Join us for a fun-filled day of water exploration and discovery! Discover the amazing properties of water through hands-on activities for the whole family. Don’t miss this opportunity to have fun and learn something new with your family. Come splash into science with us!

Explore concepts like density, surface tension, capillary action and the water cycle with interactive demonstrations. Learn how water moves up plant roots, how turtles dive deep underwater, how some insects walk on the water’s surface and more from museum educators.

Indoor water activities included, wear something you don’t mind getting wet.

About Water Shapes Florida

Take a ride on a glass-bottom boat, walk through a hammock forest, explore the aquifer and more as you learn about our state’s most important natural resource in this interactive experience.

The Recharge Lounge connects visitors to current water issues using a mix of multimedia experiences, interpretive graphics and hands-on displays.

Visitors will join Captain Bill on a simulated ride in a glass-bottom-boat theater to visit local springs and learn more about these unique environments.

A new log cabin display will welcome visitors to the classic cave and hammock area. The museum’s iconic cave remains as part of the exhibit and will be refreshed with new technology, graphics and content.

The Water Lab features real objects and specimens to give visitors a deeper look into Florida’s water and the aquifer below.

An overview of the “Water Shapes Florida” exhibit.