CuriOdyssey

We went for the light show that is running through December. We had a 2 year old and 5 year old and they loved it, especially the interactive 4th floor.

Not bad fun to be had but not worth traveling distance for. Let down if you re familiar with Exploratorium or Oakland Zoo. The main Redwood Hall was closed for event without notice ahead of entrance fee payment.

The price was reasonable for the experience. The zoo is small but good quality, they also do multiple feeding demos throughout the day with education! The science part was pretty cool, a lot bigger than I expected and my 2 year old loved it, she couldn't "really" do everything but she certainly enjoyed trying. We left the grounds and got lunch then came back no problem. Its also a part of a beautiful nature park - we explored there for about an hour but id love to go back and explore more

Wonderful memories as youth and overall great place for kids to learn about local habitat and wildlife as well as location (Coyote Point).

Our son loves this place. Great for 3-8yo. HE just runs all over the place and mess with the machines there. He never wants to leave.

Great place for kids to explore but considering age group would think they would have outlet covers. Deducting one star for safety reasons. Otherwise perfect rainy day solution!

Great place for family adventure. Fun for kids 2-10. Cost about what a movie would cost. Adventures to occupy children for a couple of hours. Hands on experiments. Animals to see. Special activities.

Great little exploratory mostly mechanical games for little and not so little ones. Rescued animal zoo also good outdoor activity to end the day...

First time here and WOW. Location awesome, the views are incredible....but let me share how amazing it is inside...hands on experience in everything STEAM for both kids and adults, mix that with a ZOO where each animal, bird or reptile has a story and you've hit the Jackpot. Membership for a family is $125 with $105 being tax deductible, giving many other doscounts even to SF and Oakland Zoo...yah money well spent for sure. We all loved it, hubby, myself and our little one was totally in love with everything. We are definitely going back and taking advantage of the park and hike all the way up to the museum then back down. Super close to the 101 Freeway this is for sure on of the 5 fave spots in our area. Below are pictures of the view from just outside CuriOdyssey.

This is a good place for kids. You can meet animals and play some science toys. ThIs is not so big as Zoos, but big enough for small kids to go around easily.

Attended a birthday party here. Was so much fun that we ended up buying a membership. Great place to pass time with your kids while learning and playing.

One of my favorite places to take my kids in the city

Cute little place to explore! Totally worth being a member! The light show they have going on had my 2 year old soooo astonished!! We will def be coming back!!

Enjoyed looking at the animals and there are lots of mechanical machines to interest kids

Fun children's museum. Excellent exploration opportunities.

Wonderful local museum. It's small and manageable in an hour or two. It's a nice combo of zoo and hands-on science activities. Kinda like two museums in one!

Fantastic for kids with an equal helping of hands-on science and awesome native animals.

Excellent place to discover science with kids. Live Science experiments, well explained and nice little zoo. kids LOVE this place! plus it is in the middle of Coyote Point park, with nice (and windy) views of the city and the planes that land very close by !

A bit small and cramped in weekends or holidays. Our preschooler daughter and her same-age friend found it very engaging.

Not many animals as we thought. But overall is great for family.

One of me and my family's favorite places. We are anual SF Zoo pass holders which gives us a 50% discount, 20$ for a family of 4.

The zoo is currently open during SIP visited on 7/5/2020.

Its a fun place for kids and adults. You will love the inside exploring and the outside with animals.... big open rooms inside and outside has nice sitting areas.

Nice collection of rehab animals. A bit expensive, but anything involving animals in cages will be. Sorry no pictures of the cute foxes or pretty birds. Have a tarantula instead.

Nice place! learning science and animals can be fun!

It's a small zoo inside a national park, my daughter had lot of fun anyway. We enjoyed our time there. The view is fantastic from there... You can see San Francisco.

We are members here, the exhibits are very nice for small kids age 4-8. There are a lot of smaller children running around which can get pretty crazy at busy times. Special events are too crowded and not well organized. We came to the bubbles and rainbows day for Pride and it was jam packed with not enough events for the kids to be able to see. All the museum staff were friendly but it doesn t make up for the facility.

Loved it went here as a kid and got to take my own.

A fantastic museum for the whole family. Nearly all the exhibits are hands on and very engaging. The areas of the museum are structured by scientific concepts, like physics, biology and optics. There is something to explore for everyone. As an adult, you realize how much fun hands-on science can be.

Fantastic place for kids to run and explore Nature and Science. Extremely Scenic location on Coyote Point and worth bringing a picnic lunch to either eat here or in the park

Our 2 year old enjoyed playing with all mechanical gears; we liked looking at the cute porcupines & river otters. Kind of a small museum overall though. Sitting outside watching airplanes landing was cool too.

CuriOdyssey has dozens of indoor science exhibits to engage kids and a delightful outdoor zoo. Make sure you don't miss the astoundingly playful river otters and the various shows and feedings throughout the day. They're typically every hour. I take my kids there every month or two and they both absolutely love every moment!

Small but good for kids & family, indoor & outdoor space. Affordable.

CuriOdyssey is a great place to take young children, especially preschoolers. They have rescue animals and science exhibits. My kids love watching the otters get fed and I think the burrow owls are pretty awesome.

Great place to visit in a couple of hours with a toddler. Don't expect to spend an entire day there. It's not big enough. But should be just enough to do before nap time.

Great place to take young kids. They have a bunch of science-based activities and a cool little zoo. Just a note that admission for adults and a kid is ~$40 (when considering parking) and a annual memberships is $110.

Wonderful day with the kids, getting better all the time!

I'm gonna go 3 stars here because I wasn't killed or eaten. But, that being said I really couldn't call this place a "center", as much as it's my 2nd uncle's house, the backyard would easily fit all of the animals in here, most of which are already in my backyard right now. Lol. The otters stole the show and we're worth the price of admission.

Great fun for the kids, great location to watch planes and walk down to the water. Wish there were healthier snack options available

Very detailed and exciting place for our children to go for school. It's like someone took one part zoo, one part exploriturm, a dash of good parking and garnished with a pleasant commute. I recommend, I think you will be satisfied.

Nice informative museum and zoo. Good place to relax with kids. Beautiful location. Parking will be difficult on weekends.

This popped up on Google as something to do nearby. I'm so glad we did! The kids (7 and 3) had a blast! And so did I. What a lovely little hidden gem. We went on Wednesday and it was not crowded at all. We spent about 3 or 4 hours there. Bring your own lunch though. There's limited snacks in the gift shop and no restaurant in the Coyote Point Park. Lots of picnic tables around with beautiful views.

If you live in the Bay area, get the membership if you have kids under age 7. They'll love it, especially on rainy or very cold days when the park is not an option. They never get bored of the activities and the mini zoo is fun, both areas are largely indoors. The staff is beyond kind and friendly. My daughter misplaced a toy bus we'd purchased from the gift shop, when they didn't find it in the lost and found, one of the staff members replaced it. My toddler was overjoyed. The staff there are just really nice that way. Plus they always do special science themed activities/programs like bubble shows and recently they had an illumination themed interactive display that was really great.

My kids love to come here. All time their favourite place.They love to see the river otters and owls. Staff there were so kind and friendly!! When my son's birthday, he told them that day was his birthday at the entrance, they gave him a huge birthday sticker and made him day! So every staffs were congrated him everytime they saw him at his birthday sticker. Also the Light illumination (limited time event until early January 2018) was just amazing. When you have chance to buy something from the gift shop, they can do very nice and cute wrapping if you want. It's definitely worth to go with your little one! Highly recommend.

A great discovery place for kids. The river otters are delightful!

Lots of fun for young kids. They have an indoor space with lots of things to do and learn and an outdoor space with animals. We love the river otters.

Fantastic place for children and fun for adults too. The river otters are awesome. Other fun attractions nearby too.

Absolutely beautiful light exhibit. Truly stunning. I've grown up going to museum's all around the world my whole life. This was the best exhibit I've ever seen

Lots of science things to play with even for toddlers. Small animals on other side. See animals bobcats and river otters eat during feeding times. Price as of june 2018 are $12.50 per adult and $9.00 per child.

My daughter's second grade class had a blast there!

Great for children and adults. Science based, hands on displays so the children and adults learn while having fun. The small zoo is very well set up so you can see the animals, birds, reptiles etc up close.

Small museum with hands on science based displays. The zoo has a few animals such as racoons, otters, birds, snakes and turtles. Great elementary school aged kids

Its an ok place to take your kids and cheap but if you don't have kids don't do this its boring and you can go around the whole thing in 30 min

Always a wonderful day at Coyote Point, even in the cold windy conditions !

Great place for kids up to age 8 or 9. Family friendly place with animals and awesome science related activities and exhibits. Membership is totally worth it as you'll be back often.

Great place for kids, early science, and photography.

Great place to take the kids, it s a mini exploratorium and zoo. It s a bit pricey for adults but they tend to give vouchers if you come just before they close. Kids definitely seem to love it there, they track the animals as they grow up. Awesome hiking trails in the park and a beautiful view of the bay for a brief walk, not to far from CuriOdyssey! Highly recommend

Really great for the little ones. Lots of exhibits and animals. The seasonal IlluminOdyssey experience was a lot of fun for my 2 year old.

Great place to take kids of all ages. Plenty of stuff for them to tinker with, and the attached zoo is really fun. The river otter is very friendly! Lots of science-based activities to play with. My 20mo old had a blast! We will gladly be back soon.

Fun place for the kids. The admission fee is reasonable.

Visited during one of their community days so it's free! (UP. $9/adult $6/child) It's relatively small so for adult visitors, it will take no more than 1.5hr to walk through the entire exhibit slowly. Got to see owls, Bobcats, otters, Eagles, heron, snakes, badger and a couple more. Do find the exhibits a little on the small size for the Bobcats and Eagles. Like that they explained how these animals and birds ended up at CuriOdyssey, such as having been imprinted by humans and they are unable to live in the wild. I like the walk-through aviary the most. They have blue heron, magpies, other birds and turtles. To a certain extend, it allows you to see these creatures in an environment that mimics their natural habitat. Overall, a nice place to visit in the peninsula. Best paired with Japanese dining at San Mateo. I give it three stars with a plus one for the free community days.

my friend got lost and walked around this building multiple times.

Lots of Hands-On exhibits giving science / nature lessons. Quite impressive.

Great Kids place and on first Friday happy hour for the adults with music and food as well as drinks

A great little science and nature/zoo stop while waiting with kids for an airplane at SFO. Only 5 minutes from airport. Avoid San Fran traffic.

Went here for the first time with my 17 month old and she had an absolute blast!