detroit science center
happy holidays! over the break, my boyfriend and i decided to go to detroit and check out the detroit science center. if you can't tell the trend, my boyfriend likes the science, hands on museums. we headed down there for an afternoon of fun.
we got there around 2 and were able to park in the lot right outside the front of the museum. this parking lot was a "drop the parking money in the box" type of lot, so be sure to have exact change ($5); otherwise you will need to go into the museum to get it.
so, we headed in and checked out the speed section, which had famous cars, boats, motor racing as well as celebratory plaques of famous and innovators in the fields. we then walked further into the rest of the museum. we were first struck that a few portions of it were closed for repairs or maybe renovations. i liked the energy portion about fueling cars. we then wandered through the health and body section, which was interesting. then we headed downstairs, which seemed to initially be a hodgepodge of science experiments. the first one we went over to was broken. awesome. a number of the sound experiments also seemed to be broken. after checking out the basement, we saw that there was a special exhibit on the fourth floor in the elevator. unfortunately this was closed as well.
also, in case you were wondering, you can buy red wings jerseys in the gift shop!
we spent a while in the museum, but in the end, we decided that we liked the ann arbor hands on museum better than the detroit science center. the price point was a little high (~$14/adult) for the quality of exhibits. i feel like for that price point more of the exhibits should be operating correctly. we were also disappointed that the special exhibit is closed. since arriving home, it appears (according to the website) that the exhibit has closed. if that is the case, the exhibit should not be on maps within the museum. it's frustrating. we did like the only water rocket exhibit as well as the some of the space exhibits, but overall were disappointed.
times visited: 1
time in museum: 2 hrs
overall: B
we got there around 2 and were able to park in the lot right outside the front of the museum. this parking lot was a "drop the parking money in the box" type of lot, so be sure to have exact change ($5); otherwise you will need to go into the museum to get it.
so, we headed in and checked out the speed section, which had famous cars, boats, motor racing as well as celebratory plaques of famous and innovators in the fields. we then walked further into the rest of the museum. we were first struck that a few portions of it were closed for repairs or maybe renovations. i liked the energy portion about fueling cars. we then wandered through the health and body section, which was interesting. then we headed downstairs, which seemed to initially be a hodgepodge of science experiments. the first one we went over to was broken. awesome. a number of the sound experiments also seemed to be broken. after checking out the basement, we saw that there was a special exhibit on the fourth floor in the elevator. unfortunately this was closed as well.
also, in case you were wondering, you can buy red wings jerseys in the gift shop!
we spent a while in the museum, but in the end, we decided that we liked the ann arbor hands on museum better than the detroit science center. the price point was a little high (~$14/adult) for the quality of exhibits. i feel like for that price point more of the exhibits should be operating correctly. we were also disappointed that the special exhibit is closed. since arriving home, it appears (according to the website) that the exhibit has closed. if that is the case, the exhibit should not be on maps within the museum. it's frustrating. we did like the only water rocket exhibit as well as the some of the space exhibits, but overall were disappointed.
times visited: 1
time in museum: 2 hrs
overall: B
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