Great Lakes Science Center

601 Erieside Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114

(216) 694-2000

The Great Lakes Science Center as viewed from the marina.

Photo credit: Michael Barera [CC BY-SA 4.0, CC BY-SA 3.0 or GFDL], via Wikimedia Commons

The Great Lakes Science Center is a museum and educational facility in downtown Cleveland. The facility includes permanent and traveling exhibits, meeting space, a cafe, and an Omnimax theater. Exhibits include the BioMedTech Gallery, advanced energy, science phenomena and space. Many of the exhibits document the features of the natural environment in the Great Lakes region. The Science Center is home to the NASA Glenn Visitor Center, which offers galleries, interactive exhibits, artifacts and NASA media. The the museum also owns and operates the Steamship Mather, a restored 618-foot historic Great Lakes freighter built in 1925. There is a separate admission fee for the freighter.

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