Summer Event Series: Feather Fest
Saturday, August 15, 2026
10:00 am – 5:00 pm

What’s wrong with feeling bird brained during Feather Fest!? Join us to spy frequent flyers, use tools to simulate birds’ eating habits, practice your warbles, and meet a favorite feathered friend. It’s a day of avian adventure at the EcoTarium!

Get  Museum Tickets: https://ecotarium.org/event/feather-fest/

Events are included with admission!

Programs Schedule:

11:00 am — Meet a Barn Owl with Mass Audubon’s Rescue Raptors
11:45 am — One World, One Sky: Big Bird’s Adventure (Planetarium full-dome movie)*
12:30 pm — Life in Captivity: A Parrot’s Perspective with Rhode Island Parrot Rescue
1:15 pm — Astronomy Live! Our Night Sky (Educator-led program in the planetarium) *
2:00 pm — Astronomy Live! Tour of the Solar System (Educator-led program in the planetarium) *
2:45 pm — Science Discovery: Bird Names for Birds
3:30 pm — Legends of the Northern Sky (Planetarium full-dome movie) *
4:15 pm — Afternoon Astronomy

*Train rides, planetarium shows, and otter encounters require a separate ticket and limited spaces are available; not included with admission.

Ongoing Activities – 10:00 am to 4:00 pm:

Fill the Bill
Nest Matching
Bird Watching
Crafty Chickens
Rhode Island Parrot Rescue (11:00 am–1:30 pm)
“Life in Captivity” with Rhode Island Parrot Rescue will explore the habitats, behaviors, and lifestyles of parrots from around the world, highlighting how these highly intelligent and social animals live in the wild. There is a growing captive parrot crisis led by impulse purchasing, long parrot lifespans, behavioral challenges, rehoming, and rescue overcrowding. While caregivers and rescues can and do attempt to meet physical and psychological needs in captivity, there are limitations to captivity: Even well cared-for parrots cannot fully replicate the freedom and stimulation of life in the wild. Through empathy and responsible ownership, RIPR encourages deeper understanding of parrots as complex wild animals in captivity rather than traditional pets.

EcoTarium
222 Harrington Way
Worcester, MA
508.929.2700