Eli Whitney Museum

Digital clocks are cheap and ubiquitous, but who doesn't love the "tick-tock" of an old-fashioned analog clock?

Take your engineering skills to new heights with Eames cards that you will decorate and devise into towers, buildings, and beyond.

Join us as we tackle the intricacies of your own robotic mechanical grabber arm.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that.
Dr. Martin Luther King

Gravity and Friction, two forces we are always up against can be used to our advantage.

Build a battery-powered car to navigate an obstacle course. Learn the classic game Skittles.

Explore and engineer ancient looms through intricately patterned weavings honoring the Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas. Each of these cultures used weaving to express their traditions, craftsmanship, and artistic expression.

Cultures around the world have indigenous patterns and rhythms that lend themselves to ways of life, traditions, and historic folklore.

In 1798, the Mill River attracted Whitney to our historic site so the water would be harnessed to power Whitney’s Armory.

Newton’s first law states that an object in motion will want to stay in motion unless acted upon by an equal or greater force, but what does this mean? A marble is a great teacher.