we went on Friday night's to enjoy the concert's with the lazer show's . for instance the last one we went to was the pink Floyd concert they had in the planetarium with laser's the concert series was wish you were here and animals

There were a few interesting exhibits but not enough to warrant the price. The museum is quite aged. The live show was a snoozer. A large portion of the planetarium was closed off. I would advise skipping this place on your visit to Miami.

So let me preface this review with the disclaimer that I didn't bring any kids with me whom I'm sure would have enjoyed it much more than me. But that's really the story with most science museums and their collection of hands-on exhibits so even acknowledging that, I have to admit that it's still a poor example of a large metropolitan science museum. The size of the museum is small and several exhibits were broken, filthy or just plain uninteresting compared to what I've seen at other examples. Even the planetarium was a huge disappointment and it's rare that I don't enjoy a visit to a planetarium. The planetarium was littered with stains and spills from previous visitors and the young presentor had an annoying and awkward narration. The only highlight of what became a very quick visit was that we were accidentally charged for only one admission instead of two adults and we still spent too much money! Miami needs to give its cultural institutions much more funding and importance. It's sad that a city with so much money seems to spend all of its wealth on condos, yachts and restaurants rather than important cultural and learning institutions.

While in Miami we decided to visit the museum on a rainy day and we didn't think we had much to lose since our home membership to our museum got us in for free. We were in and out within an hour and a half even with watching a show in the planetarium. It looks like the hurricane exhibit when it is finished will be good but my four year old quickly went through the whole museum with not much interest in most parts; we usually spend hours at these types of places. The touch tank was cool and seeing the reptiles and birds. The place was surprisingly busy with birthday parties, so maybe they put on a good show for those.