Science City at Union Station

Science City at Union Station is a family-friendly interactive science center that features traveling exhibitions, The Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium, City Extreme Screen theatre, and more than 120 hands-on displays.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Also known as: “Science City” and “unionstation.org”
  • Address: 30 West Pershing Road, Kansas City, MO 64108

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kansas City Union Station and National World War I Museum and Memorial.

Railway station
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is a union station that opened in 1914, serving , and the . It replaced a small Union Depot built in 1878.

Park
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The is located in , United States. Opened in 1926 as the Liberty Memorial, it was designated by the United States Congress in 2004 as the country's official dedicated to World War I.

Retail building
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The is a historic railroad building just north of Union Station in the Crossroads Arts District of . The renovated is now home to three award-winning restaurants: Fiorella's Jack Stack Barbecue, Grunauer and Lidia's. is situated 770 feet north of Science City at Union Station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hospital Hill and Kansas City.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in . The neighborhood is located between 22nd Street to 25th Street and Gillham Road to Troost Avenue.

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is a major metropolitan area that spreads across the border of and . It is a city that tends to hide itself from tourists.

Neighborhood
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is a historic neighborhood near downtown Kansas City, Missouri, , on a 200-foot-high bluff which overlooks the confluence of the and rivers in the below.

Science City at Union Station

Latitude
39.08543° or 39° 5′ 8″ north
Longitude
-94.58601° or 94° 35′ 10″ west
Open location code
86F73CP7+5H
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4825904121
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q7433498
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Discover Science City at Union Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Arvin Gottlieb Planetarium and B&B KC Extreme Screen Union Station.

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