We are located at 645 Penn Street in Reading, PA. Our main entrance is on the north side of Penn Street, next to Dunkin Donuts and just across the railroad tracks from the DoubleTree Hotel.
We are able to validate parking in the DoubleTree Parking Garage. Please provide your license plate information
when requesting validation at the reception desk in the Reading Science Center.
Our center features more than 50+ STEM-themed interactive exhibits in a vibrant 7,000 square foot space.
The Reading Science Center is a 501c3 nonprofit organization created by volunteers from many sectors in the Reading area coming together to provide young people with a creative and fun space to learn, explore and experiment. Our mission is to foster the love of science through exciting and experiential STEM education for the Greater Reading community, especially our youth.
The Reading Science Center exists to foster a love of Science through exciting and experiential STEM education for the Greater Reading community, especially our youth.
Through both formal and informal science education, the Reading Science Center promotes careers in science, technology, engineering and math (“STEM”) careers, helping to address the shortage of people entering such careers and in turn helping the local economy.
Reading Science Center programming compliments and augments efforts by school districts, government agencies, and other non-profit organizations in promoting STEM careers to youth and provides a centralized location to advance science education within our community.
Do you love STEM? Do you want to be a founding volunteer member helping us to build the momentum for our opening year of the Reading Science Center #RddgSci, located on Penn Street in downtown Reading?
We want your help! Maybe you have an hour to give conducting tours, maybe you have weekend and after school hours to teach in our cell lab – whatever you have to offer in time and talent, we will find you a volunteer job that can help us make Berks County’s first Reading Science Center a huge community success.
The Reading Science Center aims to provide educational and entertaining hands-on science and technology experiences for the community, schools, and families.
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Starting June 1st, we are changing our hours to the following:
Tuesday 10am to 4pm
Saturday 10am to 4pm
Our updated pricing is:
$10 per person
Children under 2 free
Thank you for your continued support of the Reading Science Center!
We validate parking in the Double Tree Convention Garage. Please bring your license plate number and check in with a staff member as soon as you enter the Reading Science Center.
