McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center

We went with a small school group. Our tour guide was amazing, did a great job keeping the kids (3rd grade) interested and actively participating. Highly recommend. And all the independent activities were thought provoking and actually worked!
5 8 years ago (30-05-2018)

Very disappointing. Much too expensive for what is there. Some of the displays are not marked at all, like the Kitfox. It just sits there with no marker, no info. Many of the interactive displays don’t work-touch screens with no links where there should be, no magnets in a display on different size magnets, touch screen for satellite says ‘touch menu’ and no menu on it. Iced coffee and iced tea urns in cafe empty at 1pm on a Saturday. Planetarium kinda cool but the show seemed unplanned and unscripted, like a last minute thing. There’s a real opportunity here to make something great, but it needs a lot of upgrading. I feel ripped off. My $16.50 would have been much better spent elsewhere.
2 9 years ago (03-02-2018)

We went today and had an ok time. Our only big issue was watching the show, the whole room smelled like urine. As soon as we walked in, the smell hit us it was incredibly strong. I get that it happens, but leaving the doors closed doesn’t help. The show should have been canceled, it was nauseating.
3 8 years ago (21-05-2018)

Changing shows and wonderful interactive exhibites, it's a great time! Closes a little to early. Plan around there hours carefully.
5 8 years ago (19-04-2018)

An embarrassment! Does not do justice to its namesakes. Feels small inside despite the decent size of the building. Most of the exhibits are not interactive and many are broken.
1 8 years ago (23-03-2018)