Such a fun place for families with young kids. They have a separate area in the back for babies and toddlers to play where you’re supposed to take your shoes off to keep the crawling spaces clean. All the toys are fun and age appropriate and stimulate creative thinking and problem solving. They have a fish tank and a few reptiles and will sometimes bring them out for the kids to pet/see. The upstairs has a lot of fun stuff for older kids that I personally had fun exploring.
The reviews with pictures of the pirate ship are from their old location, and they no longer have that, but still go check it out! They even do a story time every Tuesday at 10am...
Read moreThe NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Downtown Greenville has its own parking lot and parking is free. The historic Cuploa Building (1916) was renovated to become the museum and it is ADA accessible from a side entrance that has an elevator.
I liked the design of the museum but I thought there'd be more exhibits. The Deep-Sea exhibit is where I started and enjoyed that. Then I saw a fish tank without any fish. There were some reptiles too; a large children's area; hands on areas for children; taxidermy and some...
Read moreThis place is not appropriate for children. We visited this location for a 1st-grade school field trip, and as soon as the children arrived, the staff immediately began by announcing their pronouns over a loudspeaker. A female staff member introduced herself and also shared the pronouns of all the staff. Regardless of how adults choose to identify, I firmly believe that discussions about gender identity have no place in presentations directed at...
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