The grandkids had a good time with the exhibits that we're working.This place needs some upkeep and maintenance and a few more workers to clean up the mess.
Wonderful show, great small theater, so much effort to make everyone feel at home, they even had a beautiful choir to entertain us before the show, easy to park in the dry and not to far to get to the theater from the parking lot.
I visited the Science Center and was delighted to take my 20-month old daughter through three floors of exhibits. The exhibits appeal to children of all ages and interests. The exhibits are designed to be enjoyed by one to three persons at a time so this may be a drawback if you visit during a high volume day. My daughter and I enjoyed ourselves and I plan on purchasing a family membership so she has an place to play during the winter months or on a rainy day. This facility also has a 3D theater, and smaller performance stage.Highly recommend.
My kids went last year for the first time and enjoyed it, so we tried it again this year and invited the cousins. Four kids (9, 6, 6 and almost 4). Some of the "games" were not working properly. The kids enjoyed the Ice Age exhibit.
Our family was camping in the area and we needed an nice indoor activity during a rainy day. We took our 8 month old son to the Whitaker Center and had a blast! Its $19 for each adult, $13.50 for each kid from 3-12, so its a bit pricey. However you do get a lot of activities. There are 3 floors of displays. We ended up staying on the one floor that had the Kids Place, for 5 and under. The Kids place has a area for crawling play with fabric blocks, a kids size "grocery" store, and a full size stage that kids can get up on an act out a re-recorded play. There is also a building block section, a life size ambulance for kids to play in and a mini-city to crawl around. Our favorite feature was the Erosion Table or water table. This is a 4 sided water table that has little baby seats in the highest side for babies to sit and splash in. YOUR CHILD WILL GET SOAKED if they play in/around the table. I guess older kids can play without getting too wet but that takes the fun out of it. They give you these little aprons but HA!, those didn't do a thing. Our baby LOVES water so he was splashing and laughing for 20 minutes straight. Luckily, I bring lots of changes of clothes no matter what activity we go to. One little girl really wanted to play but her mom had no change of clothes so she couldn't. I posted a picture in the album to show the water table. This tired our baby out quickly so we didn't get a chance to see the other 2 floors. We will go back next time we camp near here. There is street parking but we used the parking garage right next door, it cost $7.00 for the 3 hours we were parked there. There is also a food court in the attached building but we didn't eat there.
Excellent movie teather for 3 D movies. Lots of neat displays. In center city so parking is a slight problem.
Easy in Easy out Road Trip for quality shows. Free street parking after 7pm. Enjoyed pre Show at Mcgrath's Irish Pub and Restaurants just a few blocks away with great Irish Fare, huge portions and Happy Hour pre show til 7PM
I had the pleasure of viewing Jerusalem 3D at this wonderful hands-on science center. I didn't have time to tour the museum today and was delighted that I could just purchase a ticket ( reasonably ) for the theater without an additional entrance fee.
The Whitaker Center is very versatile and exciting for just about anyone. The science center constantly changes up the main exhibit to make repeated trips something different each time. With the large theater and IMAX, the center also scores gigs with some impressive musical and theatrical acts, and from time to time screen major blockbusters. Definitely worth checking out as a visitor to Harrisburg or local resident looking for entertainment.
Never been before, I thought it was geared towards kids. Upon entering it was unclear what a ticket was needed for and what was free. specifically went to see 3D Frozen for my 3 year old. Was disappointed that she was unable to view the movie when they had no kid 3D glasses. The glasses were big on me. She literally had to hold them the entire movie which she got tired doing. For the price of her give her the means to watch the movie. Besides having kids 3D glasses maybe have a greater pointing out whats there upon entering.