Melanie Tam

Review of Pacific Science Center

If you have a partner who loves science, you re bo...

If you have a partner who loves science, you re bound to visit some science centers whenever you travel. We ve been to our fair share. Some have been amazing, and some have been duds. Unfortunately, this one was a dud.

It is very specifically science activities meant for kids. They have live butterfly exhibit, where you go into a little sanctuary and some are flying around you, so that wasn t bad. The only thing that was pretty cool was the laser show. For matinees, it s $5 but since we bought the museum and show tickets online beforehand, we got jipped and paid $10 (on top of the museum admission, which isn t cheap at $26 a pop). The laser show features a different artist s music for each show, synced up to lasers. The one we saw was for the Beatles. They didn t play most of the popular songs, but it was still fun. Just make sure you arrive 15 minutes prior to the show to get seats.

If I lived in the area, I would probably go from time to time just for the laser shows. But otherwise, this museum was very underwhelming. Unless you have little kids, you can skip this.