Plan your visit

The Center is closed Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th for the lab holiday. Our hours will resume on Saturday, November 30th.

The Lederman Science Center’s hours will be changing for the winter. Please view them on our Plan a Visit page.

Fermilab’s Batavia site is open to the public. Click here for more details on hours, activities, and other site access requirements.

Visitors 18 years of age and older will be required to show a REAL ID-compliant document to enter Fermilab. Please see the appropriate documents here.

Visiting Lederman Science Center

Lederman Science Center Fall Hours

November: Lederman Science Center is open to the public Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and on Saturday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

The Center is closed Thursday, November 28th and Friday, November 29th for the lab holiday. Our hours will resume on Saturday, November 30th.

Lederman Science Center Winter Hours 

December: Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Closed Saturdays and Sundays 

The Center is closed at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24th and all-day Wednesday, December 25th for the lab holiday. Our hours will resume on Thursday, December 26th. 

The Center is additionally closed at 12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 31st and all-day Wednesday, January 1st for the lab holiday. Our hours will resume on Thursday, January 2nd. 

January and February: Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturdays 11:30a.m.-3 p.m., Closed on Sundays 

The Lederman Science Center will also be closed for lab holidays. You can view the public calendar here.

The center is easily accessible from Fermilab’s main entrance at Kirk Road and Pine Street in Batavia, just three miles north of the I-88/Farnsworth Avenue tollway interchange.

From the main entrance, turn east into the Fermilab site. Lederman Science Center is the second building on the right.

Lederman Science Center

Fermilab MS 777
Box 500
Batavia, IL 60510
630-840-8258 • Fax: 630-840-2500