This sleek, glass-covered science center houses virtual and interactive games, technology exhibits and an ‘immersion theater’ that puts a video game on giant screens – all made for kids. Note that there is a huge range of different admission prices depending on which combinations of films and/or exhibits you want to take in. The center also has an IMAX cinema that shows vivid nature and science films.
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Centre des Sciences de Montréal
Old Montréal
Transportation
- metro: Place-d'Armes
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