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Located in the vibrant heart of downtown Bloomington, WonderLab is convenient to Indiana University, the Convention Center, and other local attractions. To help plan your visit, click here for information about all of Bloomington's fascinating museums and here for more general information about visiting the Bloomington area. Visitor services staff at the WonderLab welcome desk can provide information about nearby shops and restaurants.
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HOURSTuesday-Saturday: 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday: 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Closed Mondays and some major holidays.
CLOSED Tuesday, May 20 - Wednesday, May 21 for removal of special exhibition.
NOTE: WonderLab is on Eastern Daylight Savings Time.
The museum is open special evening hours several times throughout the year, most notably the first Friday evening of each month. See calendar. Please call ahead for special hours that may be in effect during holidays.
ADMISSION | Members | FREE |
| ASTC Passport Participants | FREE |
| Children Under 1 year | FREE |
| Child, age 1-17 | $6.00 |
| Adult, age 18+ | $7.00 |
Discounted rates available for groups of 10 or more. Two-week advance reservation required. Certain non-profit groups may qualify for Connecting to the Community funds.
PARKING & BUS Free On-Street Parking
Monday - Saturday: 5 am - 5 pm with a two-hour limit on any one block
Free unlimited parking as follows: Sunday | Monday - Saturday after 5 pm
Public Parking Garages (P on map)
Two public parking garages are close to WonderLab.
Fourth and Walnut Street Garage
Location: Two blocks east of WonderLab.
System: Metered spaces ($.50/hour) during enforcement hours. You must have coins to "feed" the meter when meter parking is enforced.
Enforcement Hours: Monday - Friday until 5 pm. Metered spaces and permit parking spaces are free during evening hours and on weekends. The gate to the permit parking spaces will be up during these free periods.
Seventh and Walnut Street Garage (a.k.a. Regester Garage)
Location: Three blocks north of WonderLab.
System: Flexible parking ticket with payment calculated when you leave the garage.
Enforcement Hours: This system is in effect daily for the full 24 hours.
Handicapped Parking
There is one free handicapped parking space in front of WonderLab with a four-hour limit. There are eight additional such spaces in both public parking garages.
City of Bloomington downtown parking maps and information.
Public Transportation
Bloomington Transit provides bus service convenient to the museum. The museum is a stop on Route 4 and is three blocks west of the main downtown bus depot. City of Bloomington bus services information.
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VISITATION This information is provided as a service to those who wish
to plan their visits around periods when large groups are scheduled to visit
WonderLab. The period when the museum is most crowded is during the spring,
when lots of school groups visit. Even during the spring, though, the museum
is usually quiet by mid-afternoon, and the Wednesday morning preschool program, Discovery Time, is not affected because it takes place away from the school-age children in a Lab Room or in the garden. Please note that we cannot predict when
large groups without advance reservations might arrive.
75+ Visitors in Groups Expected (building capacity: 360)
Wednesday, May 7 - 10:30 am - 1:30 pm
Thursday, May 8 - 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
Friday, May 9 - 9:30 am - 1:30 pm
Tuesday, May 13 - 9:30 am -1:00 pm
Wednesday, May 14 - 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
Thursday, May 15 - 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
Friday, May 16 - 9:30 am - 2:00 pm
Thursday, May 22 - 12:00 - 2:00 pm
Friday, May 23 - morning
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