Pacific Science Center Reviews

Just seemed like your basic science museum. Not worth the $35 admission price. They have some VR exhibits which sounded great, but turned out to be either pretty lame or completely booked up for the day so that was disappointing.

Had a blast there, tide pool, snakes, butterfly exhibit, many hands on science, health and just plain fun things for our whole family including three children ages 4, 6, and 7.

Lots of fun for kids and adults. If you're local it is totally worth getting a membership. Check out the VR exibit!

If you have a Saturday in Seattle, this is a very nice place to go there. And if he is, it's Sherlock Holmes Experience Center is an absolute must

Kids always love it! Watched a show with liquid nitrogen. Kids were very into it. Butterflies and bugs always a winner.

Good to have this science center membership, besides the exhibits I'm this center, you earn free access to all participate science center over the world!I used for free access for whole family at vancouver Canada telus world of science, plan to use it in every country science center in my family travel this year too.
Parking next to the center is expensive, 6hr for $15. Park at the parking in next street public parking cause nearly half, or cheapest at street parking (hard to find most of the time)

We visited the Pacific Science Center with the intention of spending maybe an hour or two there, but ended up being there the whole day. Excellent interactive exhibits, and a full day out for us adults and our two 11 year-olds

Great place to learn and spend some quality family time . Admission and ad on are expensive but it s still a great time . It s also near the space needle to you can walk around after.

I hang out here by myself and with friends and family. My favorite place to go is the butterfly room and pretend that I'm in Costa Rica or Florida and enjoy some humidity in my lungs and on my skin. It's always fun to catch a documentary and take yourself into someone else's world. And hit a laser show at any time of the day for some good beats and visuals.

It was very good museum but I couldn't see it all, I would love to go back again

I love the Pacific Science Center.

My daughters have had their 5th and 1st birthday parties here, and they were a smash. There are always so many educational activities to explore at the Pacific Science Center; the "Grossology" created many wonderful memories for my family. The lego/building room of the Science Center generally holds my attention; however, the recent in rise of virtual reality simulations and events has been thoroughly stimulating.

A little pricy for what it was. Geared almost entirely for children.

This place will give you hours of entertainment for young and old. Great interactive displays, everything from archeology, biology, astronomy, technology, health and live bugs!

Great place, an icon from my childhood which Jumpstarted my interest in science at a young age. The imax Theater is also really great and surprisingly reasonably priced for an IMAX.

Great science actitives for all ages... including a great dinosaur exhibit and live shows

This is a fantastic place for the kids to go! It has many activities and themes from dinosaurs, to space, and my daughter's favorite, the butterfly exhibit!

Outstanding hands on science museum that's great for exploring science with hands on demos! Kids and adult will have a blast.

Loved the Terracotta Warriors! I'd been wanting to see them for a long time! I wasn't disappointed. The kids really enjoyed all the interactive exhibits! We will have to come back. There's so much to see and do!

One of the best experiences in Seattle. There's quite a few exhibitions areas and different subjects, so it's possible to explore from astronomics matter to ecology at the same room. It's very recommended for children once the museum has lots of interactive attractions. They have also some special free attractions such as the planetary and a few others. Tickets price are fair enough, the place is cozy, there is a Cafe where you can buy some snack and coffe to recharge for a new section of exploring.

The Science Center isn't much different from when I loved it in the 80s. That's mostly a good thing. IMAX is a blast, and the interactive exhibits are really fun for elementary kids. The dinosaurs could use an overhaul at this point, and there are more screens and corporate sponsors than I would prefer.

It's a once a year for me. It's alright, but I highly recommend not buying membership

Amazingly fun place, very interactive on so many topics for all ages. Everyone will be able to learn something!

Great experience with virtual reality, IMAX, butterfly atrium and laser show. I would recommend it to anyone!

Only go here if you have kids. Lazer show and planetarium are a most!

Very dated attractions. The butterfly rom and the IMAX theater are the main attractions her. Great for small children. Definitely needs more funding.

All my kids love it here
So we got membership

This is such an AMAZING, FASCINATING, THOUGHT PROVOKING place that we chose it as our wedding venue nearly a decade ago, and special exhibits like the Terracotta Warriors make it a favorite place to return again and again!

Went to the laser dome to watch a show to deadmou5 EDM night show and it was awesome! Really great datenight and super adorable, and it wasn't super crowded that late which was really nice

Pacific Science center is the collest place in town to take your kids too. The number of hands on Science projects on display will keep them engaged and hooked all day long.

My family and I truly enjoy every visit. We've been to The King Tut Exhibit & The Terra Cotta Warriors, both were exceptional and some of our best family memories to date. The staff are wonderful and pleasant.

Great place to learn, they have awesome events throughout the year

Absolutely fantastic! There was always something to do and it never got boring! Going there as often as I can!

Great time to bring your special needs sensory days is in their homeschooling days. Low amount of people, so fairly quiet, and parking is easier to find.

This place was amazing and wonderful.. I had a good time bringing my boys here

Great place for the kids to spend the day learning and experimenting. The kids really enjoyed the bugs, especially the butterflies. The hands on experiments are the best. We appreciated the section on wellness and healthy bodies.

We would buy a season pass if we lived here.

Very large offering of various science related exhibits. Astronomy, geology, health, VR and AR exhibits are just a very short list of the huge variety of educational exhibits they have open. I enjoyed it. Very educational and a great place for the family

Great place to take kids. Will have to go multiple times to experience it all. I recommend a membership.

Huge IMAX screen with great audio. When I watched a movie in 3D the glasses were a little uncomfortable but that might've just been me

Love this place. Tons of exhibits, my kids always learn something new, and lots of fun for everybody. Food is a little touch to come by as it's at the Seattle center, which is always busy.

Great place for children of any age. You can easily spend hours there.

Extremely outdated. Many stations are broken, even in the newer areas. Not much has changed in the 25 years that I've been going there. Bright spot is the butterfly exhibit. Have two kids who have fun there for about 15 minutes before they get frustrated with broken or hard-to-operate stations.

Son liked daughter said it could be better it could be worse

Lot of really cool stuff. Friendly staff. My 7 year old wasnt thrilled when I told him going to a science center but ended up having a blast. The vr experience definitely worth the wait to get in.

They had the best cinema set up in Washington and possibly the US. There are only a handful of commercial set ups like this and I've never been disappointed. My only fear is that more people will find out about this place and the lines will become outrageous.

I wish I'd done more research before we went here the first time. You need to plan to go early. You can spend all day here and have fun. There's stuff for people of all ages. There's even a IMAX theater here. Lots of fun science related things. There's a museum. They have lots of presentations and exhibits. It's definitely an attraction all it's own.

Space, animals, insects, just all kinds of things.

Fun family place. I like that the exhibits appeal to kids of different ages, because younger kids like to manipulate things and experience the environments, where older kids and adults can think about the concepts involved. We go at least once a year. The special exhibits are always cool too.

so FUN. really nice for a field trip, but easy to get lost if you don't know what you're doing.

Great fun learning opportunity for friends and family!:)

So many childhood memories here. Pretty wonderfully makes many scientific concepts kinesthetically engaging.

Was expensive for what you saw - the experience would depend HIGHLY one which exhibits they are showing.

So much to see and learn. Great with kids in all ages

Went for a birthday party and got free admission. It was fun for both our 1 and 4 year old children.

Great place for many activities. See the laser show!

Always a lot to do with the kids. My whole family loves the VR sessions. Tinkertopia is a hit with me and my youngest boy. Don't forget to visit the butterfly area when possible.

Great place for rainy days! Their laser dome and Imax Theater are unique!

Wonderful experience for all ages. My favorite was the butterflies, they posed for pictures even.

We love this science center. There are so many great activities for kids. I highly recommend the membership if you're a local. The value is incredible.

Great place for kids and an awesome deal if you have a membership. Parking is extremely expensive though. They have dinosaurs and science experiments and costumes for kids.

Costs a lot.The kids like it, but it costs too much for what you get.

Great live shows, always something new to see , the butterfly house is amazing, my girls love watching the butterflies, we spend ours here, member for years

Way to kid oriented. If you are an adult only group, I'd skip

Gorgeous building with lots of cool stuff. Ive been coming here since I was a child and look forward to it everytime. Great imax theater and planetarium.