Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory — Attraction in Berkeley

This place could be better.

Many exhibits/interests are not accompanied by any information. I’d go in prepared to coach the kids as this place is great for homeschoolers.

A lot of practical examples on aerodynamics, solar system and Chucky-Cheese-type games thinly veiled as Physics. Mind you it is fun!

Not crowded so you can take you time with the children and let them explore with other kids.

Stay away from the “story time”. This is the only place where you get a disconnect from Science and into more Liberal Arts.

Plan on spending a full day chock full of activities. Feed your meter for at least four hours. The staff is excellent and will let you go top up your parking in case you underestimate.

They do not have a cafeteria and only a small place to have your own food.

Watch out for occasional special pricing which makes this spot...

We went here on a Monday evening to watch the sunset over the Bay. There were several other people there also. We didn't visit the buildings. Very small parking lot which had broken glass in several areas. Beautiful drive to get there. No restroom near parking. There were some clouds which we had hoped would give us a beautiful sunset, but didn't. I was disappointed somewhat because of the smog which wasn't as prevalent when I lived in the area 20 years ago. It is still a beautiful view of the Bay, Oakland, Berkeley and...

Fantastic city views if you don't cone for anything else. But if you do, the fun inside the science center is 1st class. Tons of hands on activities for kids of all ages including, building rickets, diy musical instruments and logic puzzles. This day they brought out some turtles from the learning lab for some sun and plenty of attention. We arrived in the late morning and closed the place down at 5pm so needless to say we were having fun. We maybe even learned some...