McWane Science Center
About This Museum
Curiosity is the real ticket people buy when they walk into the McWane Science Center. It’s a place where the line between learning and playing beautifully blurs across four bustling floors. You'll find kids wide-eyed beneath the towering skeleton of an Apatosaurus one moment and completely absorbed by a hands-on physics experiment the next. The whole experience feels less like a museum and more like a playground for the mind, leaving everyone—from toddlers to grandparents—with a sense of wonder about how the world works.
Collection Highlights
Don't miss the chance to walk among dinosaur fossils in Itty Bitty Magic City or pilot a simulated spacecraft in the high-tech Just Mice Size? exhibit. The IMAX theater, with its screen soaring several stories high, regularly takes audiences on immersive journeys from the depths of the ocean to the far reaches of space.
Visitor Information
You'll find it right downtown at 200 19th Street North, an easy stop if you're exploring Birmingham. Be sure to check their website for IMAX showtimes and special traveling exhibits, as there's always something new happening.
Architecture & Building
Housed in the historic and elegantly renovated Loveman's department store building, the center blends classic, early 20th-century brick-and-terra-cotta architecture with a modern, glass-walled addition.
Contact & Location
Address: McWane Science Center, 200, 19th Street North, Fourth Avenue Historic District, Birmingham, Jefferson County, Alabama, 35203, United States
Phone: +1 205-714-8300
Website: Visit Website
