Good science museum with a beautiful aquarium and planetarium. Don't miss the party scene on Thursday nights - fun lectures, special exhibits, DJ's, and lots of alcohol.

Cost is $29/person for adults (unless you have a season pass) which seems a bit high until you enter. Plan on spending the day as there are many facets to see and take in including an earthquake exhibit, science areas just for children, and even dinosaurs (skeletons, that is!). We especially liked the rain forest and were spellbound by the... More

Quake in the planetarium was awesome also the lemur exhibit is the best I've seen very interesting. Aquarium is pretty cool..Can touch a starfish!

It was smaller than I imagined but it was nice to walk around and see everything in there. The living roofs were pretty cool to see

This was one of the best things we did. It has a rainforest, aquarium, earthquake simulator, living roof etc...the staff and volunteers were very helpful. We spent almost the whole day there. Cafe food a bit pricey but that's the norm.

Not much going on here I was expecting to be amazed, that was not the case. There are too many school trips and all the children push you around, barge in front of you and they ruin your experience. Tickets are a little expensive for what you get to see, if you want to see a load of fish go... More

We went to the acadamy of sciences as it was part of our citipass tickets. Its aimed towards children rather than adults, so a good day our for the family - adults may wish to pass this one buy (it was full of school trips when we were there).

This place is a must see for museum people of all ages. Easy parking in the underground garage now in GG park.

This place gets rave reviews from all over.....but I'm giving you our family's version. If you have a 13 year old, you may have missed the "window" with this place. We've gone twice in the past 3 months (hoping the first time was a fluke). It is VERY expensive ($100 for three) to get in and the lunch room is... More