Thinkery Review

Seems like an awesome place for children of all ages. Our toddler had a blast and we book her birthday party there in a couple of months.

Great place. Some items might not be fully functional, but still lots of fun.

Great educational and fun place to waste a couple hours with kids.

Well thought out exhibit where children learn while playing.

Very fun for kids up to 8 years. 2 floors of fun and creative areas. The shadow room was the best! Look for it in the light room. My kid loves the water play. It's best to bring a change of clothes and shoes for that area. Also I would plan to do that last! Beautiful park across the street and a busy playground.

A lot of fun. Beware of the water room... They will get soaked!

If your child is 8 or younger, they'll love it. I have one that is under 8 and 2 that are older. So only one third of my kids were entertained.

If you have children, especially ones who are interested in science of any kind, I highly suggest Thinkery. It is a wonderful establishment filled top to bottom with interactive activities for children of all ages. Arts and crafts, electricity, water, engineering, earth, you name it they have it. It is so much fun and educational at the same time. We spent more than three hours there and could have spent much longer. It was our first trip and certainly will not be our last. For what it is and what you get to do it isn't overly expensive and a wonderful way to spend the day in Austin with the family.

Too Packed. It feels like a daycare for parents that just don't want to deal with their kids for a while.

Such a fun place to learn and explore as a whole family. Special places just for toddlers too. Nursing mothers room.

An Awesome place for Discovery! A welcome upgrade for our oldest daughter's daughters! For during the 90s we only had the Austin Children's Museum.

Fun for all ages!! Mine are 4 and 2 and they had a blast!!

Excellent place for kids to explore and learn. In fact, the adults may stay joining in on the fun as well. They have a large variety of activities and things for kids to get their hands on and use their imagination. Very popular place on the weekends, so expect a large number of people and kid during peak times.

This place is fantastic for children. They can get their think on as well as a good physical workout. The place let s the children s imagination run wild. The people are very attentive and nice. Parking is not fun at all for larger vehicles especially. Arrive early to hunt for parking spaces.

We were there for a wedding, so we only got to see the downstairs area. Even then, it was a lot of fun for the adults and kids.

My kid had a blast
What a great place for children to learn and explore

Optimal for ages 2-8, I think. Last time I went there were some different exhibits that I missed this time...

This place was amazing we had so much fun with my granddaughter! She absolutely loved it!

This place rocks! Very cool to watch kids freak out and have such a great time with the interactive exhibits!

Great place for kids. We bring our kid here at least once a month.

My only issue is that they don t seem to repair things. Great place to bring 3-7 year olds.

My grandson loves the new changes!
Wonderful place

Today I was in thinkery Museum and we loved it thank you ...

We love, love the Thinkery. There are quality activities for all ages and the employees are top notch. I just wish it opened earlier. 10 am is so late for young kids/parents who have been up for 4 hours already and have nap time aroubd noon.

Generally a great place for younger kids all year round. Only problems are the parking, especially on event days.

Thinkery always has lots of stuff that's worth your while. Can spend hours here anytime we come. Totally worth the cost of a family membership!

I got the a membership for the family and it s worth every penny! We live over an hour away but we enjoy it so much we ve visited three times this past week. My kids are 3 and 4 and they always have a blast

Went here for my first time to volunteer for the Gettin' Around event. This place is awesome, it was so much fun even just to volunteer.

Awesome place for kids to learn and have fun at the same time!

[Edit] Previously I mentioned how the Thinkery hadn t changed, and as I walked in this week they have the neatest new science and natural disaster type exhibit. This deserves more than just 5 starts honestly.

I ve been going to the Thinkery now for over 3 years. The glow room, and kitchen upstairs are by far my kids favorite. Cooking up an imaginary batch of food is any kid s dream. The only reason for 4 instead of 5 stars is that I really miss the little activities they used to do.

Like the chicks being incubated for the kids to see, I would love to see more of that. Overall though thank you for putting smiles on our kids faces.

I loved an excellent place for my daughters, they enjoyed it very much because the games adapt to the ages of the children very nice

GREAT for kids. VERY busy!!! It was to hard to walk around and do anything. Not everyone watches their kids.

Great family place. Kids love it. So much fun and let's the kids use their mind while enjoying themselves.

Such a wonderful museum for kids! We loved this place so much.

Great place for kids of all ages. Small eating area for brown bag lunches. Bring a dollar because the kids always convince me to spend a dollar at the vending machine.

I love this place to go with the kids. But on Field trips time is limited and the kids aren't given a time to play outside in Thinkery playscape.
My ONLY request is that there be a sturdier changing table for older SPECIAL NEEDS students who need diaper changes. This is a serious accommodation needed.

Awesome place to take the littles. Lots of fun things to do and explore!

My only concern was there were no safety measures in place to insure children were with the right adults when they left.

Expensive, small would be better for a four yr old and up. However took my two yr old she has a blast in the toddler section. But expensive just to play in a play scape.

It's a great place to bring your 5 yr old, but after age 10 it is not near as entertaining.

We take my son about once a month. Lots to do and see. It gets a little busy on rainy days, though.

Love coming here. Baby Bloomers is the best thing ever. Get here early in the summer and grab a coffee next door to drink while your kids play in the park across the street

Neat place for kids. They have a really cool water area where the kids can play with water and see/hear the effects of water hitting drums .
I went with my nieces and they absolutely loved it . They also have a little farmers market area where they can play pretend for the market . The have a gift shop area by the exit with neat but overpriced items

staff where friendly and helpful as expected. very fun activities to do there. great location nearby to walk and eat after.

This place is cool beyond belief. The Thinkery is an interactive, learning, contextual, hand on learning museum for kids. But it is so much full on fun that the parents can become involved as much as they want or just watch and let the kids run wild. They have an interactive station for various real life scenarios like grocery stores, postal service including logistics of packaging, mailing and delivery and even make believe cooking stations, gravity demonstrations and even some weird but fun almost psychic, mind power exhibits where you can put a head set on yourself and your child and compete to move a ball or play ping pong ball with your mind. Total hoot! Don't drive through tis part of the Texas hill country without going here... kids or not. But kids? Definitely.

Donation Wednesday! My 8year old loves it. Snap Kitchen has a small pop up shop that serves healthy drinks and small food items (nothing to fill you up though).

Good place to take your kids. However admission fee is a little expensive for what it is

Awesome place for kids! Lots of cool exhibits and fun for everyone!

We stayed and played here all day! Our 4 year old twins had an amazing time!

First time going and it was fun. Definitely a great place to go when outside weather is ugly.

Thinkery is lots of fun for toddlers and kids alike! It can be a bit crowded during hot afternoons. The outdoor playscape is a blast too. Lots of repeat visits needed.

Great place for young kids to get hands on experience with science and technological concepts, host parties with adult directed activities, large unique playscape

Great place to take the kids to beat the summer heat. Not only a place to play, but a place to learn as well.

My grand daughter love this place very friendly and lots to do i recommend this alsome place for all kids they would love it very educational it very worth coming to.

Excellent place for kids. This is place where kids can express there intelligent.

Very innovative place to instigate kids brains. Fun for everyone. Highly recommended.

Great place to take kids of all ages. Lots of STEM activities for older kids.

Very good place for kids to learn different things.

The BEST place to take your little ones! Staff are so kind and helpful. I take my daughter here almost daily and she is never bored!

An amazing places for kids of all ages. So many great exhibits that really spark our child's learning and sensory processing. Great organization that is community-focused. Even has an adult-only night once a month with cocktails and fun, themed exhibits. My only dislike is they are not open after work/school/daycare hours, aka 5:00, on most weekdays.

We love the Thinkery. My kids, 3 and 5, love all of the activities. Highly recommend bringing a change of clothes if kids will be playing in the water room. Afternoons are much less crowded than mornings. Membership recommended if you have intentions to go at least a few times a year.

It is an amazing place I recommend it for children at any time

They should be more forward with their "Community Day" hours.

Pay a little extra to do the workshops on the weekend. We love this place.

One of the best places to go with kids. It's not a secret though so be cool with crowds.

What a great experience! There was something educational and entertaining at every turn! Nearly everyone was very helpful and kid friendly!

Really fun place for the kids. I recommend bringing an extra set of clothes (or a towel) for the water area.

I love this place. So much to do!!!. We go once a month and we always leave wanting to do more.

Free entrance if you are a member of the Perot museum

I love this place for my almost 4 year old. I let her lead and imagine up every possible way she can play. The recent addition of the Ready, Set, Roll room is a new favorite. Though, we call it The Ballroom.

Checked out this place during Museum Day because I live in the neighborhood. Was made to feel cheap and dirty when they asked to keep my driver's license while I looked at the displays which were TERRIBLE! Basically, one huge romper room. Don't bother.