LIGO Livingston

Absolutely fascinating hidden scientific jewel of the New Orleans area. This was one of the two labs that jointly detected the first gravitational waves. Tour of the facility and of the science lab accessible on Science Saturdays is a great one!

It was a neat tour, but the guide didn't dumb the information down enough for me to understand. I don't know what the LIGO center does aside from measure gravitational waves (I think?). There's an interactive area you can explore before/after the tour.

This place was way more fun than I could have ever imagined. All my daughter talked about upon leaving was if we could go back the next day. Great for kids that want to do real-time activities in STEM. The tours were exceptional as well.

I brought my siblings to the Science Center here for Science Saturday and they loved it. The work they do here is amazing, and it's not huge but they ensure that everything that is there is very quality for visitors. That's not even to to mention the actual experiments they do here! If you look on the website, it seems like it's tailored for kids (and it partially is), but any science lover will have an experience to enjoy.

Great place to bring the kids on science Saturday