Detroit Science Center

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A few weeks ago, we were visiting my parents while my sister, niece (4.5) and nephew (6.5) were in town.  On the anniversary of Apollo 11, we headed to the Detroit Science Center.  

 We chose to head downtown -- with my nephew so excited.  Obviously.  It turns out that the museum was free for the month sponsored in honor of Apollo.  

 We headed to the basement first.  We did a lot of playing with pulleys and magnets and lights and gears.  They had a lot of fun with a 500 lb with the pulley. Depending on where the pulleys are, the weight "feels" different -- they thought that was amazing.  

 They had water rockets -- unfortunately, one of them did not seal as well as the other one.  It seemed like there were a number of exhibits that were just not quite right.  Some of the gears had been stripped in one exhibit.  Another one, when you pressed the buttons, nothing happened.  

 We did end up going to the science show.  We (my sisters) thought it started a little slow.  They did an experiment about the vacuum and it was not ideal....when it could have been so cool.  It did end with a fog drum at the end of show.  That was impressive.  As she hit the bottom of the trash can, she sent out fog signals.  

 We then headed upstairs to the "road" portion.  It had a revolving inside (it wasn't a cement truck, but it was something like that).  Tomas did that thing about fifteen times.  Up, in, down and around.  The exhibit behind it though...it was rough.  Screens were not working.  

 We would definitely go back, but it seems like it could use a little TLC.  Some of my family even thought this should maybe be a B-.  

 Times visited: 2
Time in museum: 2 hrs
Overall: B
Location: 5020 John R St, Detroit, MI 48202, USA

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