All Hands-On Science

Make your summer STEAM-y

Make your summer STEAM-y

Been wanting to do a camp at the MESS Hall but need child care all day? Consider making it a STEAM-y summer with Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math by...

MESS Hall Summer Teen Volunteers

MESS Hall Summer Teen Volunteers

This summer the MESS Hall and IHMC are partnering to offer an exciting volunteer opportunity for high school students. Students will spend time volunteering...

Grand opening a grand success

Grand opening a grand success

Thank you to everyone who visited us for our grand opening celebration on Friday! As a reminder, our normal hours of operation are Tuesday...

MESS Hall Grand Opening

MESS Hall Grand Opening

Join us this Friday for the Pensacola MESS Hall Grand Opening celebration. We will be open our regular hours, 1 pm – 5 pm,...

Get Ready for Earth Day

Get Ready for Earth Day

Join us this Saturday, April 13, to learn about recycling and make recycled paper cards. You can give your card to a friend to...

Math, Engineering, Science & Stuff

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.

MESS Hall location
We are located at 116 N. Tarragona St. in downtown Pensacola, right behind Caldwell Associated Architects. (Need directions?)

Planning your visit

The Pensacola MESS Hall's school year hours of operation are 1pm to 5pm on Tuesday through Friday and 10am to 5pm on Saturday. Admission is $8 per person, or free with a family membership.

Did You Know?
Featured Exhibit Marble Run

Marble Run

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.

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