Questacon–The National Science and Technology Centre Reviews

Simply amazing. My kids had such a great time. My 3 year old constantly talks about going back! Im thinking of another Canberra holiday just to do this.

The ammount of interactive things to do goes on and on and on. We went to the Australian museum in Sydney and I couldn't help thinking... Why dont they follow the Questacon formula.

We met some locals who had yearly tickets. Took their kids all the time. Monthly. I have no doubt. Its so awesome. I loved watching my kids enjoy it so much.

Great place to go with kids. Everyone has something to do while in here. Lots of things to learn and do. Will definitely come back

My only issue I had with the place was the amount of time I spent chasing after my kids.

Amazing with kids. Even young ones can take part in the toddler section.

Great spot and lots of fun exhibits are top notch. Good for kids but id recommend for over 3's t to enjoy the experience. Our little one is 1.5 which was too yoing.

We had a great time here. 8 rooms to explore and we (2 adults+3 kids under 7) spent almost 3 hours exploring. Lots of interactive exhibits and a great easy to navigate layout.

Targeted at children around 8-13. Not worthwhile for anyone 18+ unless your accompanying children.

Not worthy of 1 star even!

Not worth $23 for a adult more like free Entry maybe if you want a star

Kept getting zapped for no apparent reason!

Bring back the earthquake house

Not good fix the place yeah

Shocking

We love Questacon. It's a great place for adults and children to get their hands on science and technology experiments, learn more about the world we live in, etc. Enjoy the shows at the Japan Theatre. Cafe and souvenir shop just add to the outing. Staff and volunteers are warm and welcoming.

One of the best museums in the world. Excellent display of experiments and the best part is it allows you to interact with the exhibitions

How great is this space?!??!?! Take the kids now, allow a whole day as there is loads to see and do. The exhibits are all so interactive really the kids were trying everything and loving it. Only complaint really is the food situation, the cafe and seating spaces available are far smaller than meeded, it was a struggle to find a space sit. Food options were also very limited, recommend at least packing some of your own snacks.

Really gopd experience for kids of all ages and some adults too!

Australia's best experience and active educational place for kids to adults

Even with little kids this is a great family day out

Took the two kids aged 6 and 3. Had to drag them away after 3 hours! Staff and volunteers were great

Made me renew my love of science. Suitable for any age. Staff really help too. Highly recommended

Great place for kids and answer most of their questions.

I didn't go in, it was quite expensive, more than I was willing to pay to go in.

So many hands on exhibits. Great place for the kids.

This place is insane for kids for education and fun. The cafe has the best hot chocolates too.

Well worth the time and money, kids can easily spend half to a full day there. Some adults seem to enjoy themselves participating with hands on interactive exhibits more than the kids :) On your next trip to Canberra - give it a go!

Great place to have kids explore the wonders of science. A clever way to let kids experience how the world works.
Staff is very patient and keen to explain the experiments to the kids

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Wow, what a great place to visit. For young and old this place is amazing. So much to see and more importantly do. So many interactive exhibits. We had a great few hours here. Staff are friendly and knowledge. Plenty of parking. A great place to visit when in Canberra.

Great fun for the kids. Lots of interactive displays and interesting exhibits.

Visited Questacon on a weekend trip to Canberra.... still as fun as I remember it being when I was a kid. Educational and exciting, would definitely recommend a visit next time you re in Canberra.

Super awesome place, kids loved it. I wish we have had more time to go slowly to every section. Highly recommended!!

Always fantastic - could easily spend all day there. Great educational fun for both kids and adults.

Great for kids of all ages, can spend days here if you want to take the time to think through and explain the science behind each activity, a great place to be if you home school or just want to supplement regular school. Our 2.5 year old loved it and cried when it was time to go, which she rarely does for any other playground.

Loved the earthquake room experience. The huge replica of the moon was a delight along with all the cool physics things.

Very good place to visit with children. The best science museum in Australia

Really friendly staff, always looking to help. Also, the exhibits and exhibitions are phenomenal. The range of different interests is really high. I doubt if you came here you wouldn't be able to not enjoy yourself.

One of those few places that manages to actually achieve fun and educational for everyone

Great place for interactive education, both kids and adults. My eldest finally plucked up the courage to do the big drop slide last week and I was super proud.
They also change the exhibits from time to time and they pay attention to the details, which is great to see.

Great place for people of all ages to learn and explore. Our 3 year old spent 5 hours there and loved every minute of it!

Good but not great, especially with respect to money charged. Very crowded so often hard to get on display stations. Scheduled show was highlight and good overall educational value. Just overpriced.

This would have been a wonderful experience if it was not so busy. We went on a wet day during the week in school holidays. Patience along with science. Disappointed.

Great place lots to do n see could have spend more time there hope to go bk . Very noisy as school holidays on, lots of kids n parents. Staff helpful n polite. Parking a bit difficult but ok. I would recommend people of all ages to visit.

I bought a Covid spore, one of the most valuable things l own,grey for a laugh.

Questacon is amazing. I would highly recommend visiting it when in Canberra. Easy to find with a good size car park. There was a gift shop and a cafe. Everything met my expectations. Definately 5 stars.

Kids always like coming back every few months for different things to see and do.

Tons of fun for the whole family! Lovely exhibits help kids (and adults) visualize scientific concepts. Staff are friendly and helpful. Gallery 5 has fun build-it-yourself type activities for kids. Gallery 6 is an indoor playground for kids under 6 with a water play area. Pity we came a little late so we missed the shows. Highly recommended! We will definitely come again if we're back in canberra!

Fantastic, we came 10 years ago and its changed so much, such a great family day at a very reasonable price

Can't have enough of this place. My 4 year old wanted to go back and see everything all over again.

Great hands on experience for kids, lots.to do and try

It is highly recommended that families with children participate in learning technology together. It is a good place to learn and experience the mysteries of science.

I love questacon! It helped me learn all about science for my project.

Interesting place but very crowded with school kids when we visited. Not enough air con on upper levels

came back as an adult, still a fun and great experience bit sad about the earthquake house no longer a thing and being replaced with something a little less fun. the lightening cage was interesting but kinda disappointing considering what you see people accomplish in their backyards with Tesla coils. also the guillotine is gone. cafe prices are pretty reasonable and the gift shop is standard museum expensive. still a must see in Canberra to go to questacon

Always a fun exerience with lots to do! Especially great for people who love to be hands on.

Lots of fun and interesting activities even for big kids like me

Its great good gift shop but when i went it was packed but csuse im 12 it was pretty good and h2o was my fav

Fantastic day for the kids. They enjoyed it and got a lot out of it.

Cool place for kids and adults and the new cafe is great and modern design food and coffee good as well.

One of the best place to go with kids
Heaps of activities for children and adults as well
We can spend hours at this place and kids never complain
If you live in Canberra I recommend to do the membership as it will save in the cold Canberra weekends

A must see while in Canberra, especially with kids!

My (almost) 5-year-old had an absolute blast here! He loves his science and the staff were very friendly and entertaining. The kids' play area down the bottom was also very popular with my 2.5-year-old. I used to come here as a kid and it just gets better and better!

Great new funtastic exhibits. Explainers were really on the ball - enticing both children and adults alike.

very cool science museum with some great interactive exhibits, live shows and plenty of learning. definitely worth a visit for all ages!