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From slime time to fizzy paint, get ready for good clean fun during Mess Fest at Orlando Science Center

Learn about colorful chemistry, flashy physics, and splat-tacular science through activities, demonstrations, and live shows.

Mess Fest Orlando Science Center

Do you know what the best kinds of messes are? The ones moms don’t have to clean up!  


This Mother’s Day weekend, Orlando Science Center is bringing back the gooiest, slimiest, messiest event ever, MESS FEST!


Get hands-on with the ooiest, gooiest, messiest activities during Mess Fest at Orlando Science Center, retuning to OSC on Saturday, May 11, and Sunday, May 12, 2024.



From slime time to fizzy paint, join OSC for some good clean fun during Mess Fest as they get creative with our favorite colorful and sensory-friendly activities.


Explore Mess Zones and learn the science behind your favorite che-MESS-try experiments, see a foam-splosion on the terrace, create your own custom slime, and more! If you don’t make a mess, you’re not doing it right!


Mess Fest Orlando Science Center

Don’t miss these mess-tivities!


Slip into the Mess Hall and learn about the science behind our favorite messy activities with spin art, Alka seltzer painting, and more!


Meet some creative local artists and makers who have turned being messy into a profession


You'll have a blast learning about the science of suds with foam-splosions on the terrace


Our littlest learners are invited to join Messy Science StoryTime and MiniMaker Workshops in KidsTown


Put on your goggles and get messy with creative and fun experiments in Dr. Dare's Lab, and so much more!


Mess Fest Orlando Science Center

This event is included in admission to Orlando Science Center, which is $27.99 for adults, $25.99 for seniors and students, and $20.99 for youth (ages 2 – 11), with under 2s free.


Tickets include access to all four floors of exhibits, giant-screen and 3D educational films, and live programming. Get more details here.


Mess Fest Orlando Science Center

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