4.5Gulliver's Gate(2.816 reviews) - Hubby, teen son & myself all loved it Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums • Science Museums
Leave the Land of Large and experience an interactive world of miniatures from around the globe. Gulliver's Gate is a unique and playful interpretation of the real world in miniature, inspired by the places we live, work, play, and dream about. Gulliver's welcomes people everywhere to experience this world, and even become Model Citizens, permanent miniature residents. You belong in this world. Guests at Gullivers' Gate can use their interactive key to activate features in models through out the exhibit space. Watch professional model-makers and engineers build and expand the exhibit. Step into our COBRA 3-D scanner and get a free 3D scan. If you like it, you can buy a 3D print of yourself to have sent home or placed in the model--making you a Model Citizen. We are wheelchair accessible, have changing tables in both bathrooms and a Mamava nursing suite for parents with nursing children. Our attraction is open until 10:00 PM however the last admission is 8:30 PM.See more..
4.0New York Hall of Science(320 reviews) - Amazing visit Wednesday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Science Museums
New York Hall of Science presents 450 exhibits, demonstrations, workshops and participatory activities that explain science, technology, engineering, and math. A visit to NYSCI is a hands-on, energetic educational experience where you can indulge your curiosity and nurture your creativity. NYSCI offers professional development for teachers, produces curricula and resources for classrooms, and studies how technology, gaming and play affect how we learn. NYSCI was founded at the 1964-65 World's Fair and has evolved into New York's center for interactive science, serving a half million students, teachers, and families each year. Avoid the wait and buy tickets in advance at nysci.org - takes just seconds.See more..
5.0Star Trek Original Series Set Tour(299 reviews) - Set your phasers to fun! Spent < 1 hour Speciality Museums • Science Museums • Children's Museums
Here, at last, is the chance to come on board the Starship Enterprise! Recreated Exactly as they were laid out on the "Desilu" (Now Paramount Pictures) Stage 9 in Hollywood for the original 1966-1968 run of STAR TREK,the sets of the Fabulous Starship U.S.S. Enterprise NCC-1701 awaiting guests to step aboard and be transported to the world of STAR TREK: The Original Series!See more..
4.0Buffalo Museum of Science(242 reviews) - Enjoyed the Buffalo Museum of Science Natural History Museums • Science Museums
The Buffalo Museum of Science offers educational and exciting experiences the whole family can enjoy, including interactive exhibit spaces, special traveling exhibits, a National Geographic 3D Cinema, collections of over 700,000 artifacts and specimens. Record your own weather forecast or step into a wind chamber in Our Marvelous Earth, explore health and the human body in Explore YOU, build your own gravity wall in the In Motion studio, explore over 1,500 insect specimens in Bug Works, or discover science with your toddler and young scientists in the Explorations early childhood gallery.See more..
The Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum is the ideal destination for families with children. With exhibits that promote play and early learning, the Museum welcomes over 80,000 visitors each year. Exhibit galleries include: Early Learning Junction, Science Revealed, a Science Center, Imagination Playground, and a Children's Garden. The Museum also features weekly drop-in educational programs. The Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum is the ONLY children's museum in the Hudson River Valley between the larger New York City and Albany areas. The Museum is located in the heart of the historic waterfront in Poughkeepsie, just steps away from the Poughkeepsie Metro-North train station, the Walkway Over the Hudson's Elevator, fabulous restaurants, and a new city park. The Mid-Hudson Discovery Museum is an independent 501(c)3 not-for-profit educational organization supported by admission and membership sales, program fees, donations, and grants.See more..
4.5Roberson Museum and Science Center(120 reviews) - Interesting surprise. Wednesday: 12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Science Museums • Observatories & Planetariums • Art Museums • History Museums
Roberson Museum and Science Center is Binghamton's center for exploration in art, history, and science. Take a walk back into the Gilded Age by touring the Roberson family mansion, or go into space during a show in the Digital Planetarium. Take a walk through several different habitats in the NatureTrek exhibition and tour through one of the rotating art installations. Come and let your mind wonder!See more..
At miSci, all exhibits, programs, and events are designed with its mission in mind: to inspire people to celebrate and explore science and technology, past, present and future. miSci is home to an extensive Archive and Collection, a Challenger Learning Center, the Suits-Bueche Planetarium, and various special exhibits and programs each year. miSci’s vast Archives house more than 1.6 million prints and negatives from the GE Photograph collection; an archival collection with more than 3,500 cubic feet of historic materials; and more than 15,000 objects relating to the history of science and technology. Featuring dynamic exhibits, state-of-the-art space learning centers, standards-based education for K-12 classes and students, and special programming for teens, miSci offers patrons hands-on exploration while fostering an understanding and appreciation of STEM subjects and careers.See more..
4.5Niagara Aerospace Museum(49 reviews) - One of the best aviation experience I had !! Speciality Museums • Science Museums
I had an amazing and unforgettable experience in this museum during my weekend there ! You could be easily stunned by the history of this place between the birth of Bell helicopter and 3 rare helicopters, the test flight of the experimental us navy x-22, the place of the beginning of Curtiss engines or the story of the sound barrier and the Bell X-1 which broke it. I would to thank my two amazing guides : David who gave me the best introduction and the best seat for the Saturday conference and Walter for his incredible stories and knowledge about these artefacts and historical events. I would like to thank Don for his hospitality and finally Erick for an unforgettable final and special tour ! This museum reminds me that aviation has no frontiers, no limits and even the sky could not hold you if you have the good rocket ! Thanks everyone and see you ✌See more..
4.0Empire State Aerosciences Museum(27 reviews) - Worth a Detour Wednesday: Spent 1-2 hours Speciality Museums • Science Museums • History Museums
The Empire State Aerosciences Museum is a one of a kind cultural resource located at the Schenectady County Airport in the Town of Glenville at the site of the former General Electric Flight Test Center. Dedicated to interpreting aviation, particularly as related to New York State, the museum offers visitors a variety of enjoyable and educational experiences including interpretive exhibits, a spectacular collection of restored aircraft, the State's largest aviation library, as well as phenomenal education programs.See more..
5.0Massena Nature Center(23 reviews) - Nice hikes and bird watching Wednesday: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Natural History Museums • Science Museums • Children's Museums
We were camping in the area and visited twice to enjoy hiking on the loop trails. Flat, easy walking. There are an assortment of bird feeders behind the nature center that attracted a variety of birds. We saw goldfinches, hummingbirds, and woodpeckers. Very enjoyable.See more..
Sci-Tech is a family-friendly hands-on science museum, where visitors learn by doing. Visitors leave their glowing shadow on a wall, test their senses of smell and touch, become the specimen in a giant kaleidoscope, attract sparks in a plasma globe, create laser patterns, view optical llusions, and much more. About 40 interactive exhibits provide science fun for children and adults. Sci-Tech offers periodic nightime telescopic astronomy events, and a variety of science and technology workshops. Special rates are available for organized groups that make advanced reservations. The museum also provides a Traveling Science Program that presents an exciting live science program at schools, libraries and other venues.See more..
5.0A.J. Read Science Discovery Center(3 reviews) - Fun for all Ages! Spent 1-2 hours Science Museums • Observatories & Planetariums • Children's Museums
The AJ Read Science Discovery Center is an all-ages, hands-on science museum dedicated to providing visitors with an authentic experience of the scientific method. The Center is designed for all ages and abilities and is free-of-charge. Come Science With Us!See more..
4.5Copake Iron Works Historic Site at Taconic State Park(2 reviews) - Nice Interpretive History Spent < 1 hour Speciality Museums • Science Museums • History Museums The Copake Iron Works museum is open weekends from 2pm to 4pm from Memorial Day weekend through mid-November. The Visitor Center in the museum is open year-round during daylight hours and can be incorporated into a 3-mile interpreted walking tour of the Copake Iron Works Historic District. Tours in the off season are by appointment only.See more..
5.0Kopernik Science Center(1 review) - OUT OF THIS WORLD! Science Museums • Observatories & Planetariums
Located close to the NY/PA border, the drive out to the Kopernik takes you through the beautiful hills of South Vestal. The Kopernik offers a wide array of day and evening activities. I attended a fascinating program on life in outer space by an expert professor from Cornell who is part of the Europa Clipper satellite concept development team. Tip: the $40 membership also gets you free admission to other national museums. See more..
4.0Susquehanna River Archeological Center(1 review) - A Special Place! Wednesday: 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Natural History Museums • Science Museums • History Museums
The S.R.A.C. is a wonderful little museum that focuses on local history. How lucky Waverly is to have this in town!See more..
