The Mind Museum

Mika had been dying to visit the Mind Museum since New Year. One light weekend, where J and I didn't have to attend a party personally, we brought the kids to Divisoria for toy and clothes shopping. (Yes, we're super barat in that sense!) We were a bit shocked since 168 was filled to the brim with people! We were used to having Divi and 168 to ourselves, since we always go on weekdays. (You would notice in our pictures then that we were not dressed for a visit to the Museum!)

After accomplishing our checklist of items to buy, M asked if we could still go to the Mind Museum. We knew it was a rare occasion that we were with the kids on a weekend, so even though J was tired from driving and the traffic, we gave way and went to the museum. We've been wanting to take her anyways before the end of the featured exhibit on Bio-Rhythm, as Mika is a huge music and sounds fan. 

When I went to pay the entrance, I admit I was a bit thrown off by the total for us 4. The BioRhytm Exhibit had its own entrance fee of P200/person. Combined with our entrance fee for the museum itself, it came to a Grand Total of (tantantanan) P2,800. For others that may be low, but it was pretty steep for us! 

The actual facade and structure of the Mind Museum in itself is impressive and world-class. We had no idea how it looked inside, but we really liked the outside. The Museum has different time slots for letting guests in, though I think there is an option where you can stay there the whole day. 

Bio - Rhythm Exhibit. 

Trying out everything!

Upon entering the actual Mind Museum, we were welcomed by Aedi, Mind Museum's robot. Yup, that's IDEA spelled backwards!

Assorted exhibits inside the museum itself. 

The Museum was subdivided into several rooms, and was 2 floors. There were movie rooms that showed short presentations, and large screen displays all over the place.

Yup, that's me inside a whale's mouth!

Goofing around the Museum.

As our kids were running around the Museum, J and I noted that it felt similar to the ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay in Singapore. It was very clean, very well thought-out, and pretty high-tech! Several of the displays had interesting write-ups, but our kids were too excited to read anything. J and I were too tired to read everything so we sat around where we could (si lola and lolo talaga oh!) The short videos inside the 2 theatres had great editing, and very informative.

Several attendants were also on each room to show us how to work or play the items. Though some of the things we tried didn't function while we were there, about 90% of the things we tried worked, and were fascinating!

So even if the price was high, it was soooooo worth it. Museums really are worth their rates, aren't they? I would not recommend this for children 5 and below though. It's best for 6 onwards, since the exhibits can be complicated and aren't for little kids. If your kid is below 5, I would suggest Museo Pambata, but not The Mind Museum. My kids were 7 and 10, but they barely read any of the displays, they just wanted to try the working exhibits showing physics, etc.

We were surprised that we had finished a good 2.5 hours inside the Museum (the usual stay allowed is 3 hours). We ate a quick dinner outside at Jollibee. There's a Mind Musum playground available for those who have their tickets, but it was far too late for the kids to check it out, and we promised them that we would come back another day.  

The Mind Museum

JY Campos Park, 3rd Avenue, Bonifacio Global City