OMSI Reviews

This is a great place for young minds to experience ideas and concepts that cannot be had in a classroom.

Always have fun at Omsi! The Robot exhibit was a blast

My favorite place to go every time I was in Portland. I make a point to stop here and take my daughters to see all of the wonderful exhibits. Make sure to see what they re doing for their special exhibit and pay the extra money. It s worth it.

We love our Pacific Science Center here in Seattle, but OMSI has been a family favorite since the 1960's. I hadn't been to the 'new' location yet, and we were coming back from an EPIC family trip to Disneyland, and had a little time to spare on Saturday... so we went for it.
It was a VERY GOOD DECISION!
The hands on area was fun for all nine us, 2 1/2 to 60 years old. Live experiments, puzzles, a cardboard construction room with all the tools, build a 'keystones arch', earthquake tables, build a paper bridge that has to hold a stack of blocks... and so much more. That was just the first room!
We had to cut the fun short, but we will be returning, soon.
Just go. It's worth it.

Great place for family. Can be somewhat pricey but depending on the exhibits it can be well worth it.

If you have or are a kid at heart this place wont let you down its must for familes...

As usual it was great! Portland needs more attractions. The only gripe was how crowded it always is... we had to wait 30 min in line. That's not a big deal for adults and teens but with a toddler it's too long to wait. I have no idea how they could fix that, but it was great inside! It's an excellent value. I'd like it better if they restricted the number of adults in the 6 and under area.

To the people who decided to stand in a doorway or in front of an exhibit glued to your phone - we all hate you, please don't come.

Saw the exhibit on Pompeii absolutely amazing love omsi

So much fun for the whole family. Lots of really neat things to look at and fun interactive exhibits. Its pricey but alot of fun

I just felt like I was in everyone's way. It was quite interesting though. Thank you Lilley very much.

A great place for kids and adults alike. A very fun learning environment!

Love, love, love this place. I recently did OMSI after dark here and had a blast! The view of downtown is not bad on the eyes either.

Great place! So many exhibits, always fun to see. Love their rotating exhibits. Great place to take the kids for learning, they make it fun

Interesting exhibits, educational always a good time, employees always helpful and friendly

Great place for kids. Lots of education and fun. Good to spend the day at. Some cool concerts too.

I went with a large group of children and all of them had fun. The adults were interested in the exhibits and the staff was friendly. The food court also has great food at affordable prices. I highly recommend for families.

Good place to visit when you are free. But I feel 14 dollars is a bit too much for general admission.

We so love this museum! They have a featured exhibit that changes every so often. There are a number of brain teasers/puzzles that are good hands-on fun. My kids loved this place when they were little and still enjoy it at ages 11 and 14.

$2 Sunday the first Sunday of the month is an amazing deal?

Cool, but we hit field trip season, so a LOT of kids. There wasn't a whole lot to do without paying a bunch. The exhibits I did go to were really cool, especially the biology one. I didn't see very many staff members around checking on things, making sure everything was okay, which isn't very reasssuring.

Fun for all ages at a good price. There are hours of things to see and experience at the museum, theater, and submarine.

I really love visiting this museum, there are so many different exhibits and they keep bringing new things all the time. Also the employees and volunteers are really friendly and helpful. Great pizza too.

Way to expensive for what ya get as far as I'm concerned.

Went here with parents and brothers. We had a pretty good time. We are all over 18, and some things were a little more targeted to younger people but other things were still fun to do and look at. We left the Lazer show in the planetarium because it wasn't for us. The submarine was neat and my brothers' favorite part. A nice afternoon together.

So much to see and play with. Two boys 4 & 6 had as much fun as the grownups.

This was an amazing spot to take the kids. We spent over 4 hours here and were dragging them out. We could have spent more time. The submarine tour was very cool, and the robot exhibit was another hi-light. A must stop spot in Portland.

We love OMSI. As grandparents we always buy a membership for us and all the grand children are put on it. Thus any of our grandchildren can go as a member and take their parents as a guest. We loved the new exhibit on king Tut. We enjoyed seeing are one of the omni Max movies. Having a membership is the only way to go because then you can just stop whenever you want and spend a little while. I love their gift store too.

Awesome ,kids loved it wish they included more of the other attractions for the price instead of charging you more but overall it great place !

Very fun for the price, the year pass works well in many other locations too! Kids love it!

Fun and educational. Always clean and the volunteers and staff are frendly and fun. The King Tut exhibit was worth the visit. Have visited many times and am pleased with OMSI Everytime. The parking is always easy and convenient. So much to see and learn. The Submarine tour is great, planetarium entertaining and the Imax amazing.

Expensive admissions. The exhibit "Illusions" sucks. Extra charge for the magic boxes. It's not impressive.

Always educational and fun. Fascinated by the Body World exhibit

Great place to take the kids kill some time only down side is the eatery is a bit pricey

Great place to learn hands on about all types of science. Fun for adults and children.

Great museum full of fun exhibits that are educational. Definitely a great stop. Will go again

Awesome fun place for the whole family young and old. The restaurant as well as the cafe have delicious food...

I went with my school and my class loved it we were so glad we went

OMSI is an Oregon landmark I remember going to as a kid. Stopping in for a quick IMAX or planetarium show is fun as an adult too

Great place to visit with the children, have fun and learn lots!

A great place to let the kids burn off some energy.

Fun place to spend a rainy weekend. If you have the chance make sure to tour the sub. Also the planetarium is a great way to see a movie.

The exhibits are interactive and educational. Our daughter loves this place.

We only had time to tour the submarine, but that by itself was very cool. The tour was a bit more geared towards kids, but still enjoyable.

Fun for all ages! I went when I had downtime during a business trip.

I probably should have dug deeper into other reviews. This science center is definitely YOUNG children centric. We took our two teenagers, who both LOVE science, while trying to kill a few hours while in Portland area. They were bored, we were bored. Very disappointed. although the Africa movie we saw was phenomenal.

They have great light shows and the omsi after dark events are super fun.

I love love love this place. Omsi after dark is the last Wednesday every month, and it is for adults only. This is awesome because, as an adult, it is hard to get the museum experience with kids running around

Great displays and lots to read and learn from. The on-site food is good and at a fair price.

Well we got to sleep in the museum and I got to watch a movie on the dome.

Not worth the price of admission unless you have kids. Super small museum with very simple interactive exhibits.

It was awesome that OMSI was safely open during COVID. We brought our 3 year kid to the Human Body Exhibit (which required an appointment) and he loved it! It was a welcome respite from the stay-at-home activities that have marked the last six months. Go OMSI!

Check visitors days for train trip. Nice experience!

I've loved OMSI since I was a kid and I'm glad I can share my love of science and this museum with my daughter. Great exhibits that change several times a year. One of our favorite places to go and spend a day.

The Pompei exhibit here is only at 2 USA sites on this tour. A good experience.

Went to the Maker Faire. Always have fun every time I'm there.

There are so many things to do and see and touch, you definitely need a full day to take advantage of this amazing place! My family and I visited on Easter Sunday which was also the $2 Sunday. It was a blast!!

My wife and I loved it. The space exhibit is outstanding. The food court is a reason to visit all by itself!

The Robot Revolution exhibit was very well done. All the staff were helpful/knowledgeable. Especially the employee at the gift store. Can't wait to check out Andy & Bax on his recommendation.

This is one of my favorite places to go, there are many experiments you can do in person and experience the mysteries of science

We were visiting the area and this place had good reviews. We usually like science/history museums so we decided to check it out. We were very disappointed. There are lots of activities if you have kids with you, but as adults we did not enjoy ourselves. We would definitely not go back.

Great for kids, relatively informational, as well as interactive. I do wish more of the exhibits were more fully explained, but I don't think the museum is aimed at adults. If we'd come with kids, it would have been a treat.

Great place for kids. Not so much for teens but there is something for everyone.

Although they do have OMSI After Dark once a month, it does have a very children's museum feel to it.

The regular exhibits on first floor is on par with science museums in other cities. The recent special exhibit of King Tut is well organized. The regular outdoor exhibit of submarine is uniquely cool, and its staff actually worked on sub before! Very knowledgeable!

General admission portion is incredibly overpriced (see it all in under an hour) and mainly a playground for under 10s. Be prepared to be nickel and dimed as almost everything interesting costs extra. Most letdown I've been by a "museum" in a long time. However, the submarine tour was very interesting and more than worth its separate price.

Always a great family experience. From the 80s when my own children were growing up. Until now as I take my grandkids, always improving and the learning experience together is why we have a family membership

Very friendly place, fun for all ages! I'm 24 and I enjoyed it just as much as if I was 12!

I like the fact that every time I go see they have something different to see.