Amazement Square Reviews

Amazing learning museum for kids! My hometown had something kind of like this, but I did not expect to find such an amazing kids science museum in a smaller city like Lynchburg.

Such a cute place to hang out with the kiddos. They have hours of fun activities. A little expensive entrance fee

My kids absolutely love this place. Its worth the drive from Roanoke.

Took my two year old and he had the greatest time, it will get even better as he gets older.

Great place to spend time with the grandkids! They enjoyed it immensely!

Super fun physical and experiential games and activities. Great especially for kids under 10, but fun for adults too.

We had an amazing time here for an overnighter with our Cub Scout Pack. There are 4 floors of fun activities and learning opportunities for kids of all ages plus the "Tower" in the center of the whole place for burning off some of the extra energy. I definitely recommend spending the day here if you can.

Amazement Square is fun for all ages. From toddlers to adults, there is something to entertain. It s the perfect way to spend a day having fun. The barnyard area for toddlers is interactive and adorable. All the science based exhibits for the older kids are interesting and creative.

A lot of fun. Great for the price. Need a few monitors to help the "parents" keep the kids from running and smashing into little kids. Front desk guy was very friendly on the phone and in person.

So wonderful! Bring the whole family and enjoy the four floors of adventure!

Fun fun fun! & The kids have a blast, too! Good exercise for all. Can learn while playing.

Highly interactive, but has elements of evolution with BCE dating.

Kids are amazed. Lots if fun and interesting things for younger children

Fun for the whole family. Clean facilty and friendly staff!

Great place for kids to learn while they are having so much fun. Great for all ages.

Stellar place to take the kids! Cool spot in downtown with some family-friendly eats nearby, as well as a walking park and river front. Amazement Square does a lot of great events and community events, but just a normal day holds tons of fun and learning experiences. Paint the walls, climb a tower indoors, slide back down to the bottom, play and explore different centuries. All ages - it's great!

Great place to take your kids. So many safe activities and fun for them.

The place is very good for kids and family the staff is very nice and the floors are all exciting

I used to love going here as a child. The staff is wonderful and kind. Great place to go on rainy days!

Great fun, kids had a blast. Can't wait to do it again.

Super fun place for the kiddos, lots to do and experience. Our 3 kids that range from 3 to 6 years old had a great time.

Great place to take children where they can have fun and learn at the same time!

WOW !!! This place is so fun. I think I had as much fun as the kids did. There are so many interactive displays that teach kids about all sorts of things. The slides cargo nets zipline and climbing equipment were a hit. This place is great to learn and exercise. My kids were worn out when we left. This is a must go to in Lynchburg.

A fun place to take my three year old Granddaughter. I would say this place is excellent for ages 3-8. Wish they would have a discount for 2 adults and 1 child. Kind of a pricey afternoon for the three of us.

Bring our 2 year old whenever we re visiting family and she loves this place. Especially the farm exhibit, where she can milk the cow, and the paint room. Even when there are larger groups there, we still have a great time. I m really, really happy with the under 36 months room.

Lot of fun and interactive activities for children.

Great place for kids. Tired every time we leave. Even get to see a train go by sometimes. Very reasonably priced, tons of great stuff for all ages.

They do a great job cleaning the museum and communicating when the floors are clear to play and visit again. Overall the experience was a 10 out of 10. Very friendly staff too!

What a great place for a kid to be a kid. Every floor was truly amazing.

Our 3 year old loved everything about this place, and we ended up playing along with him because it is very well designed. Clean plus iy offers a good variety for a wide range of ages

Kids had a great time and so did we!! Great place to kill four hours on a rainy day.

I have always loved coming here since I was a kid! Now as an adult I brought my son here and we both had a blast! I can still climb through the tubes and slides.
I love all the different areas there is too much to put in a review you have to experience it for yourself.
The river exhibit and the observation deck on the top floor are 2 of my favourite parts.

I didn't think it was going to be as fun as it was!! Family affair and we enjoyed ourselves. We learned about the city of Lynchburg, how certain places obtained there name. A very fun and creative way to educate the youth. My three favorites were the staircase that lights up, the glass paint room, and the studio!!!

I LOVE AMAZEMENT SQARE IT IS VARY FUN FOR FAMILY AND FRIENDS

Fun place to go, but if you have little ones, make sure to supervise them.

This place is for kids that can RUN & WALK on their own - and not for those that have a physical disability. Upon arriving, the staff could not tell me if the bathrooms were handicap accessible, which tells me that apparently my kid was the first one as such to have come there. There are stairs everywhere, most of the, if not all, of the play areas are for kids that can walk and maneuver on their own without much parent involvement. Despite my little guy trying to do everything he could - it's for children that can RUN, WALK, and TALK and tell the staff if they need something. Forget about trying to be safe on uneven floors while trying to aid your CP child from station to station. Unsafe plastic step stools - tight and narrow stations with stairs - makes it that much harder to aid a child with CP in accomplishing a task. Additionally, there were no handicap parking down the streets of Lynchburg - most parking was 2 HRS only - steep hill going down from the all day $5 parking garage - meaning a steep hill to push up a wheelchair back to said garage with no clear handicap ramp/entrance. Very unfriendly southern town that I will not be going back to!

Kids loved it. Something for everyone to do. But the costumes they have with the birthday are horrible. They need to throw those away and get new ones. They are very dirty and old. But everyone there's super friendly!

We absolutely loved it! Loved it so much we bought an extended family membership!

fun for kids and adults lots of slides and ladders and learning activities.

So much fun! I wish I was a kid again haha I took my nephew and spent the day there. So much to do!

Great place to bring the kids! Fun learning and play environment.

I used to love this place as a kid , i am 23 now and i wanted to go back and see it again. I called and asked if there was an age restriction and they told me no they everyone is welcome. Well i get there ( mind you i live a good 2 hours from here) and i was told that i was not allowed in unless i had a child with me . I am furious that i wasted my gas and time to only be turned away.

Big fun! This place is lots of fun and creative. We had lots of fun.

We had my daughters birthday party here and I actually overpaid them by $70 because my family was a bit unorganized but I didn't mind because my 3 year old and her best friend can't get enough of it! They loved the paint room, music studio, boats, etc Bring alot of hand sanitizer though because of kids germs of course!

As always, a great time. Even with several exhibits closed, it did not dissapoint.

My son has an awesome time here. We come all the time there are alot of activities!. Not only fun but educational.

My three kids really enjoyed all of the great activities available here. Even exciting for me and my wife!

We loved visiting Amazement Square with our 4, 6, 7, and 9 year olds. We have been to a lot of children's museums, and often they have not been cared for and have fallen into disrepair, but here everything was clean and operating as expected. Our favorite exhibits were the painting room, the golf ball ramps, and the waterway with locks! We will definitely be back next time we are in Lynchburg.

Fantastic kids museum! Everything was in good working condition and kept clean. Great variety of activities! Lots of stuff!

There was plenty to do for all ages. Loved the activities (especially the farm theme & the James River) However, I did find that there were unsupervised children using the elevator (older children were using the facility/elevator as their own social club). Many running & hitting each other with the big blocks in the "building" area. Seemed under staffed. But we still had fun.

Lots and lots to do. My son and his friends had so much fun.

Great fun! We've taken 2 class field trips to Amazement Square, and both were incredible. There are lots of fun things for kids to do. Mine are 8 and 10 and they spent hours climbing and interacting with the exhibits. Their favorite part was crawling in the tubes. The staff is also super friendly. I hope to return soon with my other kids!

My child was invited to a birthday party at Amazement Square. Fantastic! They have an awesome play area on 2nd floor for toddlers only. That was a hit. My Kindergartener loved the paint room on basement level.

Fun place. Volunteer Theresa in the toddler room is great with enforcing the age rule for the room so the toddlers can have a space for themselves. Even the block around the building is fun. Workers are caring

Kids loved it, and we barely scratched the surface after 3 hours!

We took our four year olds and ended up finding fun for the whole family. The kids had a blast on the four story playground, checking out the bees, painting, playing on the farm, and exploring their native american and water exhibits. My husband and his dad deffinitely enjoyed building with the crane as well as with the other magnetic blocks and architectural items they had. Super clean, really fun, bathrooms on every floor, easy to keep track of your child while allowing them some freedom, and complimentary locker for bags!

Been going since I was a child and now I'm taking my kids. They're always a blast and theres always gonna be a fun activity room open if you go at the right time

Amazement Square is a great place to bring the kids, but do you have to charge the parents?

Amazement square, if I'm not mistaken, is a converted old building (warehouse) that was transformed into a 4 floor activity, educational and entertaining kids dream land. Spread out over the several floors is a vast array of things for kids to play with, on and inside of. There's a place for every child's imagination here. Whether they're the next Einstein, Picasso or Indiana Jones, Amazement square has something to entertain them while teaching all the while.

Though there have been several updates through the years, I would like to see more changes take place. Some of the activities have been worn down a little and though it's still fun to play around with the many stations and activities, they are starting to show their age.

My biggest quandary with the place is that they charge the parents as well as the child. Now, if this was the Boston Museum of Science, I could understand it, but I find that there is little for the parents to do after a few trips. Of course it's fun to interact with your kids when they are creating a ball drop maze or launching golf balls down the wooden roller coaster like ramp, but give our wallets a break. The place feels genuinely focused on kids, the way it should be, but at least discount the price for parents. When you bring a family of 4, you're going to drop $40. That's not cheap in this economy for an already struggling family that just wants their kids to have a good life.

So always look around for coupons and get ready for a fun afternoon.

First time visit and beyond impressed. This is a 4 story kids interactive, knowledgeable, fun museum. Highly recommend going if you haven't.

Geared towards very small children. My 9 and 12 year old felt out of place. Every floor was overrun by toddlers that appeared to have no parental supervision. We will not be going back.

Amazing. I've been to similar play areas up north in large cities and this is by far the best. I wish they had more room to expand downtown because they keep coming up with great play areas. Nearby parking. Safe area. Accessible Bathrooms on every level.

Award winning children's museum next to the James River in Downtown Lynchburg, Virginia. The childrens' parties there are engaging, full of history, science and lots of interactive stimulation for young minds.

France Perretti is the Birthday Coordinator for scheduling your next event a for your little one's special event. She has a degree from Lynchburg College in Early Child Education and is also Licensed Teacher from the Commonwealth of Virginia. Clients love how Frances can take a special request to customize your loved ones special day!

Great location, great staff, climb them until they pass out at bedtime!

It is a fun place for kids, big or small. Some of the exhibits I think are neat and well done (the waterworks exhibit with ships and canals, etc; the crane exhibit where you can replace the steeples on two churches; ones on native American life). Others are a bit mediocre, or (in my opinion) don't teach the kids as much. To be fair, exhibits do change, and overall I think they've done a great job. Plenty of kids and parents seem to think it well worth the time and money; it's always pretty full. As always, parental guidance can make a lot or a little out of the experience.

So many things to do for young kids, my 11 year old still had fun but its mostly for kids younger than that. 12 months and under are free.

Kids always love it here. Lots to do and so much to explore. If you have kids, this place is an absolute must!

There are four floors to explore. There are tunnels and slides and ladder and even a Zipline to travel between floors. If that is too much for you, you can always use the elevator or light-up stairs!

My daughter threw a birthday party in the evening for a 6 year old. The staff were helpful. The biggest issue was we were rushed. 121.00 only to be told she had 1 hr. And, they were closing down. That's 1 hour to decorate, play, eat, and clean up after a whole party. It was money wasted. We let them play gave them all 1 slice of pizza and cleaned. Took the cake and ice cream part to my daughter's house.

Lots of activities for kids. Age group I d recommend is toddler and up. The first time we went there was when my LO was 8 months old and all we did was go into the room with the pirate ship and play with toys, spoons etc., which is something we could have done at home. Times we visited LO turned 1 were much better because LO was able to play and explore.
I wish you only had to pay for kids and not both kids and adults. There isn t much adults can do, other than observe and monitor their kids. Charging only for kids entrance would increase traffic and revisits.

Great fun for kids. Lots of activities. The painting room and music studio areas are super cool.

So many of the interactive exhibits were not in working order. Most of it has been there for 5 years+ and needs to be updated. If it's your first time going, it'll be fun but we've seen it too many times so now it's just boring. Waste of money and it's not exactly cheap admission.

This is not a place for seniors
Slow elevators paid to sit on a bench for 2 hoirs

The more you come, the more in depth you can get with you child. Never boring and we go a lot.

Grandson and Cousin enjoy everytime they go! Both are 11 years old!