Peoria Riverfront Museum's Giant Screen Theater

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"The only multidisciplinary museum of its kind in the nation, Peoria Riverfront Museum uses art, science, history and achievement to inspire confidence, lifelong learning, and talent. Since opening in 2012, the privately funded museum has provided more than one million experiences through major exhibitions, a permanent collection, interactive galleries, the dome planetarium, giant screen theater, educational programming including curricula-related experiences for all students, and thousands more every week on virtual digital resources. The AAM-accredited, Smithsonian-affiliated nonprofit museum is supported by more than 4,500 members and donors."

Address: 222 SW Washington St, Peoria (Illinois) 61602

State: IL

City: Peoria

Street Number: 222 SW Washington St

Zip Code: 61602

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Reviews

Such an interesting museum.   One stop shopping for family.  It is art gallery/ planetarium/ natural history/ everything rolled into one.  The staff was very helpful and a fun gift store to boot.Visited onWeekdayWait timeNo waitReservation recommendedNoPrice for adult entry$16–20

Very nice museum. Easy to go through. $15 per person, no need to buy tickets in advance. Lots of employees on site to help out with any questions and they were super nice. We were there on AG day so got a mini interactive exhibit of that too. Definitely worth the price and has some cool stuff inside.Visited onWeekendWait time1 hr+Reservation recommendedNoPrice for adult entry$11–15

The BODY exhibit is spectacular, and there is so much more to do here--exhibits/movies to see!! Watching the 4th of July fireworks here proved to be an excellent venue. This is a must-see museum, and not just once. You will definitely want to keep going back!

My children love to visit, their current favorite exhibit to talk about is the CPR simulator! The rotation of featured exhibits and events keep us coming back. My husband enjoys the light shows in the planetarium. The gift shop is very fun and well priced. This museum is apart of Museums For All!

Fun fun fun.  Art Museum/ History Museum/ Planetarium this space has it all. I had such a good time here.Visited onWeekdayWait time1 hr+Reservation recommendedNoPrice for adult entry$16–20

Review Date: October 29th, 2012  The Peoria Riverfront Museum is the spiritual successor to the Lakeview Museum.  The Lakeview Museum is a place that I cherished due to going there often as a kid. When they announced it was closing and they were going to build a new museum on the riverfront, I was excited and sad. Excited to see this new place yet sad at the closing of a childhood memory.  Matt, Erin, and I decided to check it out as it was too late in the day to travel far but still early enough to see some sights. As we approached the counter and paid, I was super surprised at the cost to get in. I want to say it was around $15-18 a person. The museum was new, big and exciting so I was expecting a fee to get in but not that steep of one. Regardless of that, we paid and went about exploring.  At the time of our visit, it was fairly empty so we had the entire place to ourselves. The first thing I got distracted by was this giant circulating thing hanging from the rafters. It was blue and slowly spinning. The thing was mesmerizing to watch. Erin and Matt had to remind me we had the rest of the museum to explore, so I finally looked away and we started walking around.  Up first was a Caterpillar exhibit. The company Caterpillar is a huge part of the identity of Central Illinois. It’s also one that I don’t have much interest in. I grew up around people that worked for Cat, around Cat’s production facilities and even worked for a company that worked for Cat for a few years after high school. I can say that I have had sufficient Caterpillar information in my life, so beyond seeing some of the displays, there was no interest in any of us on the overall showing.  We moved on to some art hanging on the walls and a few other odds and ends to look at. At a certain point, I think we went down one level and encountered a kids and teens area. This was the REALLY interactive part of the museum. The stuff I like. We came across a lot of fun machines to play around with. One of them was a pitching machine that would measure your throwing speed. Another was an arm wrestling machine. If I remember right, you could set the resistance and try to force the metal arm down. You can see a glimpse of that in the photos below. We moved on from those and encountered some other things to play with but they were meant for little kids so we were too big for them.  After that, we left. We spent maybe an hour here? I remember leaving and thinking… that’s it? I do feel like we missed something. There is a planetarium in the museum but after paying the hefty fee to get in, we were kind of strapped for cash and we weren’t sure if they were showing anything at the time of our visit.  I would love to return as they have a revolving main exhibit that always seems interesting. They had a Lego one at some point but I couldn’t find anyone else that liked Legos enough to go check it out. I really do think we came at a time when there wasn’t a big exhibit going on and we only got to experience half of what the museum has to offer.

There was a show for the stars projected onto a dome shaped overhead ceiling. It was live and narrated by a very knowledgeable employee. He patiently took questions from the audience too.  The show was a unique feature of this museum so don't miss the show times, otherwise you will be disappointed . There was an amazing Body Works exhibit, that showcased the amazing design of our bodies.  However, we had to pay an additional fee to our general tickets to see it.  This wouldn't be so bad if there was more to see after we were done. The rest of the museum had mediocre and barely-there  interesting things to see.  The kids walked in the other spaces, walked through looking for anything of interest and they were done in 5 minutes or so. So if we had not paid for the extra feature there was almost nothing else to see.

I'm not sure if it was worth the 50+ I paid to get into the museum,  but it's definitely worth it to stop by at least once. My favorite exhibits were the the non-permanent ones I believe. My first favorite was the quilt exhibit.  It was a surprisingly fun and hearttugging. It was hard not to feel like the room was hugging you. My other favorite was Disney exhibit.  It was fun seeing original drafts. The view from the museum was gorgeous as well

My daughter and I enjoyed our visit on a Saturday; she's 8.5 yo and it was our first visit we live in Normal, we loved the exhibits, she enjoyed the reading area and the drawing lesson. We watched the Rocky Express in the giant theater, there was an art gallery in the basement or first level, we ended up paying ~31 for the museum and the Rocky Express + 7 for the large popcorn, I thought it was affordable, though the Museum is relatively small and perhaps if we had more time to visit the planetarium it would justify the cost for us, We arrived  ~2:40 PM. Still very affordable though and we got $1 discount on entrance for being member of our town's Children's Museum. Fun fact: they sell COVID stuffies...see the pics.

Nice cultural events and so much more! Art, music, all positive vibes! The Black Tower was planned very well! The President of the museum was out and about, nice friendly things to do! Preston Jackson was amongst us, a very down to earth brilliant Artist! Spoken word by Brandon Williams. Sometimes the events are free!Visited onWeekdayWait time1 hr+Reservation recommendedYesPrice for adult entryFree

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