This is a single floor play place for kids to discover and learn using every bit of their imagination. There are lots of different activities for all ages of kids, though Id say by 10 years old the excitement wont last more than a couple hours. With your 8 dollar per person tickets you can come and go all day, though, which is really nice because its right on the mall where there are many eating options if the kiddos need to take a break. At certain times there are also adult led art activities.

Great place to take the kids. Can be a bit crowded on weekends. Has good reciprocity with other museums

Very fantastic place to bring your children and have fun but some facility was not well-maintained.

Amazing for toddlers. Even my 9-12 yr old nieces were entertained for a couple hours. Market St Parking garage is really close and museum validates parking, great restaurants near by, and be sure to check the museums website for things that qualify you for a discount.

We visited here on a weekday afternoon for about two hours and our children had a blast (a 6-year-old and a 3-year-old). Place offers a number of activities for different age groups. Just to name a few, they have train sets, cabin room, magnet walls, music room, and pretend bakery and cafe. Some are at the back, so make sure to give yourself plenty of time to check out every spot! Admission is $8 per person and if you park in the garage, first hour is free and you can get a voucher from the museum for the second hour.

Although it isnt very big, it is very cool. There are several stations for kids to play in. There are some really cool activities there that are geared for kids off different ages.The staff was really friendly and helpful. They were really on top of picking things up so the kids dont have to do much cleaning themselves.If you are in Charlottesville and have kids, this place should definitely be on your list of places to go!

The staff was friendly, they offer discounts to all kinds of groups, everything was educational, and even us adults got caught up in the fun!

We had a great time here! The activities were perfect for my 3 year old. He didn’t want to leave. Thanks for existing! We will be back.

I wish I could have more time to be able to return with my little ones to this place recently we went with a small school group with my 4 year old son. I see that some things have changed and now it is much more good than I remembered. I definitely recommend it for families with small children take them and enjoy each of their activities and playgrounds

What a fun place for the kids to burn off all their energy. I love all the different stations and the fact that nothing is off limits. Free play is great for imagination! Love this place.

A wonderful childrens museum, full of activities for kids of all ages! I brought my four daughters, ages 1-7, to the museum last week and they were immediately enthralled. Some items were similar to other childrens museums we have been to, but some were totally unique. We especially loved Little Cville, the newest edition in the back gallery. We will definitely be back regularly!

My 21month old loves it here. Never seen her so excited as coming for our second visit. A great adventure!

We went on a Monday around 11am and the place was a complete madhouse. There should be a limit to the number of children allowed in at once. My three year old was totally overwhelmed and couldnt get a turn with the activities. We left and came back after lunch which did thin the crowd, but all the toys were scattered all over the place and we were having to track down the parts and pieces to everything because nothing was reorganized after the insanity of the morning. Do not recommend.

Great fun for kids on the Charlottesville mall. Its nice to be able to make a day on the mall worth it with kids. There is a nice selection of toys and activities that keep our little ones engaged and happy.

This is a great place for kids to learn and explore. My 19 month old loves it there. There are so many different things for kids to do. The memberships they offer are totally worth it!

This is an excellent place for young children to go explore and learn with free play time!

Virginia Discovery Museum in Charlottesville Virginia is great. This is great for families with young children. There is plenty of space to explore and create memories. We will definitely return.

A great place to keep the kids occupied and learn something while theyre at it! A lovely atmosphere and well priced.

My daughter & I had alot of fun here. They have a very attentive staff. Lots of cool hands on learning thats really fun. I definitely recommend this place to everyone with small children

Fun for kids up to 6 years old. A variety of different exhibits they can play with to learn tons of different things. Our 2 and 1/2 year old had a blast playing with everything and the other kids. Definately reccomend this to parents with kids to have them learn and socialize with others.

Awesome place, really good for toddlers. Usually pretty busy, so get ready for plenty of stimulation --- just comes with the territory Kids need to have an eye kept on them since there are a lot of really little ones around and accidents could happen. Really fun place! My kids love it. I actually have fun too.

While this is a nice place to go inside and let the little ones play, I dont think they ever try to fix broken toys or replace missing items. It defeats the purpose of the experience of there is no money in the banking area, the mailmans bag is broken, and the register cannot be opened.

Great for children!

Awesome place. They have a lot of hand-on science projects, a music room with different kinds of toy instruments, legos, a gaint doll house, a real antique wooden cabin, a babys play space (sensory studio) and so on. The museum also has classes in the mornings. We usually go there to have the classes (free with admission) first then let the kids to play. It is a perfect place for my children to learn and play at the same time.

We LOVE the discovery museum!! All three of my kids (1, 3, and 5) have tons of fun there. The staff are so nice and they are always so helpful! Its awesome that they validate parking!

Great place for the little ones! So many activities and classes!

This place does a good job entertaining small children. There is a craft room and music room all sorts of fun things for children and toddlers to explore and learn. we have a three month membership because it was almost cheaper to do that than a one day. worth it as we have been back plenty of times and my son loves playing there. there are lots of blocks and toys and art and craft room he loves to paint and color in. I recommend this to anybody with small children especially on a cold rainy day. I would park at the market Street garage get your parking validated

Great place for kids. Very interactive.

Great fun very nice people.

My daughter bought a years membership and it is great. My grandchildren meet there and have such fun. Great way to spend a few hours together.

Great place for kids to play and interact!

My kids (1 1/2 and 4) both had a great time! Will definitely be back.

So great for kids to just roam around and play with various sensory items.

My son lived it here. Always nice to just let him go. Good prices too.

I thought this was an amazing place for kids, much more inside than you can see from the windows. First Wednesday of the month is free accepting instead a small donation of whatever you feel like paying.

Good stop for kids. Lots to do for toddlers and earlier elementary ages.

Fun place for our daughter. A lot of interesting ways for her to play and interact. Too busy, probably because its a Saturday and bad weather.

Kids loved, great play time

Great place to take your kids! We took out 15 month old here and she had a blast. They have lots of things for the kids to play with and do. Call/check the website for the parking garage to park at as they only validate one garage.

This museum is absolutely wonderful. They do a great job with space, and all of the exhibits were interested to our two-year-old son. There is a great section on beehives that includes a living hive. They have dress-up, doctor, and two separate farm stations. There is a sensory room for children 0 to 2 years, and our son loved the light board. The interactive ABCs were so great while he was learning his letters. Also, the membership gets you into so many other museums around the country!

Perfect for for children between the ages of 2-6. On every first Wednesday its free.( You pay how much you want to pay)

The museum itself was well put together but the old lady at the front counter went through our group asking who each of us were (nicely enough she was looking to discount our tickets) and when she got to me I said I was these two dad and her husband pointing at my wife to which she replied, nope youre worthless... Why??? It was a totally Normal experience up until that point... Seems like she may becoming senile in her old age

This is best for young children, maybe Max age of 6 or 7. My two young children loved it. We have been to a few other Discovery Centers and although this one was the smallest we have ever seen, I found it refreshing and nice. This isnt a huge place where you have to follow your kids around or worry of losing them. It is also very clean and quite a bit to do. One thing I really liked here that I havent seen at other centers is that the employees out on the floor also interacted, helped, and played with the kids. We were there on Saturday, July 1st, 2017 in the morning. Thanks to the guys out there on the floor playing and helping the kids, you are fantastic. I really, really enjoyed my time there with my kids. A lot less stressful and loud and my kids really loved it too.

My son really enjoys the museum. It would be nice if there was a quiet place the kids could go when they start to get overwhelmed. The only quiet room is the reading room and quite unfortunately they filled it with 2 iPads. It would be such a more pleasant experience without that technology!

Its quite small. Doesnt have very much.

My nine and seven year old girls loved it here. Great place to take kids to have them burn off some energy and get their minds focused on something other than screen time.

My infant and I had a wonderful time. He spent most of his time in the toddler room, but there was definitely activities for young children. Were definitely going back!

Wonderful place to take kids, good service and reasonable prices.

Cute place. Ms. Jacqui was a sweet lady

Great place to take your kids to play. The staff are all so friendly, and they keep it pretty tidy. Basically the kids can go around and play with whatever they want. Dont expect it to be a version of an adult museum, or you will probably be disappointed. I would say its good for walkers to age 4. We are definitely going back!

This was a good trip. I went with my older son. We had a great time.

1st visit here and the kids had a blast. Highly recommend especially for a rainy or day when its too hot or cold outside.

Our annual membership is more than worth it. My two year old and I have gotten into a routine of dropping by a couple mornings a week right at opening and theres always fun to be had.

My daughter had so much fun here I couldnt get her to leave! Very clean and the career stations were so much fun.

This was our second trip and it was a blast again!! The back room had been remodeled and the tractor was amazing!!The only complaint we have is that in the music room and the reading room there were tablets.I felt this was a distraction from the hands on instruments that were in the room and unnecessary. The children had awesome instruments to use and wanted to play on the tablet!In the reading room, it was disheartening to see them because children should know books, how the pages feel, how they turn not swipe. And if you want a writing experience for the children then set up an area with pencils, crayons, etc and let them doodle away.I have heard so many times from a preschool teacher that when a young child comes to their class, they are not familiar with books, not familiar with turning pages and instead are swiping their finger across.We will be back because overall we had so much fun!!

Very affordable! You can stay as long as you like. My son loved it.

Great place for the little ones, my 3 yr old had a blast.

Great place 4 kids

I drive an hour to take the kids here, love it.

A very special place where children can enjoy each discovery.

We love the discovery museum!!! Fantastic place to take babies, toddlers and children of all ages. So many amazing interactive activities thatll even keep the adults entertained.

Its great for younger kids...

Great place. Lots to do for the kids. They validate 2 hours parking, which helps A LOT for anything on the mall. They have stuff for all ages, not just 3 or 5 and up, and its not just busy work or mindless time passing. The perfect place for a rainy day.

On vacay with my 2 year old son and he had a BLAST here ! HIGHLY recommend for kids

Always fun and educational. My Grandson lives it there.

Good place for kids

The place isnt very big but there is plenty to do for different ages from infants to 10 years old. The staff are super nice. The surrounding area has lots of restaurants and cafes and you can go out for a snack and come back in.

This is a great place to take toddlers through elementary age kids for education through play.

Great place for all ages

We had a fun time and the little town was much loved by my kids

Everyone was so nice and helpful.

This is an AWESOME PLACE for children of all ages!!!! Whether you live locally or just visiting. Affordable too.The lady at the front desk is ALWAYS smiling and welcoming.Some people mentioned it was boring or for small children, or they WASTED an hour, so sorry you were disappointed. The 3 kids I had today enjoyed EVERY MOMENT using their IMAGINATION

We bought a membership the first time we visited! Our grandson loves it, and there are so many different things to explore and do no visit is ever wasted. It is a learning experience couched in play for the kids!

A great place for kids to spend many hours playing. They have different areas for building, learning, and playing. A great added bonus is that they allow siblings of PICU and NICU patients at UVA Hospital in for free. It is in w great location with plenty of food options around to grab food after all the playing.

Great learning place with tons of activities for children, if we still lived in the area we would get the yearly pass.

So much to see and do! My kids and my husband enjoyed every minute.

Always a fun time for my little ones

Cool spot for the kids

Great spot to keep the littles engaged!

Extremely poor customer service. We had booked a birthday party and were informed 2 days before that they had a computer glitch and booked over our spot. Even though we booked our party first we were asked to move to a different day. There was no mention of discount or anything to make up for this. We had guests coming from out of town and wanted to keep it the same weekend so asked if Sunday was available. They are only open for private rentals on Sunday at a higher rate. The woman who spoke with us (Madeline) was rude and did not offer any apology. We were made to feel as if this was our fault. I would not recommend this place for a party. Even though we had the space privately Sunday it was disappointing. We booked the original time slot to enjoy extra play time after our scheduled party but you arent able to do that on Sunday. They made sure you were out of the place by 12:30. Given the circumstances you would have thought they would have been a little nicer as well. Both of the staff members there seemed like they did us a huge favor by coming in.We have a membership but do not plan to renew.

I really want to like the discovery museum but it is overpriced and my kids always end up with diarrhea after we visit, no matter how often I wash their hands. If it were cheaper, itd be a nice thing to do on rainy or cold days. It probably makes sense to get a membership (and probably cheaper in the long-run. Plus, if you visit often enough, your kids will probably develop an immunity to the diarrhea

Kids loved it!

Great place for you children, especially those aged 1 to 4.

The vacuum tubes are the best, my little girl loves them! Make sure to take your little ones through the back hallway and enjoy the music room and to a playhouse of a fire station.

Recently renovated, it has a lot of the same play areas as before with a few new additions and a more open layout. Theyve added a kid sized lite brite, blue foam blocks, and a music room (perfect for your budding percussionist).

Excellent Experience!

Went here to waste a rainy day with our 18-month-old. At first I wasnt impressed, but the more we played, the more I really liked it. The guy working the front desk asked us if we were military (we are) so that we could get free admission for the Blue Star program. Since we had never heard of it, he then googled every museum in our area that participates and wrote them down for us, All the workers remained engaged with the kids, playing and interacting with them. Would go here again, great atmosphere.

Good place for kids to hangout.

Great place for the kids to go and explore and play and do new things awesome benefits for parents with Medicaid and military background really fun love that one ticket gets you in and out all day

Our favorite place to play in Charlottesville. The exhibits are engaging and kept neat and clean. A membership is well worth the price and its a fun place for a birthday party

There are so many activities for every age to participate in. We especially loved the child size version of cville. Its so great for kids to learn about where they live!

Kids love the mini-Cville in the back. My husband is a big fan of the bee hive during the spring, summer, and fall. Within the past year they changed some areas up front to include a huge light brite, a much better toddler area, and some new building materials to explore. Also a new music room in the back.

Great place for kids to explore. Parents can even get involved in the fun.

Nifty. They yell at you if you leave with the wrong kid.

A very fun place for small children.

Great fun with grandkids

Very interesting for adults even, and has plenty for children to be occupied and entertained with.

Its a great place for a break with the kids. We love the bees, the car building and racing, the new building blocks and the old favorite of the log cabin. At $8/person its too expensive to do too often. You can get a free pass at the library though!

Awesome place for kids

We have a membership here and visit 1-2 times a week. It a great for all ages, and the staff is so friendly.