I don’t know who was more excited to toss a Quaffle at the Harry Potter: the Exhibition opening last week: me or the 7-year-old boy I accidentally cut off. But there’s something invigorating about being able to play with props from a beloved film series, or examine the minute detail of things we’ve only dully imagined. Want to know what a Skiving Snackbox actually looks like up close? Or how big Buckbeak the hippogriff is? (Answer: About 6 feet.) It’s all there—over 200 props and costumes laid out in fine Disneyfied form, complete with a Sorting Hat ceremony to start and a smoke-filled entrance chamber with a replica Hogwarts Express. There are even props from the yet-to-be-released seventh film, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (part 1), due out November 19 (tickets are on sale now for Pac Sci’s IMAX theater).

Be forewarned: This isn’t for little tykes. It’s basically a Harry Potter museum, with just a few interactive elements (view the slideshow to get an idea). It can also get a touch creepy inside the Forbidden Forest and the cemetery, where a dementor makes an appearance. But if the preteen girl cooing over Hermoine’s Triwizard Ball gown was any indication (“Look at her earrings!”), this exhibit is a wonderland for Harry Potter fans.

Harry Potter: the Exhibition is at Pacific Science Center through January 30. (Extended through February 13!) This is its only West Coast stop.