Create your own eruptions! Save a city from imminent destruction!
Hands-on exhibit featuring volcanoes of different eruptive intensity, disaster planning with wax lava, volcanic rocks, and volcano research. Special Trash Can Plinian eruption every 30 minutes.
Kid-friendly; good for 0-5 and 6-11 age groups.
The 2017 Lamont-Doherty Open House was chock-full of eruptions—but thankfully, volcano heat suits were not required. Photo: Kyu Lee