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Discovery Place Science, Charlotte, NC

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Discovery Place Science

Discovery Place Science is a museum in Charlotte, NC, part of the Western North Carolina guide. Cost: $25 to $50.

168 W 6th St · Charlotte, NC

Why you should go…

Discovery Place Science is a hands-on science museum in Uptown Charlotte that opened in 1981 and spreads across three levels. You can see aquariums, reptiles and amphibians in World Alive, try physics demos like a bed of nails in Cool Stuff, build things in the Thinker Space maker studio and catch live experiments at Science at the Stage. KidScience is a play lab for ages 0 to 7, and the IMAX Dome Theatre bills itself as the largest screen in the Carolinas.

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