点评:Overpriced at $25 per person, including adults who are here to supervise our children. My 7 year old had a lot of fun, but my 10 year old took a while to get into the exhibits, which cater to younger ages. The staff are mostly friendly but one woman with a mask and braided hair was overly aggressive about expecting adults to be an arm’s length from their kids at all times. She sent my 7 year old out of the climbing line to “go find your grown up” when I was in an adjacent exhibit assisting my older child with a construction activity. I immediately saw my son walking over with tears in his eyes, thinking he did something wrong. I then walked him 10 steps over and he got back in the line and she let him through. Why was he targeted like that? How did she know whose parents were next to them and whose weren’t? Parents were standing or sitting all over the place! I also saw her do this to two brothers, about 9 years old, who were nicely walking about and checking things out. She stopped then and got on her walkie talkie and gave them an inquisition about where their mother was—whom they quickly identified not far away. The staff also need to do a better job keeping the floor dry in the water area, as my son slipped and fell. I did appreciate the worker’s attention and offer of an ice pack, though. We’ve been to many children’s museums and there are definitely better ways to keep kids safe while also allowing families to move about and enjoy the spaces that they spent so much money to use. It was more costly for us to attend this place than the Chicago Art Institute, which was way more educational and high quality—even my kids loved it.
翻译:每人25美元,价格过高,包括负责监督我们孩子的成人。我7岁的孩子玩得很开心,但我10岁的孩子花了一段时间才进入适合低龄儿童的展览。工作人员大多很友好,但一位戴着口罩、扎着辫子的女人却咄咄逼人,要求大人始终与孩子保持一臂之遥。她让我7岁的孩子离开攀爬队伍,说“去找你的大人”,当时我正在旁边的展览里帮助我的大孩子做建筑活动。我立刻看到我的儿子眼含泪水地走了过来,以为自己做错了什么。然后我带他走了10步,他回到了队伍里,她才让他过去。为什么他会这样被针对?她怎么知道谁的父母在旁边,谁不在?到处都是父母站着或坐着!我还看到她这样对待两个大约9岁的兄弟,他们正乖乖地走来走去,看看周围的环境。她随即停了下来,拿起对讲机,询问他们的母亲在哪里——他们很快就在不远处认出了她。工作人员也需要更好地保持水区的地板干燥,因为我的儿子滑倒了。不过,我非常感谢工作人员的关心和提供的冰袋。我们去过很多儿童博物馆,肯定有更好的方法既能保证孩子们的安全,又能让家人在他们花了大价钱建造的空间里活动自如。我们去这里参观的费用比芝加哥艺术学院要高,但芝加哥艺术学院的教育意义更深刻,质量也更高——就连我的孩子们都很喜欢。