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Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum
Millennium Point Curzon Street
Birmingham B4 7XG
England
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TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #19 of 164 attractions in Birmingham
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Thinktank is Birmingham's unique and award-winning science museum housed at Millennium Point in the heart of the city.  This exciting attraction...... more » Thinktank is Birmingham's unique and award-winning science museum housed at Millennium Point in the heart of the city.  This exciting attraction offers ten galleries of historical artefacts, modern interactives and fantastic futuristic facts. You can explore everything from aircraft and steam engines to intestines and taste buds - and even emotional robots!  Thinktank is like nothing you've ever seen before and will stimulate your mind whatever your age. « less
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Attraction type: Museum complex
Address: Millennium Point
Curzon Street Birmingham B4 7XG
England
Tel: 0121 2022222
Fax: 0121 2022280

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“Solid science / technology museum good for kids”
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3 of 5 stars
Int_Bus_Travel   53 contributions
Solihull, United Kingdom
May 15, 2009

We've visited the Thinktank several times with our children. It has decent interactive exhibits and stations on the museum entry floor for kids. They and seemingly most other kids spend loads of time in the children's role play area. The ground floor is geared towards older kids and adults and has stellar examples of Britain and the Midland's industrial and... more

“Excellent entertainment”
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5 of 5 stars
littlejon2009   5 contributions
Staffordshire Moorlands
Apr 14, 2009
1
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Spent an excellent four hours here. Science presented in a really interactive way - kept my 5 year old happy all day! Lots to see and do, big engines from history, robots of the future (youngster loved the robot playing the drums!) . A really sucessful day out - the whole family got something out of it. Would defiately visit... more

“A museum with a difference”
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5 of 5 stars
p_quinn   1 contribution
Suffolk
Dec 11, 2008

Dear Sir, Madam, My daughter Emilia and I visited the Museum yesterday (Monday 8th December) and we had a fantastic time. I'm the idiot who got the Planetarium show time completely wrong and was saved by the incredible kindness of your staff who allowed us to have our very own private showing of the stars. I cannot tell you how... more

“no place for little kiddies”
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2 of 5 stars
shezrocks   1 contribution
dudley
Apr 8, 2008

when i went it was rammed pack!and most of the machines wasnt working so it was no fun lookin at them!i went with my son and he found it as boring as i did (zzzzz) he was constantley moaning he was bored!and wen i took him to the cafe that wasnt nothing special and the prices for that cafe!! well... more

“Overpriced”
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2 of 5 stars
Cath999   27 contributions
Birmingham, United Kingdom
Apr 6, 2008
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This is expensive (after all, the London Science Museum is free). It also doesn't really succeed in getting it right for any market. There is a fair bit of stuff exclusively for kids (and yes, I do mean exclusively - I can be immature and enjoy kids' stuff at many locations, but not here!). There is some stuff aimed at... more

“Good for Kids”
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4 of 5 stars
pantherdash   2 contributions
london
Feb 20, 2008
1
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The kids area is the main attraction. Very good explanations on how the food is digested, how TV signals are transported and mock up hospital and garage for 5 and under kids. On the "Future" level learn about robotics. My 5 year old enjoyed learning about how different planets would effect the body by building a computer alien. Overall not... more

“Great place for the kids”
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4 of 5 stars
Nodel   1 contribution
Midlands
Nov 10, 2007

Fantastic place for all ages! My sons love it. Only down side is that some of the machines were not working properly. Combine the day with a visit to the IMAX cinema which we loved. more

“Waste of time”
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1 of 5 stars
woodykibworth   32 contributions
Leicester, United Kingdom
Jun 11, 2007

Just not interesting enough - too many exhibits that half work or not at all (interactive stuff). Other stuff just boring. more

“boring and to full of people over load queue to press a button”
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1 of 5 stars
victor26   25 contributions
stoke-on-trent england
Oct 25, 2006
3
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i went with my 2 children in october half term how dissapointed we were resonably priced but hidden extras inside for all the good stuff! we queued to press buttons because there was too many people inside crammed full we were bored after an hour you couldnt here what the computers said to you because of the noise and the... more

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Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum Address

Millennium Point | Curzon Street, Birmingham B4 7XG , England
Tel: 0121 2022222 Fax: 0121 2022280