clay center for the arts and sciences

My husband and I were looking for things to do in Charleston and we were told we should go to the Clay Center. The art gallery on the top floor was nice but the rest was geared towards kids more so than adults. We killed about an hour and a half of time but were not impressed.

we thoroughly enjoyed the performance shen yun...the costumes, orchestra and dance were stellar...however, we were somewhat dismayed of the lack of seating in the lobby area...due to poor parking, several patrons arrived early...they didn't open the "house" until 7pm...that left about 100 plus elderly people standing w/no place to rest...hopefully, they have plans to rectify this in the future...otherwise, it is a marvelous facility...

I was very pleased with this performance center! There is no bad seat in the place. And there are hotels across the street. You can just walk over & not worry about parking. It's about 3 hrs. from home for me but I will keep track of their events & make this a regular weekend trip.

I had not been to the Clay Center since I was in school myself. They have taken out all the things that I enjoyed. Our group couldn't get tickets for a show so we were done with the exhibits in an hour. My four year old was bored within 30 minutes.

Excellent learning in science, maths, arts. There are multiple exhibits, science galleries, performances. Love the ElectricSky theater, you just sit back in the comfy seats and feel as though you are actually there in the films which are presented on a giant domed screen. Love the planetarium shows. Adults, children, educators, there is something for everyone here.

Perfectly sized theater. Excellent acoustics. Doc Severson said it was one of the best venues he had ever played in. A West Virginia Jewel.

The variety of concerts and performers they have gotten in recent years has really improved. Seating is comfortable and sound in the auditorium is great. I look forward to going to the shows in the sky theater.

We attended the fun day free event and was not impressed. Most exhibits are geared toward 5y and under, didn't get to enjoy the show at the theatre cause they ran out of tickets,and they shut down the face painting line an hour and half early. I felt the Faith and the Devil" exhibit should not be in a kids museum! It depicted satanic pics and curse words everywhere, I felt it very offensive! I don't plan on returning.

We have visited multiple times with school groups. The kids don't seem to mind revisiting same exhibits, but a little tiring for parents. Nice theatre with movies changing frequently. Lots of special activities for kids throughout year. Younger children and pre school ages would like the exhibits more than older children.

Have been to the main auditorium at least 50 times. Great variety of live performances- from the Pointer Sisters to Harlem Boys Choir to kathy Griffin and so on. Known for its superior acoustics, the clay center offers most everyone some thing. Can be a bit pricey, but it is wv and the performers need some incentive to stop in.

Very interactive, love the water features. Changing exhibits, so it's fun to go to more than once. Great place for kids.

I have been to the Clay Center for multiple different things. The Kids Museum is nice lots of hand on and fun things to do. The Main auditorium is nice clean, easy to navigate, and seat are comfortable. The only down fall to the whole place is its size. I really wish it was bigger. The kids museum you can be completely done with in about 2 hours and thats stretching it. The stage in the auditorium is so small its almost not worth paying the prices to see any show here. It's kind of a take it or leave it place for me.

The Clay Center is a wonderful venue for the arts in Charleston. The seating in the main auditorium is very comfortable and the acoustics is excellent. A good variety of performances are held there throughout the year. The Electricsky and sciences galleries will delight the children.

We only visited the kids museum portion of this facility. We stopped to visit the kid's museum because we got free admission via reciprocity with another kid's museum. Honestly, this is a nice museum but much smaller than expected. They have a wonderful area for toddlers and kids under 5. The two other areas are fun but just limited in size. We spent about 2 hours there and had pretyy much played everything out. Much smaller than any other kid's museum we have visited. Very nice, new facility overall. There is a cafe located downstairs for food and drinks. Parking is in a surface lot on the side of the building for $3. Their website is pretty limited on information and focuses mainly on other services offered at the Clay Center.

A 10 year old multi million dollar facility,it has an outstanding children's science focus - hands on. A planetarium shows movies. First class theater facility and smaller theater are used for live performances. Good restaurant on lower level