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  • 5 stars for the Pompeii special exhibit 3 stars for the general admission area I've been to the Science Center for Adult's Night Out and most recently for the special Pompeii exhibit. Admission is $18 and special exhibits are an extra charge. For the Pompeii exhibit it was around $12 during regular business hours but they do offer an after hours admission for $14 on Thursdays and I think certain Wednesdays. At our last visit we primarily stuck to the special exhibit. The Pompeii exhibit was a fascinating peek into the lives of the people before Mt. Vesuvius erupted and the aftermath of the explosion. I enjoyed looking at all the various artifacts. It really gave me an idea of what life was like back then. There is a video included in the exhibit that is a recreation of the Vesuvius volcano. Our experience hit a little too close to home as the fire alarm went off just as the video showed the volcano erupting lol. At first I thought "These special sound effects are really off to be playing a shrill loud buzzing sound for the volcano" but then the attendant yelled "FIRE ALARM EVERYBODY OUT AND HEAD TO THE NEAREST EXIT". I'm not sure what triggered the fire alarm but seeing that the building didn't end up being on fire, engulfed in a volcanic eruption, or other, we were allowed back in after say 10-20 minutes. We finished up our exhibit experience by looking at the ash statues on display which are casts of the originals in Pompeii. You can tell just by looking at the posture of the people and animals forever immortalized in ash how sad and scared they were moments before they died. It was a very sobering end to our experience. The rest of the general area of the science center seemed fun for kids, although I think the sponsors need to cut back on their blatant advertising. Seriously Chase Bank, do we need a faux ATM at the Science Center for kids to practice withdrawing money from? How is that in any way scientific at a place called a science center? As for parking, if you use the Science Center parking garage be sure to get your parking ticket validated at the front when you pay for your admission. You'll get discounted parking. The maximum fee will be $8 instead of $12. We paid $3 for our visit with the validated ticket. I think we spent maybe 1-1.5 hours here. While I enjoyed the special exhibit, I found the cost to be really expensive. Without a AAA discount ($2 off admission) our total would have been $30 each. I would pay the $12 again to see something similar to the Pompeii exhibit but $18 for the general admission fee in addition to that seems steep to me especially if I'm going to have to see tacky endorsements from sponsors disguised as exhibits here which have nothing to do with science.
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