Marbles Kids Museum

201 East Hargett Street, Raleigh, NC 27601-1437
 
 
 
 
 
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Marbles Kids Museum is a hands-on, interactive destination that inspires children to be creative thinkers, active learners, and confident individuals in today's world. With five galleries and two outdoor escapes... More »
Marbles Kids Museum is a hands-on, interactive destination that inspires children to be creative thinkers, active learners, and confident individuals in today's world. With five galleries and two outdoor escapes, there is no shortage of activity for kids up to 12 years old and their families. The campus also features the Wachovia IMAX® Theatre at Marbles Kids Museum. This 267-seat giant-screen experience is a 3D-capable IMAX theater, showing documentary and feature films throughout the year. Let your child's imagination run free; bring them to the Marbles Kids Museum where an otherwise ordinary day will become an extraordinary adventure!
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Open Hours: -1700
Contact: 1 919 834 4040
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5 reviews for Marbles Kids Museum
Not worth our money
By Spiderwoman, 08/09/09
We tried to find something positive but even my 8 yr old was bored and we left after about 15 minutes.This place is geared toward very little kids and maybe not past 5 yrs old.What i did see was a lot of empty rooms and things that needed to be updated for the amount they charge for admission.
 
 
 
 
 
Marbles is new and awesome!
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 02/11/08
The other reviews were not of Marbles but of a museum it replaced. My grandchildren love Marbles! They have been there over 6 times and cannot wait until the next visit. It was tons of fun! Marbles exposes children to diverse opportunities for creative play: from a Pirate Ship to an elaborate play village. Your child can dress up, sing Karaoke, perform on a stage, and build with a variety of fun materials. The staff is helpful and friendly and the premises are very clean. Not only is this a creative adventure but also a bargain at $5.00. We will be playing there again soon!
 
 
 
 
 
5 of 6 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
Explore somewhere else
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 08/12/06
Very mundane 'museum' - for a city its size with many young families Raleigh should have a better childrne's museum. This place really stinks - it is not a true museum. No thought or creativity went into planning this thing. Comparable city's like Cleveland, Columbus (even the Nashville Sceince Museum) have much better science/natural history museums for children. Even the IMAX screen is puny. Look elsewhere for fun in the triangle.
 
 
 
 
 
2 of 4 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
I've been to people's *houses* that were more fun
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 07/16/05
This museum is overpriced and horrible. We chose not to go to the Imax movie (which is seperate) and spent twenty dollars for two adults and one child over five (the three year old was free). Save your money! The dancing exhibit was a nearly empty room with a tv in front of which you could dance, the water exhibit was a "hands on" drink distilled water, purified water, or spring water and tell which one tastes the best, plus the many different ways water is wasted, and a scale with a calculator attached so you could weigh yourself and do the math to figure out what percent of your body is water (something I could do in our bathroom). The music craft was a nametag sticker the kids could color and put on a film canester *already* filled with rocks that the children could shake. The theater rooms (not Imax) were *boring* films on how people are destroying the environment. I can't believe it's even classified as a museum.... and that they have the gall to charge *anything* let alone 10 dollars a child! We went through the whole museum in five minutes. The doors to the "Traveling artifacts" room were locked. The spiffiest parts of the museum were the payment counter and the store. They have regular household computers set up throughout the museum. I suppose that would be impressive if anything *on* them were remotely interesting and if you have no access to computers at all, anywhere.
 
 
 
 
 
10 of 11 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
great
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 01/04/05
Always fun and interesting exhibits, and great IMAX movies.
 
 
 
 
 
2 of 9 Yahoo! Users found this review helpful
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