Darwin Room

It is on the smaller scale however has a great amount of dinosaurs and other animals. Absolutely love the Butterlfies as well as the "bug life" area (which requires you to purchase extra tickets) it is a great place for younger kids to learn and explore. Additionally, they have some arts and crafts station on the weekends which help keep the kids entertained.

The academy of natural sciences was an amazing place! There were some of the displays that the children are allowed to touch and interact with!! The bug experience they have is absolutely, hand's down, amazing! I'm so thankful that I went back as an adult, I was able to appreciate it much more and also learned a lot of thing's I didn't know so left with a greater knowledge of so many different things! The staff was just wonderful, patient, full of information and a ton of fun facts and they had no problem at all explaining anything I had a question about and continued to answer our questions and throughout the day! I will definitely be coming back this summer for as much as I did learn there is still way more things there for me to learn about and Learn more about for instance the dinosaurs I could sit there all day and night just learning more about the dinosaurs!! This museum was extremely clean and just all around amazing!! I will be recommending it to all my friends!!! Not expensive either!!!

Great place. We get free passes from our local library in Gloucester Country.

The "Outside In" on the top floor is where we spend most of our time. Kids can touch all sorts of things: bugs, bunnies, snakes, rats. And there are lots of things to do hands on.

Big, fun museum. We went for Dinos After Dark and it was a great family friendly evening. The staff is very friendly and helpful, and we encountered a couple bilingual staff members. Many interactive and hands on activities for kids (and grown ups). Parking can be challenging.
Tons of different things to do and see

I have been to many great museums in Europe and I have to say this one is of the same caliber and has become one of my most favorite museums. The ticket price is quite high but believe me it is totally worth it. The background for the amazing real-looking animals is stunning, hand painted. I had the chance to see one (background) in the process and it is remarkable. The whole museum was enjoyable and my favorite were the dinosaurs. The dinosaur wing has amazing views of the outside so you can enjoy part of your day there too. The machine that takes you back in time for funny pictures (thanks to the green screen) was a reallt fun addition. I also liked that there were seats close to the dinosaurs so you could take cool pictures. The store is pretty great too. I also want to add how great the butterfly wing (no pun intended) was. I had the chance to see butterflies after so many years and before entering I saw for the first time a mantis! How great that was. In summary I had lots of fun and hope to visit it again in the future.