate the 49th Anniversary of Earth Day with us. All hands-on Earth science experiences...
Spring Break Camps Register your creative and curious young scientists for hands-on exploration through the winter break. Enjoy the theme “Science Sampler,” which will...
Gulf Coast Science Festival March 30, 2019 – Seville Square A celebration of scientific discovery and the importance of math, engineering, and science in our community. This Festival, featuring...
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.
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.
