Museum of Arts & Sciences — Attraction in Daytona Beach

Children’s museum needs monitoring.

This is a lovely museum, beautifully pieced together and offers nice open spacing for viewing. I appreciated all of the exhibits, and my children especially loved the kids area. The only issue I take with the children’s part of the museum is that it is severely lacking in staff to oversee all of the displays.

One of the more popular attractions in the kids area is the “Daytona Expressway” which entails remote control cars that need to be charged. We visited on 7/17/18 and there happened to be a youth day camp present, which is great; I’m very happy for there to be other children playing and socializing. One of the camp instructors was helping her campers with this expressway exhibit; there were four stations, each with a remote and a corresponding car. With four stations one would expect the line to move fairly quickly, so that everyone gets a turn. Unfortunately, it was not the case in this situation. The instructor seemed completely oblivious to the fact that other children outside of her camp wanted to try this exhibit, to the point that after waiting 20 MINUTES I asked her where exactly the line starts and how many turns each child gets. She really had no answer as she was obviously unaware of the fact that her camp was monopolizing the exhibit. They had been playing it for so long that they had drained the batteries in all 4 cars, leaving them dead and unable to be used until recharged. In this case, I feel that museum supervision could have prevented this from happening, and that employee management of such a highly desired area would ensure that all visitors to the museum leave with a well-rounded and pleasant experience.

In my hometown, we have a children’s museum that has an employee in each area; the purpose of such a job is to keep toys in their correct area and to ensure that all children are sharing and taking turns. It seems like a rather basic concept but, my experience today at the MOAS is a clear example as to why constant monitoring is necessary in these areas.

Adults and young people alike, enjoy your next visit here if you can, it is a lovely museum. I might suggest flagging down the help of museum staff though if your visit in the children’s wing starts to resemble what I encountered with my...

For the last 2 times I have taken my grandchildren the area for them to learn and experiment was bad. Time before last things was broken so therefore didn't work and so we gave it another shot. This last time even worse. Just about everything they wanted to experiment with did not work , the building of the cars , the microscope with the screen , the x ray booth , heart rate monitor, no tools to build things , the place they can make "pizzas" the stuff was dirty. I know the form piece can get dirty but come on wash them or cut new up. Should i keep going? Told them we are not going back. For what it cost I will pay just a little more and drive longer to go to the Orlando. I know things go by donations but at least keep the stuff fixed so the kids can learn and enjoy. You got more security than you ever did so if you can afford that you can afford to fix things. I have been taking my grandchildren for 4 yrs , everytime I go down to visit 2 times a year and this time when they could not hardly get the experience they wanted because of broken or not plugged in did me in and left them disappointed. Grant with the very few things they did they loved but with everything you have for them to play with 3/4 of the stuff was broken - broken or just not up and running. And it really sucked!! The way it is right now I would not recommend anyone to visit until all is worth it. You do have a nice staff and where you remodeled very nice but for children ,...

I'm giving this place 5 stars because of their Free First Tuesdays for Volusia county residents every month. If I were to have to pay the full price I wouldn't be rating it at all, having never been able to afford it. I believe the current price is $13 per adult, so for my family of 5 that would be $65. Out of the question for us for the 3 or 4 hours at most there. The trails at the museum are absolutely beautiful, and a great place for a picnic. We are going today for free Tuesday, and excited to see for the first time the new Cici and Hyatt Brown Museum of Art. Just read they have a new cafe there. I've always though it could use one! Hope it's nice! Love the trails, and the trains at the museum the most. My daughter loves the teddy collection. Mom loves the old pharmacy. Youngest son loves the Children's museum. Everyone loves the giant sloth. We always enjoy the little movies they show. The last time we were there it I remember it was about Audubon. I would like if they would include even more local history going farther back before colonization. I would also like if they would lower their price of admission, (without getting rid of free Tuesday please though! Love free Tuesday