Danville Science Center

Ana N

This place is excellent. My 2.5 year old loves it.

Jstin

Me and my wife buy a membership on a yearly basis so we can bring our disabled son. Today we decided to take our son because he loves Thomas the train. We like most people start out where you check in at. We then proceeded downstairs only to find that nothing at all has been changed since the last time we came which was almost a year ago. So we proceeded upstairs to the exhibit where again we were met with the same exact stuff again. We thought okay well there doing the Thomas the train exhibit they surely must have Thomas the train stuff at the shop. I mean that’s a no brainer. We were not only wrong but utterly let down as the souvenir shop was almost completely void of anything worth buying. It was the same exact souvenirs in the shop that was there the last time just with a lot less quantity. Okay so surely there doing a Thomas the Train picture in the dome… wrong again. And not only was we wrong again they only do the dome at certain times and only once on Sundays. Any person that buys a membership should be able to go into the dome at any time of day. Shows should be on repeat for the entire day and then changed up the next week. Out of the 3 yearly memberships we have purchased we have only been able to take our son into the dome once. I mean how hard is it to keep something playing? Especially like today; Sunday, when hardly anyone is there. The only positive thing about our trip today was seeing our sons face when we entered the old train station where the Thomas exhibit was. He absolutely loved the Thomas exhibit. I just wish they would have had Thomas the Train souvenirs that we could have bought him before leaving. Our last stop was the butterfly exhibit. As soon as we entered we were met with a sign that read “please do not chase or catch the butterflies”! Okay understood but not even 5 seconds after reading the sign a worker walked up and said the same exact thing. What was weird about this was not only can we read but as we walked in there; there were child butterfly catching nets hanging on the door as we entered. The butterfly exhibit was riddled with wasp and hardly any butterflies beyond the few my wife managed to take a picture of. We just felt so let down by our visit to the Danville Science Center today. I don’t know if we will be purchasing another yearly membership as clearly the proceeds aren’t being used to better the experience. What upset me was even my son got bored after only a few moments of being there and that doesn’t happen easily as everything excites him.