INFORMATION
SCIENCE MUSEUMS MAKE LEARNING FUN FOR EVERYONE!
According to the Informal Science Review, "science museums now form a significant part of the educational infrastructure". Facilities like the Rocky Mount Children’s Museum and Science Center function in a sense as experiential libraries of science. Science museums and other informal science institutions systematically provide a variety of services that go beyond the traditional one-day school visits. Science museums encourage visitors to “do science.” One only has to look at the exhibits and activities available at the Museum to see how science touches each of our lives on a daily basis.
Science and technology museums help make learning fun for than 100 million visitors each year. Consider this:
- For the price of renting a newly released video, a parent and one child can visit the Children’s Museum and Science Center;
- For the price of one person’s admission to a movie theater, the entire family can visit the Children’s Museum and Science Center;
- For the price of a family’s visit to a fast food restaurant, the entire family can visit the Children’s Museum and Science Center twice or even three times.
Isn’t that a small price to pay for a couple of hours of quality time that will benefit your children (and you too) for a lifetime?
| Hours of Operation at the Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences |
Monday Closed
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
| Admission Fees for the Children’s Museum and Science Center |
Children ages 2 and under FREE
Children ages 4 - 15 $3.00
Adults ages 16 - 59 $4.00
Adults ages 59 and above $3.00
Planetarium (all ages) $3.50
Museum Members FREE |
Wonderful Wednesday Admission Free For Everyone Every Wednesday Afternoon (2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.)
| Holiday Hours at the Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences |
The Imperial Centre for the Arts and Sciences will be closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
270 Gay Street * Rocky Mount, North Carolina * 27804
