This April, show your support for community science by purchasing our limited edition “Thank You Science” t-shirt. All proceeds for this shirt go to our upcoming exhibit and programming around planetary health. Join us for Our Changing World, opening May 2025.

Explore more about the world around you!

Conduct experiments and community science projects that put you at the center of conserving Southern Appalachia’s ecosystem. Take a close look at Western North Carolina’s creatures and plants, make your own tools and equipment to create community science projects at home, and make observations in living experiments provided by AMOS staff.

Registration now open!

Join our new exhibit’s storymap about community and climate resilience!

You can now support AMOS and our mission by purchasing toys, apparel, books, STEAM kits, and rocks through our online store! Items are available through in-person pickup or shipping.

Check out AMOS’s newest temporary exhibit – Sun, Earth Universe. In this hands-on exhibition, you learn about how scientists study the Earth, Sun, solar system and universe; design, build and test your own model spacecraft; use tools to see the invisible; and see how scientists use color to help us understand data.