Science City occupies the lower levels of Kansas City's restored Union Station and is the city's primary hands-on science museum. The exhibits are consistently well-designed and aimed at a broad age range, with physics demonstrations, a planetarium, a working weather station, and a series of interactive galleries covering biology, engineering, and earth science. The museum is built into the station's historic spaces, which adds architectural interest to the visit.
For families with children this is one of the best stops in Kansas City — large, well-maintained, and genuinely engaging rather than cursory. The Union Station itself is worth exploring above and beyond Science City: the restored grand hall, with its enormous arched windows and coffered ceiling, is one of the great interior spaces in the Midwest. A combined ticket for the station's various attractions (Science City, the planetarium, the model train exhibition) is available.