It doesnt look like much from the back parking area, but our two boys, 4 and 6, spent a little over 3 hours among all the interactive exhibits and wanted to go back later that day because your ticket price lasts all day, even if you leave for lunch. Its an open concept warehouse set up so you can see your children pretty much from any place you stand. We held a milk snake! There were picking exhibits, building exhibits, rocket launching and more. My only complaint is that adults cost $8 and kids over a certain age cost $7. Most of the adults are just supervising, so I think their ticket cost should be much less-$2 or $3. Our kids loved it though, and if we lived in Durango, wed definitely buy a family membership. If you already have the ASTC reciprocal membership at another museum, it would be free for you.

We had our wedding reception at the Powerhouse in June of 2019. Charlotte Ford, the event coordinator, and the rest of the staff made our reception a breeze. We had the time of our lives and were able to focus on quality time with our family and friends for the entire evening. I could not give higher praise of the staff and venue and we are so happy with our decision to host our wedding reception at the Powerhouse Science Center. The kids had plenty of games and activities, and so did the adults! The puzzles and games are great for everyone of all ages! Our guests were able to get home easily and safely at the end of the night. A huge thanks and much gratitude for everyone at the Powerhouse who made our reception an amazing evening with our loved ones that we will cherish forever.

Cute museum in the town of Durango. Went on a Wednesday and it was only 3.00 per person. 2 and under are free. Cool place to kill an hour to an hour and half with your kids.

The ladies were knowledgeable about the history of the location and very open and friendly. The exhibits were very limited, but that is because of COVID. It looks like they normally would have a lot more to offer.

What a great science center in the 4 corners region! My husband and I ventured this place with our son. My recommendation is to use the groupon app to pay for admission prices if you’re looking to save some money. Otherwise, this place is great and a lot of fun! It also has some items on loan from ABQ’s explora center.

Awesome hands on science experience for kids and grown-ups alike. The fundamentals of many scientific/engineering disciplines presented in an exciting, fun manner (informed that many exhibits on loan from Explora out of Albuquerque). The old Powerhouse building is a must to see. Family spent hours there and will return. The river walk is fantastic as well.

Adorable and informative childrens museum. Located in a renovated original historic power building in Durango.

Great place to bring your family but a lot of the stations were not working or broken. Everything seemed a little dirty I would like to see sanitizer wipes spread out through the place to clean the stations. It also would be very nice if the employee sitting at the front desk would walk around showing people how to use the stations and picking up spread out pieces. The virtuality station is ages 12 and up so my 9 year old son didn’t get a chance to enjoy it I think it’s be wise to change the ages from 7 or 8 and up. Other then that it was an interesting place!

Fun place to learn, play and attend events!

A great place to take kids to!

I took my son there many years ago when I was married. Lots of hands on activities to engage the mind. I chanced upon it more recently when I was dating a single mom with two kids. Her son was rather exuberant, so this was the perfect place for him to expend some of that excess energy.

Really fun place with many hands on activities for kids of all ages. My two year old had a blast, she loved climbing the big tree, and the bee hive, and the sand, and the big blocks to build and climb on, and many other fun hands on items.

One of the coolest buildings, for what seems like a long ways! I see kids from Gallup coming in on a bus to go there. So cool! I love going to events here and if I have the time do some of the experiments they have set up. Its a really fun place for kids of all ages.

My wife and I went as chaperones for our daughters first grade field trip. Way too cool!!! She and her classmates absolutely loved it!!!Were definitely going to be back with her younger sister and make a day of it.Plenty of activities for lil kiddos and grown up kiddos. (My wife even climbed the indoor tree.)The staff is great!!! Very knowledgeable and helpful!!! A+++!!!

Such a fun place for the kids! Wish Farmington had one

This place is so great for family outings! It is both fun and educational and really promotes exploratory learning. They have activities for all ages. My kids and I had a blast here

Amazing spot for the littles! Our children loved the three story climbing structure, the flight simulator, the sensory sand, the costume area, the pipes that suck up and blow scarves, etc. Dont be fooled by how small it looks when you walk in. It provided hours of indoor play for our kids which is hard to come by. Will definitely visit again if were ever in the area.

I was volunteering there and Its a great place to help out your community. The people there are super friendly. If you like yard work this is the place to help out!

Great place to vist for kids. Walking trail to walk dog or just ed enjoy nature. You will not be board also actives to do for adults.

Awesome science museum in Durango. Great for kids of all ages

Nice, fun science activities. Friendly and helpful staff. We took our grandchildren, ages 10-13, there two days in a row. They really liked it.

Ive gone here quite a few times with my now 4yo and 6yo. They always find something they enjoy, whether its the flight simulator or the Lego table. This is a nice place for kids to learn science.

This is the perfect place for all children!! From babies to teenagers they will have fun here!! The staff is very kind and its a well kept center.

A fantastic local experience with global ambition. Good for the scientific, crafty, and childlike in all of us!

I love the Friday night science talks (with beer).

Their hours are weird

Great place to visit with small kids. It gave us a break from outdoor snow activities. It would be neat if they did some sort of presentation that was STEAM based, similar to what they do at other science centers across the U.S.

Lots of real, science oriented games and puzzles. Very inquisitive, very educational. A really great place for the entire family. Children and adults will spend hours of non-stop fun.!

Great place to take kids.

We went on a Sunday morning while visiting Durango and had the place to ourselves. There were so many fantastic exhibits fit inside and I loved the building and the original boilers. My kids (4 & 8) could have stayed all day, literally.

Amazing experience for kids.

An amazing educational opportunity for children and adults alike.

Awesome staff. Had easily several hours worth of puzzles and things to do. Hopefully they get the VR room up soon.

Great museum for kiddos (and playful adults). Although it is on a smaller scale than a big city childrens museum, it has so many different things to do for hours on end. Staff is also very friendly and helpful.

One of the better kids activities in SW Coorado

Awesome lots of activities kids and adults can do

Super-fun stop for kids of all ages.

Great place to stop in and play my kids played for a couple hours until they tired out. Just wish there was a little more for younger kids.

Durangos coolest museum - a little hard to get to, but definitely worth it. Its small and run mostly on donations, but volunteer work keeps the exhibits fresh. Best for kids, but theres plenty to keep adults entertained as well.

Always a great learning experience! Daughter loves going here! Staff friendly and knowledgeable!

Super fun for the kiddo after walking around town. Only gave 4 stars because she ran out of stuff to do in under an hour. Neat place though!

For a small town, this is a fun place for children. My kids had a great time and the staff were very helpful and interactive.

Cool venue for trivia. The speed was a little fast and it was very quiet. A little music and slower question speed. But great beer specials.

This is a half way decent science center for kids. They could put a lot more effort into. The older kids exhibits with robotics had terrible instruction and no one to explain. My kids were bored in 30 mins. Im not impressed on the number of exhibits either. Ive worked at math and science centers. Perhaps my expectations are high. But why shouldnt they be? Plus, why charge parents to just sit there. Hire some college students to interact with kids, show them. Go if you have nothing else, but I wont ever be back.

Toddler loves this place!

Amazing experience with my daughter. They loved every bit

For a small science center, this place is awesome! We try and support small discovery centers because they are more hands on and interactive. As for Powerhouse, its a cool and funky setting (old power plant) with fun things for all ages. We expected maybe 30 minutes of activity but were there nearly an hour and a half. Great midday stop if youre coming through Durango and need a stretch break. Highly recommend.

Exceeded my expectations for the size. Our kids had a great time. I gave it 4 stars as I thought the price was high for visitors.

Wow! Learn about power in a power plant ... that has bees and an interactive floating ping pong ball exhibit and many many more. Fun times to be here. Also, a swinging bridge outside over the Animas River.

Good place for young kids with short attention spans. Spent an hour with a 4 and 1.5 yr old. They ran around bouncing back and forth between the activities. They price is fair. Expect to spend an hour or two at most. They have some toys for sale at reasonable prices near the entrance

Cool stuff for little kids and big kids alike. My hubby spent almost an hour working on one of the puzzles. He finally got it!

Awesome place for the kiddos! Bring them over and let them learn!

Great for kids and adults alike. Our group ranged from age 5-49 and we all had a great time!

A must see if you are visiting Durango with children! Powerhouse Science Center is a great place to take the kids but the brain teaser are also fun for adults - when it was time to leave, *I* had to be torn away! Powerhouse had fun and engaging educational activities for all three of our children (aged 2, 4 and 7). There is also a nice summary of the of the Tesla vs Edison battle for the nations electric standard and its connection to the Powerhouse and southwestern Colorado. The staff are friendly, helpful and engaged. It is worth checking Groupon for discounted admission tickets. We will definitely go back on future visits to Durango.

Great place for kids of all ages.

We are used to the childrens museum in Denver so this was a huge change. But it was nice to scale down, not so over stimulating and much less crowded. We used a Groupon which make our tickets $4.50 each. I we had paid more Id have been disappointed but it the experience was equal to the price. My 6 year old enjoyed it for about an hour. Congrats to Durango for getting such a neat place for kids started.

Cool place to visit. Friendly staff. Wish they had more information about the history of the place instead of just walking through and seeing the old items.

Awesome place, awesome people.

Kids had a great time, lots of interactive displays.

We were visiting Durango to ride the train and had a free morning to explore...came across this gem of a place! My 9 and 11 had a great time exploring. A lot of hands on exhibits and very friendly, helpful staff. Dont miss this place.

Great, great place. A MUST do!

Kept my 18 month old and 3 year old completely occupied for nearly 3 hours. I had a ton of fun too! Stop motion animation, fort building, air pumps, ball chutes, climbing tower, mirrors, trains, magnets, circuits, electricity generation, puppets, snakes, frogs and fish in a very clean and inviting atmosphere.

Great place if you like early industrial history. The steam broilers and dc to ac current converter are a must see. Also the museum is great fun for children and adults.

Great for kids. Lots of fun puzzles to play with. Thought it was a little small though.

Awesome concept and so many things to do for all ages. If only all the exhibits were working and clean and the high school employees were working instead of flirting with each other.

They have a good amount of things packed into a relatively small area and rotate it regularly enough that theres always something fresh to do. They are part of the ASTC Travel Passport Program which means if you get a yearly pass here you have free access to many other larger museums with the card you get.

Kids loved it, we loved it, an excellent place to take the family.

Loads of fun for kids. Probably some of the best interactive exhibits Ive seen.

Nice place for kids with a variety of kinesthetic fun. I am a tad bothered why they charge for parents and why $7.50 each. Today there are 3 areas that are broke or not yet set up.

The students enjoyed all the hands-on activities!

Great place for kids to learn about science and now they have a brand new makers lab that adults will enjoy as well. Awesome food truck in the courtyard too.

Small scale science center for a small town. Mostly smaller exhibit but still engaging for wide age range. Worth a visit when in Durango!

Fun area to bring kids and let them roam around and play.

This was a nice visit. It has interactive displays and experiments. It has information on Teslas inventions. My grandsons loved it.

Great museum for kids and teens! Very friendly staff and knowledgeable staff, plus you can play Kerbal Space Program with a joystick!

The kids loved it, we spent a couple of hours while they completed challenges in robotics to get to write their name on the wall. Lots of activities packed into this place and the staff was great.

A great place for younger kids! And they take the same science center pass that gets you into many museums in the Southwest, including in Phoenix.

Great place to spend a couple hours with the kids on the cheap.

Super cool, family friendly place. Lots of events and fun exhibits - even fun for nerdy adults :)

Great little museum to bring your kids to

Interactive family musuem fun. Come learn something interesting about Durango history!

PROSSome interesting exhibits.CONS:Half the exhibits need maintenance.

Great place to take your kids.

Pretty amazing that the small town of Durango has an amazingly vibrant and educational museum of this high quality. Exhibits changes frequently, and are perfect for a half day visit for adult visitors to play or for kids to romp and discover.

Myself, my wife and my two kids had a BLAST here, would definitely recommend and go again and again

Converted steam factory. Interesting exhibits. Fun for kids. Not very big, but I got to hold a baby chick named Rogue. Trina showed us around and provided interesting facts. Big vandegraaff generator. Madagascar cockroaches. Trina was holding a striped snake as we left. Fun stop in Durango. Kinda pricey, but since we had no kids, they didnt charge us at all for looking around. Nice folks in Durango.

Some of the items need maintenancebut overall a great experince.

We used our science membership from St. Paul, Mn, we were so glad to get to visit this science center while we were on vacation in Durango. The kids all had a blast!!

Great entertainment for little kids, and some brainteasers for adults too. Explora or other kids museum members can get in free.

This place is amazing. Wish it were on my hometown, my students would be there all the time.

A great place for kids of all ages to play with some really fun science!

Great place and one of the first DC power plants later switched to a.

Wonderful local science center. Keep an eye out for the once-every-two-week trivia for adults in the evening.

Gorgeous renovation

Wonderful part of our town! We are lucky to have this for our children!

This place would probably be dope if you are a 5 year old.

This town is getting rediculous, and the people that are running it are the problem. My tax dollars help pay for this museum, and to have them not open on the weekend unless you book a private party, is well its a joke just like the rest of the yuppies in this town. Dont waste your time going they probably wont be open when you get there

Great for kids..locals or those just visiting Durango

Had a blast, great for all ages!

Its a play area for 3 year olds. It has a huge gymnasium and a bunch of obvious science. Do not go if youre u have older kids.