Science City
General Admission
Admission
- Union Station Members Free Admission Year-Round to Science City
- General Admission $17.25*
- *Excludes Preservation Fee. Prices subject to change
Hours of Operation
- Saturday, July 4 10 am - 3 pm
- Monday - Saturday 10 am - 5 pm
- Sunday 12 pm - 5 pm
Join Us All Month Long For Activities and Demos with Science City Educators
Monthly Theme: The Science of You
Daily Science Demos and Activities
Indoor Fun for the Whole Family!
Calorimeter: Learn how we fuel our bodies to perform by burning food and seeing how much energy it releases.
Mechanical Kicking: Operate a model of the human leg muscles and skeleton to see if you’re able to score a goal!
Human Anatomy:Use a Curiscope and a Viruali-Tee to see inside of the human body see the internal structures and organs of you.
What Makes a Human Body?
Try your hand at drawing a human body without picking up your drawing instrument.
Build a Biomechanical Hand
Build a bio-mechanical hand using custom laser cut parts this month while learning about the ligaments and muscles that control the way your body moves.
Animal Chats
Join us at 11:30 and 3:30 to learn more about our animals!
This month animal chats will feature cockroach races! Help us predict who will win upcoming soccer games as we race our hissing cockroaches down a track!
Sunday animal chats are at 12:30 and 2.
Mini Med School
Come learn about the human body in the PNC Learning Lab this month!
Jumping & Throwing & Balance, Oh My!
How do our bodies create motion? In Act Natural! this month, you will become a Scientist of Biomechanics! By jumping, balancing, reacting, and experimenting with your own strength & coordination, you will discover how your body is a powerful system made of muscles, bones, nerves, and energy working together. Power through 8 challenges that highlight a different type of movement to understand how everyday actions like throwing, jumping, and balancing are all shaped by science in action. Let’s get moving!