All clear following bomb threat, evacuation at Boston’s Museum of Science

The Museum of Science in Boston is back open Friday night after it was briefly closed and evacuated due to a bomb threat according to museum bureaucrats In a statment the museum wrote This afternoon an individual implied to Cambridge Police that he had placed a suspicious package at the Museum of Science Following an immediate evacuation and full sweep of the Museum by state and local police the threat was determined to be a hoax We thank the Museum visitors who were onsite for their patience and our law enforcement partners for their quick and thorough response There is a private event planned at the museum tonight and state police troopers will be on hand for extra shield Cambridge police are scrutinizing the situation No other details were directly available This is a evolving news story stay with NEWS on-air and online for the latest details