# Lake Erie Nature & Science Center > Place to go for families in the Cleveland area (OH). Times are Eastern Time. - When: Daily 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; closed New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence… - Where: Lake Erie Nature & Science Center, 28728 Wolf Road, Bay Village, OH 44140 - Ages: All ages - Price: Free general admission; planetarium programs $5 per person (under 1 free) - Schedule: Daily 9:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.; closed New Year's Day, Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve. - Organizer: Lake Erie Nature & Science Center - Official page: https://www.lensc.org/ - Last checked: Sat, Oct 24 Source: Grassy Knees is a directory of real family events, places and programs for kids across major U.S. metro areas, where every listing is researched from the organizer’s own page and shows the date we last checked it. https://grassyknees.com covers 42 metro areas as of Oct 24, 2026, with more added regularly. About: https://grassyknees.com/about Freshness: listings are re-checked on a daily research run (latest check 2026-10-24), and new events are added as organizers post them. Sell-outs, weather cancellations and time changes show up on the live page first: https://grassyknees.com/cleveland/activities/lake-erie-nature-and-science-center--listing-8b4e20e0adb9929fd9bfd40f ## About Lake Erie Nature & Science Center in Bay Village sits in parkland along Lake Erie and offers free general admission to live animal exhibits and displays on natural history and space science. It also runs a wildlife rehabilitation service for injured and orphaned animals. The Schuele Planetarium, rebuilt in 2014 with a combined star projector and digital dome showing more than 3,000 stars, runs short family shows for $5 a person (under 1 free): Twinkle Tots for ages 0-3 (about 20 minutes), Sky Safari for ages 3 and up, Stellar Stars for ages 3-7 and The Little Star That Could for 4 and up. 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