Attractions
Lied Discovery Children's Museum |
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Lied Discovery Children's Museum Details
- Hours of operation: Tuesday - Friday, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon - 5 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays.
- Cost: Tickets are $8 for adults, $7 for kids 1-17 for seniors and military. Admission is free for children 1 year and younger.
- Payment options: Cash, MasterCard, Visa, American Express, Discover.
- Reservations: For birthdays, private parties and groups.
- Location: At the north end of the Strip where Las Vegas Boulevard meets Washington Avenue. It is a six-mile drive and takes about 10 minutes.
- Age/Height/Weight restrictions: No restrictions.
Lied Discovery Children's Museum Review
From science to art, the Lied Discovery Children's Museum has a little bit of everything and gives kids a hands-on approach to learning.
Kids can try out different career paths with interactive exhibits such as the bank and grocery store, maybe even learning a little math along the way. There are more than 100 hands-on interactive exhibits for children to explore, including a stage equipped with costumes where they can put on a play. The museum also features a "hurricane simulator," where visitors can experience winds of more than 70 miles per hour. They even can try their hand at the entertainment industry at KKID radio.
"Desert Discovery," a special area for visitors ages 5 and younger, will occupy children for hours as they discover the world around them. After dressing for a day of work at "Boulder Mountain," they're sent off to mine the pits, deposit ore in buckets and send it down the mountain.
The various exhibits and experiments rotate often, and older ones are frequently replaced with new ones. One of the museum’s feature exhibits is “Torn from Home: My Life as a Refugee." This showcase gives visitors the opportunity to witness the challenging realities faced by refugee children and their families. The exhibit recreates actual refugee camp settings and includes interactive multimedia and photographs, artwork and testimonials of refugee children from countries like Congo, Colombia and Afghanistan. This showcase will be on display until the end of 2008.
Whether they're playing dress-up, making their own cartoon strip or becoming the center of a bubble, children never get bored at the Lied museum. But the best part about the museum is that the "grown-ups" have just as much fun.
-- Review by Noelani Jones
