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2 reviews for Discovery Museum the
It has been fixed up since reviewed by Aaron W 2.5 years ago.
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It was a cold rainy day today. Great museum day. From my experience the Natural History Museum or the Hall of Science would be packed. But I have a car. It was Great day to go 75 miles away to a museum.
I picked the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport Conn because it looked like my kids were about to outgrow it. Some of the stuff was for kids smaller than 9 year olds. The place was not very crowded. If fact, some of the rooms were empty. My kids thought the place was closed. They got over that pretty fast.
They have a planetarium. We stayed for two separate shows. The first was a video. It was like Thomas the Train becomes a star. The kids and I all thought it was kinda creepy. I found a clip on YouTube. Check it out. We also stayed for a second show on the history of the telescope. It was a little more grown up.
This place touts itself as being a great science and discovery museum, but it really falls short. It would probably be current if the year was 1972. The lobby looks great, but that's where it stops. Most of the exhibits are in a time warp, a lot of the hands-on stuff doesn't even work, and the planetarium show is pretty amateur. While I'm sure a kid would still enjoy this place to some degree, I'm sure most adults would agree that this place needs a makeover and new exhibits.