Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Yes
The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier in Binghamton
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Location on the map
Binghamton, Broome County, New York, US
Accessibility
Wheelchair-accessible toilet
Yes
Phone: +1 607-773-8661
Site: http://www.thediscoverycenter.org/
Site: http://www.thediscoverycenter.org/
Opening hours
- Monday:Closed
- Tuesday:10AM–3PM
- Wednesday:10AM–3PM
- Thursday:10AM–3PM
- Friday:10AM–3PM
- Saturday:10AM–5PM
- Sunday:1:30–5PM
Comments (98)
The Discovery Center is hands down one of the most interesting and unique places I have visited, whether in the US or abroad. There are a variety of activities for children and its easy to socialize with other adults as well. This place has great reviews, and for great reasons! Check it out, bring your kids, you will all quickly fall for its charm! A++
This is the absolute best place for young kids! Our daughter loves the interactive childrens museum, the preschool, the after-school care (shes been going for a couple of years), the teachers, the outdoor story garden, everything! We always have a great time and have enjoyed a handful of special events here as well! I cant say enough good things about The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier or the people who work there!
This place is awesome. My 18 month old had a blast, but she is probably at the youngest age who would enjoy this experience. Older kids would love it even more. Only down side is that all people in your party have to pay admission. Can get pricey. For example, $7 each for my daughter, wife and myself. $21 total for a kiddo to play.
Some of the stuff feels a little dated and my kids didnt really connect with those parts, but overall they had a blast and didnt want to leave. I wasnt sure what exactly to expect, but its more like a bunch of areas setup with a specific theme that they can interact with (eg grocery store, dentist, diner, bank, etc) and not so much a hands-on science museum, which I thought it might be. Theres also a lot of areas setup for education about various topics. Overall a great place, especially for toddlers to mid grade school aged kids.
Great place for kids...but some of the exhibits are busted. If you are gonna have a water installation it should work. If your gonna have a music room the instruments should work. The outdoor gardens are sooo nice. Teach kids where a carrot comes from and other veg.
Took my 17 month old. For 7 dollars it was worth it. Theres no time limit, lots of fun things for kids to do. They can use their imagination and be whatever they want to be a dentist a store clerk a weatherman. They have a music room with instruments they can color. They also have a zoo which wasnt open when we went. But I do plan on making another trip. The zoo opens in April so we will definitely be going again soon.
Amazing place to go for a family day out and prices are reasonable!
It is a nice place to take the kids to play and learn. From mock grocery store to the back of an ambulance there is so much to do and see. The Discovery Center also has an amazing set of summer camps to keep young minds active and involved during the summer months
Disappointing, I remember how incredible it was a few years back and they have changed a lot lately. Iam frequently there for work. Electronic stuff that usually is in working condition, has not been recently. Changed a whole room to just coloring, I could do that for free at home, dont need to pay $8 to do that. Lots of parts have just changed to puzzels and reading, not as interactive as in the past. All on top of the fact they have upped the prices. The kids I work with are upset about the changes.
Ill keep this as simple as possible. I saw no staff in the play area, and if they were there I didnt notice. I personally watch my child unlike most of the parents that were there, so that didnt bother me. I wont get into the people...its not the establishment fault how parents bring up their children, but I would pick a place a little more outside the city next time. A lot of the exhibits were a touch weird or nothing a child or anyone for that matter would enjoy. Lets take the non working (understandably) painted elevator...why. Thankfully it was cheap and we dont need to go back.
This place is great! My kids love this place. Story garden is right next door and my kids play every time we finish playing in the discovery center. Discovery center has a lot of activities for kids. Your kids will love it here.
The Discovery Center is a place for a great family outing, with lots of interactive activities for kids of all ages. They have rotating exhibits to keep things fresh. Without the annual membership (if you can justify it) the Discovery Center can be a bit expensive. But several solid hours of entertainment can be had by all in a single visit, making it a day-long destination.
This museum is amazing! Ireally love it! I may just be a kid, but this is the plae to be a kid. Who cares about Chuckee Cheeses when you could come here. The four hour travel time is worth it too!
Great displays but seems most of the equipment didnt work. Supermarket registers didnt work not any other computer info system. Not enough water in the bubble maker and the staff showed no concern to fix the problems. It was interesting however
This looks like a really nice place. We visited in Winter so all the fun outside stuff was covered in snow unfortunately. Inside was fairly well maintained but once it stated getting busy there just isnt enough room inside.
Great fun for adults as well as the kids. Entertaining and educational. Do your children a favor and skip Chuckie Cheese and pack a picnic lunch to enjoy at the Discovery Center. Right next door to Binghamtons Rossi Park Zoo.
Such a fun place for the kids!! We were in town for a day and wanted something to do for the boys to burn some energy. The price is fair and it was a ton of fun watching them make believe!
Its a little bit run down (all the exhibits are kind of old), but my kids had a blast here and are asking to return, especially my 2.5 & 5 year old sons.
This is a great place to spend time with kids!! So many everyday situations scaled to your favorite small one. Let them do the grocery shopping, land an airplane, or walk the earth as a stegasaurus!
This is a great place for kids and adults alike. Adults have fun watching kids explore the world around them. Might be overwhelming for children with sensory issues.
Great place to take your kids so much for them to learn and explore and very fair price for admission. Will definitely be taking my kids back !
Amazing!!!Always updating inside and outside garden.A wonderful place to take children alone , to meet for a play date or a birthday party.Clean and safe.
My kids love it there so many different activities we planned a party for this year already and its going to be our third one I definitely recommend this place
This place is really neat. I definitely didnt expect it to be so much fun. The summer camps are fun for children too. Highly recommended.
Are whole family loves it here especially the little ones. There are so many things here to not only keep the kids occupied but also Inspire their imagination and creativity
Good place to visit with the under 10 children. There were a fair amount of inoperable exhibits but they appeared to be actively working to repair them.
Fun place to bring your kids. They try to come up with creative things throughout hehe museum. Its nice.
I had great childhood memories here and to be able to bring my kids now and watch them enjoy themselves is amazing!
Wonderful childrens museum that is fun for adults too. Lots of displays, hands on activities and always clean.
Great place for younger kids. You can get a year membership for this place only $75 and its unlimited. We love this place!
My kids had a great time. Great place to take kids. And the zoo is right next to it.
Amazing!! Kids had a blast (6 and 9). I wouldnt bring someone under 3 here.
Great place for the kids. Exhibits are interesting and informative. Lots of activities to keep little ones engaged.
Fantastic place for kids and adults. We took the kids for the day when we thought they wanted to leave they stayed 3 more hours
I give it 5 Stars cuz my son loves it he learned a lot at the Discovery Center and hes going back next year made out of friends so I can get five stars cuz of that
Kids loved it there and were very enthused with everything they could play with
The kids love all the different exhibits. It also has areas for younger children as well as older ones.
Awesome place with lots of cool ,hands on things for kids to do. Grandboys loved the grocery store!
Work here ,where the fun. Is in learning. And a safe place. For the kids to be a kid in a safe atmosphere clean
Great place to let kids be kids and explore their world in a place where they can play with everything.
I took my nephew and he absolutely loved it! We dressed like worked bees and played in a fire truck!
Loveing the fact that my son loves going to school there and that theres a museum and the fact that he learns and has fun
Great place for kids to burn off energy but also learn while playing.
Really great place for kids! My daughter loves it.
Just as fun as I remember it 30 years ago. My son enjoyed it this time around!
Excellent place to take the kids on a rainy day. So much for them to do.
Fun place to take the kids when it is hot out or raining.
Seems like an amazing place to bring kids for learning and fun
Get a year membership and youll have someplace to bring your kids anytime it rains!
Lots of hands on! Not a lot of technology, which is what I want for my little one. Tires him right out.
My almost teenager still loves to go here with her little brother
Wonderful place for children to learn and have fun.
A fun hands-on museum for kids as young as 2
Children from 3 to 10 will have a fantastic time.
Excellent place for young kids to learn and play.
Things are dated, but kids still have fun.
Went to the truck event, so fun for a 4 yo boy!!
Discovery center is a fantastic experience for children!
Because my son goes to school there and loves it
Great for 2 to 10 year olds.
Best Discovery center ever. Even beats NYC.
Its a good place for the kid
Great place to explore with young children.
Good family fun on clear or cloudy days alike.
Great place to take the kids!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Lots of pretend play. Kids love it!
If youve got kids youll be coming here eventually.
This is a good place for kids.
Beautiful facility with great staff
A great place for kids!
My son , had a great time
It seems like a lot of the stuff is either broken or missing.
Amazing find while camping
Awesome place to visit in Binghamton
Fun creative place for kids.
I just love this place!
Very cute
Great family fun
Kids have a blast
Meh...
Great place for kids
This place is awesome!
Great for the kids
Great for children
This place is awesome
Kids place!
Nice place
Awesomeness
Total reviews rating 4.6
98 Reviews for The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier 2023:
Review №1
2018-08-13This place is a very well maintained, clean, and entertaining place for younger kids. We brought a 2 year old, and she was able to enjoy nearly everything, but the place is geared for slightly older kids (3+, perhaps).It is also surprisingly cheap. 4 adults and 1 kid cost $35.00The exterior area is done in a whimsical fashion.All in all, this is a must do if you have young kids!
Review №2
2018-08-07Went here for a class trip. Very interesting.The whole Center is set up, with every section you can imagine as far as playing pretend, including a veterinarian Center, a grocery store (where they can push around shopping carts and pretend purchase their food items) bank, dentist, doctor, they can sit in a real life fire truck, and the back of an ambulance, they can visit and have an experience of a real life baseball stadium. . They have many many many hours that could fill your child needs, it does get quite crowded as the place is smaller, we had three kindergarten classes in there and that was just okay. But if theres that many kids in there on any Saturday all having parents or Guardians with them it would just be too crowded. They also have a nice outdoor Garden area which the kids can water their vegetables outside among with creative storytelling as you walk along the path.
Review №3
2019-02-03Great visit. I highly recommend this place. !! My Grandkids love this place. Always an adventure .. from the hot air balloons and airplanes. To the fire truck. To the acting stage to the pirates ship and the grocery store .. we loved the underground tunnels and all of the adventures to be had at the Discovery center . They have made many improvements over the years . I must say. . cant wait to take them back again when we have more time .. thanks so much for providing a place for learning , fun, and development . A much needed asset to the community .
Review №4
2018-05-10My favorite place to watch my kids play. At 4 and 11 they both still love it here. $28.00 for a family of four. A relatively well priced gift shop. A real ambulance and fire truck. Every dress up option they could imagine. A hot air Balloon. A bee hive. A grocery store full of kids sized shopping carts, a huge variety of fake food and empty boxed food. A self made puppet show theater. A tree house. My children love to go inside the bubble and play in the stream. We go pretty often and always have a ton of fun.
Review №5
2017-07-01My two oldest are 3 and 4.5 and just love it here. They love that they have the freedom to play and use their imaginations. My girls especially love the ambulance and the tree house with the live bird in it!
Review №6
2018-07-17A great garden for kids to explore outside. Museum inside is small but has lots of different areas to check out and admission is modest. A worthwhile visit.
Review №7
2016-09-02This place was such a hit with our 6 and 3 year old. Its very well maintained.
Review №8
2018-09-07This place continues to be top notch even after all these years. Great for kids to explore, learn, and run their crazies out. If youve never been before, think of a giant place with all kinds of pretend play. From a mini grocery store, to a bank, to a restaurant, an old fire engine (that my grandfather used to drive), and countless other activities. There are even quiet areas tucked away for children who need sensory breaks. During holidays they like to decorate accordingly and do a great job. Prices are very reasonable and well worth it (they even have grandparent memberships so they can take their grandchildren). While there (if the weather is decent), check out the storybook garden. Its a free play area with gardens, books to read, and fun stuff for kids to explore. There is even a pavilion area if you wanted to bring a lunch or snack. If you have never been here, go! Dont just think about it, GO! You wont be disappointed
Review №9
2018-04-25I just visited this place for the first time ever with my 3 children. They are 3,5 and 12 respectively and they were all entertained here!!!! My 3 and 5 yr. Olds liked dressing up as firefighters, pretending to shop and played at the water tables, while my 12 yr. Old took a liking to the flight simulator, the microscope station and reading interesting facts posted throughout the museum. It is cheap and a great place to visit on a rainy day, or on a nice day during the summer as they have an interactive garden outside!!!!!I will be going back again!!!
Review №10
2018-05-14The discovery center is fun for kids of all ages. Theres a lot of rooms to play in. It really lets kids use there imagination. It can get pretty crowded sometimes and kids get a little rambunctious, but thats to be expected at any kid place. Theres a cute little play area outside with little houses. My girls love it there! Overall, great place for kids!