Admission to COSI Columbus ranges from approximately $20 – 25 per person.
- Open: Click here for hours and days per season.
- Location: (Map It) 333 W. Broad St. in downtown Columbus, Ohio
- Phone: 614-228-2674
- Web: http://cosi.org/
COSI – Center of Science & Industry – is located in downtown Columbus, Ohio. COSI Columbus is one of the most respected science centers in the nation serving more than 30 million visitors since it opened. For decades, COSI has continued to create programs and experiences that make science fun, while empowering and engaging visitors through hands-on discovery.
At COSI, you’ll be dazzled, amazed and delighted as your family explores one incredible wonder after another. COSI features more than 300 interactive exhibits throughout our discovery-based and ten-themed exhibition areas including Ocean, Space, Gadgets, Life, little kidspace®, Progress, Adventure, Innovation Showcase, the outdoor Big Science Park, and WOSU@COSI. The exhibition areas provide experiences for all age levels to creatively combine science facts and learning through play. Beyond the exhibits, you’ll find COSI’s hair-raising Electrostatic Generator Show, a High-Wire Unicycle, the National Geographic Giant Screen Theater, Science 2Go! retail store, and the Atomicafe’ restaurant. COSI also hosts world-class traveling exhibitions from other museums throughout the year.
COSI’s groundbreaking, award-winning education programs have touched more than six million teachers and students. These innovative outreach education programs are tailored to support national and statewide science curriculum and standards. Unique programs such as Electronic Education and COSI On Wheels bring science learning to students throughout Ohio and across the country. Camp-In®, an overnight experience for Girl Scouts that began 40 years ago, is now duplicated nationwide.