Im looking for places to bring my kids that might interest them. My son has handled animals and the touch tank has animals either in a container at or animals near the surface. There are smaller thanks with that are colorful or active. A few interactive displays. Small gift shop. Friendly staff. Seats to sit and view the ocean.

Perfect for kids and adults. Easily spend 1 to 2 hours here. Lots of useful information and exhibits on several sealife creatures. Super cool touch pond where you encounter sea star and sea urchins. Quaint gift shop. Nice walking areas, easy to socially distance. I recommend this for sure..

This is a small but amazing educational center. Takes about 2 hours to see it all. The naturalists there are amazing and clearly love sharing their passion and knowledge. It is a great place and kids will love the interactive exhibits.

The museum is a little lacking in content, but a nice place to kill a few hours. Quaint gift shop with an array of knick knacks and (oddly enough) hot sauces. Nice walking areas, easy to socially distance.

We go to the science center at least twice a year. My now 6 year old has loved going here since I can remember. Its the perfect size for little ones and its great to have an aquarium close to home. Love learning about the local sea life.

I loved visiting when I grew up in New Hampshire. Ive lived in Nebraska for the last 10 years and came home to show my boyfriend where I grew up. I knew this was a needed stop even though we were only in New England for 3 days. He LOVED this experience. He wants to visit the new exhibits next time we come for a visit! They are always doing so much. They have an awesome touch tank so you can touch star fish, sea urchins, crabs, and more. Its an overall educational experience. They had half of the exhibits closed for new construction and I cant wait to see how they turn out. This place is great for all ages but I would highly recommend you bring your kids here. I have the fondest childhood memories from here and someday, so will my niece who will be making her first trip to New England in the next couple of years.

Great place to bring the family. Fantastic views in the science center is full of interesting sea life and interesting facts. Highly recommended.

It was such a beautiful place to take pictures at! I would like to go back again sometime! 5/5 :)

Empty today near closing time. Completed in an hour but a wonderful facility and staff. Definitely take a couple hours to immerse and explore.

The summer camp run by the team at the SSC is fantastic! Our child is attending and we are thrilled with how much she is learning and exploring. Henry and Rich have gone above and beyond in putting together the program. We are very happy with it. Highly recommend!

The kiddo had fun. Although the place is small it was still a great place to go see and learn about different sea creatures. The touch tank was lacking but it was still a good experience. Very friendly staff, and the play area was fantastic.

A lovely aquarium/learning center! We did admittedly end up parking in the employee parking area thanks to Google Mapss directions to this place. They have a little tide pool area for kids to put their hands in and check out the local wildlife in such tide pools, and the staff was very well-versed in the subject matter.

Over all the center was a njce place to visit. School age kids would enjoy the hands on part of the center. Educational in teaching respect for the environment. The center lacks interactive exhibits, I have 2 active kids ands and they dont mind getting messy so for them the center was not really for them since they enjoyed exploring the rocky coast line more. Over all the facilities were nice and clean and parking was easy. The place can get busy with summer camps and school groups.

New jellyfish exhibit. They have many aquariums with different kinds of sea creatures based on depth and areas of the oceans. They have a touch pool that is super fun for they young and young at heart. Super cool interactive walk thru museum. And a really cool gift shop.

Very small, low key aquarium. Felt like we had the place to ourselves for a while even though summer camp was going on. Good for little ones, but a bit over priced for what it is considering you pay for state park entrance as well as Science center admission. My 3 year old and 8 year old both had fun for a few hours with touch tanks. Tidal pools really only had snails ... We tend to find more at the beaches.Still a nice spot and a good cause to support, but pack a nice picnic lunch when you go, theres no food available.

Good place to go when covid 19 makes everything suck

Our family loves this stop. The science center is filled with sea creatures and children’s hands on activities. With plenty of informational displays and a giant whale skeleton hanging from the ceiling, the center is as entertaining as any of the larger aquariums we have been to. Plenty of beach to walk on and plays-capes make the whole area worth a visit.

Many beautiful birds in the water.

Alot of changes, nice visit! Very informative.

A small science center focusing on the history of Odiorne point, water creatures, and the impact of human civilization on fresh water and its inhabitants. Located next the coast in a pretty setting, great place to visit with your little ones. They love the touch tank where you can pick up water creatures.

We took our 4 year old here and she had a wonderful time. It was small enough to comfortably walk around and enjoy the exhibits and large enough to occupy my daughter for 2 hours. The exhibits were very well done and engaging.

We enjoyed a real seacoast adventure here. The staff were very knowledgeable and enjoyed explaining how the marine life functioned in this part of the world. The Center is very family friendly and fun for everyone.

We love this place, its location is just wonderful. The boys love the mini aquarium inside and you cant beat the playground and ocean right outside.

Even during COVID, they continued to strive and keep open what they could for families. Thank you!

Very calm and nice long beach....did not get a chance to visit the science centre though as it got closed when we reached.But had great time sitting around the beach

This is a nice science center for young children. Its small but has a lot of beautiful scenery, educational aspects and a play ground nearby. My daughter had a lot of fun inside and outside of the center.

This place is great. If youre visiting, give it a look. Also host to a lot of great events.

I use to go here as a kid on school field trips and now I get to share it with my son. Ok, so it was smaller then I remembered, however, watching my son enjoy himself and other children there enjoy and have fun while discovering it, looked larger then life!

What a great outing! My kids are obsessed with the ocean so this was perfect. We cant wait to participate in some of their special events.

Very nice and peaceful.

Went here with my sons school for a field trip. The guides were great and showed us a lot of different things and sealife. We saw many different sea animals. The center itself was a bit crowded at times but that cannot be helped with the amount of school children and visitors there. Definitely want to go back.

This place was amazing for kids! We went there on a whim for something random to do with our kids and it was worth the trip from Hampton beach for something different to do.

Its just a nice place to go walk relax and enjoy the ocean

It cost to park and then it cost to get into the place. I believe that the nuclear power plant Science Center in Seabrook New Hampshire is a lot more educational. There are sea creatures that you can touch as in starfish and hermit crabs for example . They have a tank filled with live fish that came straight from the ocean. Plus it is free and there are trails that you can walk along to see what you would see at the place in Rye.

Its a nice small museum that allows you to learn about both nature on Earth and outer space. Even though I didnt have enough time to see the planetarium I liked the Science Center either way. The staff were extremely friendly and ready to ask questions (as a matter of fact one of them invited me to see newly hatched butterflies with some already having dried wings).I like the inclusion of the nature trail to allow oneself or a group relax or take a look into nature itself (in Florida of course). There a few signs in the trails as well to tell you about some of the wildlife, vegetation, and stories that took place in the area. On the outside note the animal exhibits were nice although some of them werent as active (which is fine).On the inside there were small text / stationary exhibits along with many animal exhibits as well (my favorites being the wall - based fish tank and the owl enclosure).

One of my favorite places locally. The staff knows their stuff and theyre all very friendly, the locations ideal for looking for critters, and the animals and information inside are great for a smaller space.

Great for little ones to learn about the seacoast & seas creatures outside its doors. Especially loved the touch tank.

Beautiful spot by the ocean. Benches and a covered pavilion outside for lunch. Inside, all sorts of exhibits, some interactive. Interesting for both adults and kids, featuring both live sea creatures and some displays. You can touch a fish! But wash your hands first. A few hundred yards from the main building is an open space with views and access to the sea. Theres bathroom facilities in a separate building for this space. Ample parking.

Gorgeous - I loved the tide pools

This was our second trip here, great little center with lots of learn and do. Try the scavenger hunt

Great place for families. Hands on learning about the sea coast, ocean, marine life and how to be a responsible shepherd of our environment.

Closed for covid. Hopefully open tomorrow, June 15th with the rest of NH

It was a great learning experience for my child and I. Beautiful layout and the creativity shines through all of the displays!

Great learning advaneture in a beautiful location. Bring the kids and have some fun too

The Seacoast Science center is very small compared to science museums and aquariums in the Boston area. This museum has a small room with aquarium tanks which is interesting, as well as a and a touch tank. The rest of the museum is mainly textual displays. I spent probably 45 minutes in the museum before I ran out of stuff to look at. From what I gather, they hold a lot of education programs there, which I think is great for kids and local school groups. If you look at your admission ticket as a donation to their science and education programs, then its worth the price of admission.

Great building and very informative but the bike trails are even better with structures from ww2 that you can enter and climb the trails are easy too with trails allowing you to coast by the coast

Great place for the entire family. Very knowledgeable for all. Friendly staff

Nice place to visit with the kids. The activities and displays in the center kept us busy for a couple hours. We could have spent a couple hours outside too if the weather would have been better.

Great place, updated this year with new exhibits. Staff is always great.

I havent been there in years, they have done a lot of work and my kid loved it.

Very educational for the kids but also lots of fun. Nice area for walks and play as well outside.

Been trying to go here for years since I went as a kid but they are always closed. Now they say are only open on weekends, very disappointing.

Great museum for kids aged 1 to 12-ish, and some cool things for adults waiting on their children. Outside, a terrific place for birding and tide pooling for all ages - just be sure to take only pictures and memories. A short walk south brings you to a large playground and then a beach, while a walk north takes you on nature trails to visit the first official landing of English in New Hampshire. Dont forget the old WWII hillfort battery you pass on your way to the museum from the parking lot.My seven year old daughter turned an intended 1 hour time killing quick stop into an all day glee-fest of giggles and wow!s. Seven hours later, I literally had to pick her up and carry her back to the car to make it to other obligations on time.

Cute little place , it is small and you can go through it pretty quick but so a cute place

This was a beautiful and fun place to visit, I would recommend it to anyone who appreciates nature, wildlife, and the ocean.

I came due to a school field trip. Not too bad and had great views, along with information. Enjoyed the gift shop as well, very reasonable prices. In general not a place place but I dont think its in my interest to go again.

A great place for indoor and outdoor fun

A fantastic little museum with all the big museum amenities! They have wonderful, kid-friendly installations that are still appealing to adults. Lots of hands-on activities and several programs each day. It took me about 1.5 hours to meander around, and I saw a fantastic presentation about lump fish from Sara. She was very knowledgeable and answered all of my questions. Lump fish are way cooler than I imagined!As a disabled person with a service dog, I found it easy to navigate all of the rooms. Sara was very kind to pull a bench over so I could sit for her presentation. My only issue was the restroom. It was clean and spacious, but the way its situated would be challenging with a walker or wheelchair. EDIT: after posting, I received a post from the Science Center. Theres a fully accessible restroom near the entrance. Lesson learned: ask! The bonus is that this wonderful center is right in a beautiful park! There are picnic tables, benches, and play equipment for kids.

Great stuff. Loved this place ️

Loved the experience and when I get older I hope to work there

Good exhibits but not a lot of exhibits. Only took about an hour to go through the center. Pay to park and pay for entry so a little pricey. Kids enjoyed the sea creatures.

This is a great place to visit and very well run. My daughter loves it and if it was up to her we would visit this place much more often.

This is a great little science center. And it is little, but a remarkable amount is packed in. They have several observation tanks to see various sea life, a couple touch tanks, restrooms, a display about the importance of water and more.There is also a vending machine and a couple photo opps outside. Also, a gift shop. So, it really does contain a lot.Admission was $10 adults and $5 for children at the time of our visit. But the volume of information and experience--did I mention the play area fishing boat for under 6s?--is worth it.

School trip. Staff was great with the kids. Weather was so so but the staff made it fun for the kids. They really seem to enjoy what they do.

We love this place. There are wonderful opportunities for education and amazing vistas to take in. It was a perfect site for a wedding, despite the bugs who came out in force at dusk.

Small but fun and educational place. My 19 month old loves it. The staff is extremely friendly and helpful, which always makes a visit better. They have plenty of sea creatures to see (and even touch) along with other educational activities and stations. During good weather, there are outdoor activities as well (with a great view and a good playground nearby)

The museum is very small. Really just three rooms, if youre being generous. The cost was too high for the couple minutes we were there, but I wrote it off as a partial donation to science. Staff were very friendly and knowledgable.I cant say they offer anything special that you couldnt find at any other marine-centric museum.Also be prepared to pay for parking, per person (weird). Another donation to wildlife, I guess.Im not going to knock the museum too hard because everyone there seemed very dedicated and any opportunity to share science is great. But... if youre an avid museum go-er... youll be disappointed.

Great educational facility located within Odiorne Point State Park. Awesome place to bring the kids.

For its size, a fun little museum and reasonable price. Having the ocean there and plenty of rocks to sit and enjoy was a perk. The playset for kids was a plus. Lovely greens to fly kites. Souvenirs were affordable for even young people to purchase and remember their visit. My only issue was a few exhibits not working quite right, but that didnt detract from our visit. Well be back.

This is a wonderfully interactive place for children under 10.

Great science center, especially for kids around the ages of 5-11! Offers greats views of some lighthouses too, and they have a a free periscope for viewing.

Went on an owl prowl. Was very informative and staff was great. Definitely recommend having those activities in groups for families and separate groups for adults. There were a couple of younger children who were so loud that any hope of seeing or hearing an owl were squelched as soon as we started our wall.

Awesome place to learn about the life in the ocean around us. They are going great work protecting our waters!

I always love this place! Love the science center, beach, trails, and views!

Nice, intimate, little museum offering something for everybody. We went there as a family, but I noticed a more formal, educational school program that seemed engaging. There were several smaller exhibits inside the museum and one interactive area for younger children as well as the obligatory gift shop. In order to get to the museum you must also pay a park entrance fee, so be prepared for a double whammy. The park itself is great, so I was fine with the overall experience!

Loved the aquariums and excellent science displays. Touch tank hermit crabs were a hit with the kids and the gift shop had a surprisingly good selection of wonderful ocean themed books.

Great Wedding Location... just went to a Super Wedding...call for the Caterer and Band on June 22 2019... everything was phenomenal...with the ocean right there as well.

Went for a music fundraising event so not a normal experience, but I still had a chance to walk around. Small but informative exhibits. Very friendly staff willing to answer all of your questions. The music event itself was a wonderful time. We brought a blanket, grabbed some food and drinks and relaxed to some instrumental music.

Tiny but fun!

Amazing place cant wait to go back with our kids again. Small and cute perfect day trip away from the beach!

This place is amazing for all ages. If you are going to explore the tide pools make sure you bring your water shoes. All of the staff here are great and very helpful. I will definitely be going again.

Cool little place! Its definitely geared more for children and not for adults. However, the center does help our local aquatic creatures so the price of admission is definitely worth it. Stop by the gift shop before you leave. Lots of cute little things to take home and the pricing is reasonable.

This is a fun little aquarium/science center aimed at Young kids Theres a small touch tank, a free fish tanks, jellyfish, seahorses, some small rays and sharks. They have learning activities for kids. Theres also a faux lobster boat that kids can climb around on. The price of admission is a little bit steep for such a small place, but considering youre donating to a good cause, thats no big deal. My daughter had a nice time here, and hopefully learned a bit about local marine life. All in all its a good place to spend a constructive hour or two for the youngest kids, maybe a bit longer for school aged children.

Nice place bring the kids and the hang out in the surrounding state park.

I love going there to go to the beach. Theres a lot of cool things

Ocean Commotion with my Ladybug...best day ever!

Very family friendly. Great experience and super informative.

Do you like sticking your hand in water and touching weird things? Then this is the place for you!

Fun stop on a warm winter day

I really didnt care for this place. For the money you pay I dont think you get the value back. And I understand that to some degree because they probably take a lot of money and put it towards other important issues but the grounds are beautiful and just going to see that is worth it. But as far as the Seacoast Science Center I was not impressed at all.

For a 3 yr old we had a blast

Pack a lunch, plenty of picnic tables along the ocean.

It was very interesting what there is of it. We spent more time out looking at the ocean then anything else.

Great place to take the family. Just a heads up it does cost to park.

The Seacoast Science Center was one of the places we decided to visit during our vacation. Admittedly, I thought the center was much bigger than it was. However, the center is utilizing most of their space with exhibits and or historic information. There is also a rather comfortable ocean front view with nice open hallways.NOTE: This place is much less expensive to visit, lets say, the New England Aquarium. We spent a fraction of the cost to the Seacoast Science Center. Of course, this is different than the sea creatures found at the New England Aquarium but still has the same vibe. Also, may I add, there was so much more room here as opposed to the New England Aquarium. If you want to visit a center filled with ocean creatures and dont want to be within shoulder space between someone else, this is the place to go.There is also a fun interactive boating area for children. My daughter had such a fun time fishing and sorting her daily haul. There are other activities through the center for children and curious adults as well! Although, there were a couple of things that appeared to be out of service or not working correctly on our visit. The microscope appeared to have a bad connection to the monitor it was connected to and the scale appeared to be out of service.We visited during what I would call an off season. I read many reviews and I see many people complaining about the cost of parking. I believe those parking costs are only applicable between Labor day weekend to Culumbus day. So if you have never been here before and would like to visit without paying a parking fee, I would suggest visiting mid September to mid May.

Learn about the coast and other ocean wildlife. Good spot for kids.

If you are looking solely for an aquarium, this will likely disappoint. It is very small and you could breeze in and out in minutes.The true value of Seacoast Coast Science Center is around the large number of programs its runs for children.For example, they run a weekly program called Big Fish/Little Fish, which is geared towards toddlers. This parent/child class gives the children a chance to play marine themed games, explore nature and interact with each other.They have programs for older children, geared towards conservation and science and occasionally run special programs like Night at the Museum.The staff are friendly and well informed. I regard Seacoast Science Center an invaluable resource to the community.Located by the coast, next to a playground, trail, picnic area and stony beach, it is a very popular spot with our daughter.Strongly recommend!

Small museum but packs a lot in and the staff are awesome and outgoing to the children. Gift shop is also reasonably priced.

Although I and my family enjoy odiorne, the science center falls a little short. The touch tank is great and allows people the opportunity see native sea creatures up close and personal. Several tanks show many different types of marine life. The skates and lobsters are our favorites. Our kids love the boat play area. The interactive exhibit could be more interactive. It did not grab the attention of our young children (two under 3).

Fun place for little kids, but it is small. Know that you have to pay for parking as well as entrance to the center. If its nice outside there are other things to do, but if not, youll likely be done in an hour to two maximum. If youre lucky youll catch some feeding events and the staff is great with the kids.