Science City at Union Station is a family-friendly interactive science center that features traveling exhibitions, The Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium, City Extreme Screen theatre, and more than 120 hands-on displays. It is located inside Union Station at 30 West Pershing Road in Kansas City, Missouri.See Science City and all Kansas City has to offer by arranging your trip with our Kansas City online trip maker.
It was the main feature in the bi-state renovation vote of 1997. It was part of a renovation plan for Union Station after being closed for a short period of time when Trizec, a Canadian redevelopment firm had failed to redevelop the station. It opened in November 1999.
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You need an employee in the outside area especially when wet outside. We ended up in er with 5 stitches and no paper towels, ice, bandaid. As we tried to exit with so many people in the way. I...
You need an employee in the outside area especially when wet outside. We ended up in er with 5 stitches and no paper towels, ice, bandaid. As we tried to exit with so many people in the way. I... more »
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My favorite science museum yet! I was worried it would mostly be geared toward the little ones but was super happy that my older teens and I had a great time! So many of the exhibits were engaging..... more
My favorite science museum yet! I was worried it would mostly be geared toward the little ones but was super happy that my older teens and I had a great time! So many of the exhibits were engaging..... more »
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This 3 level interactive hands on museum is 1 of the best I've been too & we've been to several in several different states. The have a carnival games section, optical illusion ares, dinosaur play area, water works area, trains interactive play & display, DNA exploration, painting, digging, outdoor playground & so so much more. You can easily spend all day here & kids & adults of all ages will enjoy themselves. Extremely affordable at $14.50 a person. Keep in mind you do have to pay for parking which can add up to $20 for allday unless you find street parking for free & walk a couple blocks to Union Station or take the street car over which is free. Highly recommend
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Don’t be fooled by entrance activities- that’s not all it is! I couldn’t see past that hallway and thought I had paid $100 just for that. Oh no, there is SO MUCH more!! It is amazing! Such a fun science center with so many activities! It was extremely busy because of spring break, but they gave us wrist bands so we could come back after a late lunch and it was much better. Totally worth it! Go see the model trains at the end of union station as well.
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