The Montshire will be CLOSED on FRIDAY, MAY 3, for a special event.Read More
The Montshire Museum will be closed on May 3 for our annual benefit event, The Fiddlehead Fling Gala: Alchemy to Innovation. Thank you for supporting science and our community!
Walk all the way from the Sun to Pluto (and back) at our largest exhibit!
As you journey along the Planet Walk you will encounter the inner planets (Mercury first, then Venus, the Earth, and Mars), then the Asteroid Belt and the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune).
Start your scale-model journey from the sculpture of the Sun in David Goudy Science Park.
As you journey along the Planet Walk you will encounter the inner planets (Mercury first, then Venus, the Earth, and Mars), then the Asteroid Belt and the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune). To reach tiny dwarf planet Pluto and the Kuiper Belt, be prepared for a 1.5-mile walk along the Ridge Trail and the Hazen Trail, which runs through Norwich and Wilder.