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Edventure
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4 reviews for Edventure
We visit Edventure every year when we are in SC to visit my husband's family. The kids always have a great time playing and exploring.
They feature traveling and seasonal exhibits, so be sure to check their web site before you visit.
Everybody's a kid at EdVenture! What else can you expect from a place featuring a 4 stories high slide shaped like a boy? My 4 years old daughter and I spent many days here since the museum opened 5 years ago.
EdVenture is located beside the State Museum (another must see children friendly attraction). Admission is $8.95 for adults and $6.95 for children (2-12). Parking is FREE and very accessible.
There are more than 350 interactive exhibits. Children can check out a real fire truck, buy groceries, be a farmer, doctor or an engineer for a day; play musical instruments, anchor the news on TV, climb and slide down Big Eddie, navigate the ocean, solve mysteries, study how the body works, and experience other cultures.
Tips to know before you go:
1. Go early morning and if possible during the week to avoid the big crowds. The museum is open 9 AM to 5 PM (Sunday opens at noon). This month there is FREE admission on Sundays.
2. Start on the 2nd floor. Young kids will enjoy playing musical instruments and explore the seasonal exhibits. Older kids will be absorbed at the live TV and newspaper stations. There is a quiet play and reading area for babies and toddlers.
3. Get them "exhausted" climbing Big Eddie up and down. That can easily take up to 30 minutes.
4. Catch a snack break at the Clubhouse, open 11 AM to 2 PM (closed on Sunday).
5. Continue your tour on the first floor. Main attraction here is the fire truck. Young kids love to go shopping at the grocery store or play farmer.
6. Cool off at the water exhibit outside. They will get wet no matter what you do, but the fun is guaranteed.
7. If there's still time and energy left drive to the Columbia Riverfront Canal park nearby for fresh air and an amazing walk down the river.
Here is a funny video from the "Exploring Human Body" and "Being a Doctor" exhibit: http://www.youtube.com...
Enjoy!
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My boyfriend and I stopped by the EdVenture on our way across country after finding it on http://roadsideamerica.... We were intrigued by the claim that they have the "World's Largest Statue of a Child." Now, Ed, the aforementioned statue, is basically a giant jungle-gym. You can climb up his spinal chord, into his brain and then come down through various slides and ladders ending up sliding out his large intestine. Kind of gross, but super fun!
Other aspects are more like a museum with working, hands on exhibits. Though we were 2 adults without children, we had a TON of fun and would go back if we weren't living in California.
Would be a great place to take kids or go with a date and have a fun time acting like a kid again!
greatest place i've ever been. i made up a song about it:
edventure!!!
we swear to you
our story's true
we had an edventure today
we had an edventure!!!!!!!
[sing very loudly]
you can see yourself on tv, you can drive a firetruck, found out how much your mom weighs, very beautiful and really nice people work here.
mom view: beautifully planned and maintained. we were reqeuired to visit two days in a row.
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