CLEVELAND (January 3, 2025) – In honor of Great Lakes Science Center’s current special exhibition Dogs! A Science Tail, the museum is partnering with several local agencies to present Canine Chemistry, its first ever dog adoption event!

From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, February 8, dog adoption and rescue organizations will take over the Science Center’s Promenade with potentially adoptable furry friends. Participating groups include ARF Berea, GRIN (Golden Retrievers in Need), Muttley Crue, One at a Time K9, and Rescue Village. Guests can talk to the volunteers and learn more about how to help their non-profit organizations care for their animals, find out about each group’s adoption process, and maybe even meet a new furever friend! 

After visiting with the dogs and volunteers for Canine Chemistry, guests can discover life from a dog’s point of view in the Dogs! A Science Tail exhibition, included in general admission. Experience the extraordinary way a dog sees, hears and smells the world through fun and unique hands-on exhibits, and uncover the science of our enduring bond.

From lovable companions to loyal protectors, dogs have evolved over thousands of years from ancient wolves into the cuddly canines that live and work alongside us today. They can rescue us from peril, provide help to people in need, or offer a furry shoulder to lean on. Dig deeper into these incredible animals and how they communicate with each other – and with us!

Explore how science is helping us better understand our tail-wagging companions and what makes our relationship one of the most successful interspecies partnerships of all time. Train a virtual dog to heed your commands, clock your running speed against the world’s fastest dogs, and unearth replica fossils of wolves and dogs to reveal their surprising similarities. Guests will also enjoy walking an invisible dog through a neighborhood maze, listening to hidden sounds that dogs can hear but humans can’t, playing a special game of “pup culture” Jeopardy, and exploring the various careers that involve these intelligent animals. 

Be sure to record your own story of a special dog and proudly share your puppy pictures in the exhibition photo gallery.

Don’t miss this chance to discover how dogs have nuzzled their way into human society and into our hearts to become our loyal sidekicks and life-saving heroes. You will never look at dogs the same way again!
 
Dogs! A Science Tail was created and developed by the California Science Center with support from Annenberg Foundation and Wallis Annenberg PetSpace. PetSmart Charities®, the leading funder of animal welfare in North America, is sponsoring the national tour.

(Editor’s note: We know you love your furry friends, but they do need to stay at home during your visit to the Science Center. You can tell them all about it when you get back! The Science Center does welcome service dogs. A service dog is defined as one that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for a guest with a disability. Emotional support animals, comfort animals, pets and therapy dogs are not permitted in the Science Center.)

About Great Lakes Science Center
Great Lakes Science Center is one of the top ten museums in the nation as celebrated by the 2024 USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice travel award for Best Science Museum. The Science Center hosted Total Eclipse Fest in 2024, one of the largest free eclipse events in the country, and is home to the NASA Glenn Visitor Center. The Science Center makes science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) come alive for more than 300,000 visitors a year through hundreds of hands-on exhibits, temporary exhibitions, the Cleveland Clinic DOME Theater, historic Steamship William G. Mather, daily science demonstrations, seasonal camps and more. The Science Center, a 501(c)(3) non-profit institution, earned a 2023 Platinum Seal of Transparency from Candid, a leading provider of insight and data about the non-profit world. The Science Center is supported in part by the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture. Visit GreatScience.com for more information.