Great children’s museum that has a good mix of educational and fun. There is a lot of interactive exhibits to keep your little one occupied and adults could even have fun here.

My kids and I visited the discovery center on Black Friday when they offered $1 admission. We really enjoyed the experience. The highlights for us were the live animals, the giant foam building blocks, the rolling slide, the giant light writer, the weather forecast exhibit, and the outdoor musical instruments. If we had paid for the full admission price, I would have been disappointed because there were areas that need to be repaired or replaced. Several of the animal exhibits were empty, and some of the items and displays lacked sufficient explanation about what they were and why they were significant.

We went as a family group consisting of adult down to 2 years old. The children really enjoyed the many hands-on activities. It was a pleasant surprise to see they had live animals to learn about as well. I would recommend this to any families with small to pre-teens.

Place was not busy. Plenty of your basic science stuff to do. Really neat construction equipment the kids could use and a ton of motion experiments to use.

I was a membership holder, but quickly realized how poorly run and kept up is this Discovery Center. I did let my membership run out. Not like I ever got a reminder to renew or a hey we miss you, come on back. Don't get me wrong, the first time you visit, you'll love it. Its new. Its exciting (by Amarillo standards). By the next visit, you see it for what it is. A underfunded venture that has a ton of underused space EVEN DURING NEW EXHIBITS. New exhibits don't stay new long. They break or pieces go missing and not fixed or replaced. Again, goes back to what I said about being poorly kept up. And let's talk about their special event days. They had a Harry Potter day in 2019. The special areas were set up in cramped spaces with Im guessing were volunteers who were massively overwhelmed. My son and I just watched what other guests were doing because the volunteers sure weren't explaining things. Then in the potions area, my son couldnt take part in the activity due to them running put of whatever it was that was needed to actually do the activity. And this was literally one hour after the place opened. Again, goes back to what I said about being poorly run. Anyway, I gladly have not gone back since. I happily make a day trip to the Science Center in Lubbock with my son instead. *It doesnt give me a date for my last visit which was in 2019. So ignore the February 2021. They don't give me the correct option to choose, so I'll choose whatever option I please.