ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center Reviews

So awesome for the kiddos and adults alike. So much to do and learn, we love it here.

Small place that packs in a bunch of hands activities for kids, and displays of different aquatic life found in or around Lake Champlain. All the staff we interacted with were pleasant and helpful. They also have a small gift shop that has a variety of items.

Fun experience and fun fact, our dog s name is also echo

My kids loved the guest dinosaur exhibit and the play area. This is a great place to take your kids

Amazing place for little kids to go, thanks for this.

Not the best maintained warf, but great inside with good staff

This place is a must visit if you have kids. Clean, engaging, and small enough that you can go through the entire place in a couple of hours, or tarry if you care to. The animal exhibits are some of the best I've seen, and the staff here are knowledgeable and friendly.
All of us, kids and adults alike had an excellent time here.

Wonderful place to take children in VT! Thought-provoking displays, hands-on exhibits, excellent special events... but pricey.

What a little Green Mountain gem! Saw the Butterfly exhibit with exotic butterflies. Such fun. Offers good family fun and educational experience learning about our local eco- system. Geared toward elementary aged kids, but my teen and pre-teen enjoyed it as well.

It was very fun. Great for kids, exciting and educational.

Really great local educational place for families, students and children. Great view and friendly staff. Great place for a field trip. The Age of Dinosaurs exhibit fit so nicely with our unit.

Science and Nature. Hands on for kids and adults too.

Ok. But the Grandson enjoyed monshire museum much more

Very small aquarium. Does have one nice exhibit for adults. But this is mostly for children.

Expensive and small... It did have a couple cool frogs, one tank of lake fish and some star fish. But everything else was very underwhelming, most of the games and hands on activities were broken too. :(

Always used to love going here as a kid, then taking kids I babysat here as a teen.

nice little place, kinda expensive but it's a good way to spend an hour or two.

This is such a great museum and science center for kids of all ages. The friendly staff and hands on demos really make it extra special

Wonderful place to bring the kids. They always are making new learning centers and activities. They seem to really care about making it a wonderful place. I'd highly recommended going!

Friendly helpful staff, excellent place for all ages, especially young children.

Love this place. Then again, Vermont is so beautiful, couldn't expect better.

My kids favorite place! Hours of educational entertainment for the whole family. Something for kids of all ages. Especially love Champ Lane for the little ones!

Very nice place to take people, especially kids, that like lake animals. My teen girls love turtles and frogs and they really liked seeing those exhibits. Lots of fun activities for young kids and there's a nice outdoors area to eat or just look out over Lake Champlain's marina area.

Great science displays and wonderful venue for Highlights and Illumination Collective.

Small interesting museum, showcasing local marine animals, geology, and history of the area.

Great place for a family outing. Age appropriate stuff for all ages.

Very fun my kids love it. Gift shop not overly expensive great membership price

I thought my child was a monster until I witnessed the way other parents allow their children to behave.

Great experience! Would totally go back. Lots for kids.

It's not very big. But my kids love it. The theater is too small.

Was not really impressed with this place. You pay 15 dollars to go in and it takes under 2 hours to get through even with the 20 minute video (which is an additional 4 dollar per ticket). They have a few fish tanks, poison dart frogs, and a butterfly exhibit. Just wish there was more. Even worse, you have to pay for parking. Don t think the price represents the experience.

ECHO is an awesome place to spend an afternoon with children, and with all their interactive learning activities you could even learn a thing or two! My favorite thing ECHO does as an adult is doubling as an event venue in the evening. It is worth going to an event here, it s beautiful year round and a fun space to dance at! (We attended their night of the living dead halloween party in partnership with Magic Hat & it was one of my favorite local events!)

Perfect place when it's too cold to be out or the weather is mediocre. Our kids love it there and look forward to going back.

Great place for kids to get all their senses met while learning.

Beautiful being on the water, a lot smaller than we expected

Was okay, nice staff and great location. Aquarium rather small/ limited.

Great place to bring the kids! So much to see, and touch and learn here! And they have handicap accessible bathrooms!

New children's area is fun for the kiddos!! Great for an afternoon excursion.

Was not impressed with one of the tank displays. The fish in the tank were to big to be in captivity. Their fins are deformed do to this problem. Sad :-(

The kids absolutely love this museum. There's a little bit of everything for everyone.

Love this place and what they do for our community.

Very small, but descent place Definetly good for children.

Great for kids or anyone looking to learn more about the lakes Ecosystem

Awesome science and nature museum. Great aquariums and lots of activities for toddlers to 12 year olds. Loved the 3D movie

Inexpensive but small. The butterfly room is pretty awesome.

We brought my son here when he was around 10 and very inquisitive. It is such a great learning experience for kids and adults alike! We had a great time and see all kinds of mammals, fish and reptiles!

Great place to spend time with grandchildren. Resource room was very interesting.

LOVE it here!! So do my kids..always something interesting, fascinating and to learn here!! Bring the family any time of the year, you ALL will have a good time!

Always a great time with children! We went when the dinosaurs were there, it was a grand time.

Essex County, BY 4- H educational trip, we enjoyed the exhibits

An amazing ecology-themed science center with plenty to engage kids of all ages.

Great place for kids, the place covers all kinds of species that can be found in the lake and or in the local area, with loads of things you can play with. With a full aquarium and feeding shows

Had so much fun. Didn't 2ven realize we were there for almost 2 hours!!!!

Great spot for family's with elementary and preschool aged kids.

Extremely expensive. Adults should be free as it is basically free play for children. Sugar snap cafe is delicious but again; overpriced.

A great place to spend a couple of hours! We really enjoyed the starfish exhibit upstairs with the lovely lady who had great information and was really interactive with our family. The 3D experience was worth the extra couple of bucks too.

This place is mostly directed at kids. If you're not one, there isn't much to see. Tickets are quite pricey.

Outstanding Freshwater Aquarium and Science Center.

Always a fun place to go even as a local with the always changing events makes it fun every time

we own a season pass, for our family of five. I just feel like they should try to mix it up and switch up the exhibits. We have gone about 7 times this year. Now our kids are starting to get a little bored with it