Niki Hinton

Review of Science Center of Iowa

I feel bad posting a negative review, but feel lik...

I feel bad posting a negative review, but feel like this place isn t being run as well as it could be.

1) The exhibits never change. There is a Lego one there that really isn t that great and has been there about a year. If it s a money issue, do some fundraising!

2) They have poor rules about where they can do activities. For instance now they have this giant, kind of creepy doll name Stuffie and you have to go into a dark and lifeless theatre with no music or anything kid friendly about it. No one really goes to it, but if they had it out in the open area it would surely attract more kids and might have a chance of being fun.

3) Their snow closures. We drove into town one day to find a sign in the door that they were closed due to snow. No schools were closed, the public library was open...it just felt likesort of lazy and really frustrating as a member.

4) The upkeep of the building. I am going to attempt to post a picture, but some stuff is really looking run down and could use a fresh coat of paint at least.

I don t know who runs the place, or who is on the board, but I think they could all be doing a better job to stop the decline of this place.