Great Lakes Science Center

5 recommendations and reviews from 5 people

• Referral from March 11, 2019
  

  pinebanana asked:

  Visiting your city with Kids Hi it’s my families first time in Cleveland and I wanted to make it special (we don’t go on many vacations) we are staying in Tower City and wondering the best places you have found nearby that welcomes kids preferably? We will be staying Thursday night would love a recommendation for a place to eat and most of Friday to hang out. Are there any toy stores or candy shops places a kid can lose it at? Being in. Car for 3 hours as a kid can be harsh. I appreciate the help I honestly can’t wait to visit your city.

  

  LarryKarp4891 replied:

  Yes it is. Greatscience.com sweetiescandy.com

  

  badgalneenee replied:

  In terms of downtown, you could go to Campbell’s Popcorn on Superior or Rocket Fizz and Colossal Cupcakes in the 5th Street Arcade. Great Lakes Science Center and the Rock Hall are downtown too (the Rock Hall has an awesome pinball exhibit going on now). If you venture out into the neighborhoods, you could go into Gordon Square and check out Sweet Moses for ice cream. My friends and I just opened a restaurant called Good Company (kinda like Shake Shack and we have a kid friendly menu). Transformer Station in Ohio City is free and has a pretty cool exhibit going on now. There’s another Campbell’s Popcorn Shop in Ohio City and you could hit up the West Side Market. If you go east, University Circle has the Museum of Art, Museum of Natural History, and Museum of Contemporary Art. Both art museums are free.

  

  SuzieQ4624 replied:

  Yeah great lakes science center is amazing for kids of all ages (I even enjoy it). It's like 5 mins from tower city. Children's museum is nice, aquarium is close by, the zoo if it's nice out. There is a giant candy store called BA Sweeties but it's like 10 - 15 mins away.

  

  ephemeron0 replied:

  In no particular order, any one of these will be engaging for kids: [Great Lakes Science Center](http://greatscience.com/) [Children's Museum Cleveland](https://cmcleveland.org/) [Federal Reserve Money Museum](https://www.clevelandfed.org/learningcenter.aspx) [Cleveland Museum of Natural History](https://www.cmnh.org/) [Cleveland Metroparks Zoo](https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/zoo) [Cleveland Aquarium](http://greaterclevelandaquarium.com/) https://northeastohiofamilyfun.com/ might be a useful resource. I seem to recall going to Winking Lizard a few times with my kids. It's a local chain with typical casual restaurant menu items (wings/burgers/pizza/fries). It's nothing fancy but it's inexpensive and the kids will find something they might actually eat.

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• Referral from January 29, 2015
  

  Amy B. asked:

  Can anyone recommend a summer day camp for a first grader? Thank you!

  

  Diane B. replied:

  Last year my son did a Great Lakes Science Center camp that was held at Hudson Montessori...different week-long programs to choose from and all include a field trip to the GLSC with Omnimax. www.greatscience.com...$20 off if you register by March 2 nd.

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