Museum · Uptown
Discovery Place Science
168 W 6th St, Charlotte 28202
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Charlotte's big hands-on science museum fills several floors in Uptown with live animals, physics demonstrations, maker labs and an IMAX dome theatre. It hosts large touring exhibitions through the year and adult-only evenings alongside its family programming.
Permanent exhibitions
- World Alive: aquariums, reptiles and amphibians from habitats around the globe
- Cool Stuff: hands-on physics, from the bed of nails to the vortex cannon
- KidScience play zones for children up to 7
- Thinker Space maker studio
- Charlotte IMAX Dome Theatre and planetarium shows
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