This place was the bee's knees!! Be forewarned though that there is no parking lot unless you are an employee. I followed directions to the actual museum and then realized that I would have to find public parking and it was momentarily stressful. Luckily there were some nearby lots, so it worked out just fine.

As far as the museum goes, it was awesome! My nephew and sister-in-law were visiting, and we decided to venture out to this museum "and once we were bored we would wander downtown." Well, spoilers... We spent the whole time at the museum. I live 30 minutes away and bought a season pass because we had so much fun and it was totally worth it! Everything is "hands on" hence the name, so the kiddos were free to experiment and play and learn and entertain themselves for... I think we spent about 3 hours here. It was like the museum babysat the kids for us... They can touch everything so there was no need to worry! We had a 9, 8, 7 year old and an 18 month old for reference.

There is a preschool age section and my 18 month old spent the entire time in it playing and exploring. Everything was clean and the employee in charge was on top of not only keeping things organized, but also being so welcoming and kind. My 7 year old wanted to join her younger brother to see what was going on in his section. The employee immediately came up to my daughter and said, "hi, how old are you?" ( I was honestly thinking that she was going to tell my older daughter she wasn't allowed, so I was starting to stress.) When my daughter said she was 7, the employee said, "oh great! Can you be a sibling helper and wear this tag?" She gave my daughter a tag and designated her a "helper."

Now you and I know that it was a crazy smart psychological move to make her feel empowered and responsible, etc but she was really super proud to be a helper and she told her older sister all about it after playing with the blocks and "helping" her brother in the preschool area. :)

The two older kids explored and there were tons of awesome exhibits with bubbles and electricity and water.... Don't be too scared of the water section by the way. I let all of the kids play in it assuming that they would be drenched and it wasn't bad at all! They stayed pretty dry.

10/10, I recommend this place! It's not super expensive, there's a ton to do, it's educational and as a parent it was insanely stress-free. The staff was also awesome.

If you are near Ann Arbor with kids, just go here! Its a no-brainer!! :)