4.5Stepping Stones Museum for Children(253 reviews) - Very accommodating of medical needs Thursday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 2-3 hours Children's Museums
Stepping Stones Museum for Children ignites a child's love of learning through play. Open your world to our hands-on exhibits and exciting programs. With our five main galleries and over 100 hands-on activities, children become wide-eyed with wonder. As they see, hear, touch, feel and do, their ever-growing minds venture to amazing new places. Our Traveling Exhibit Gallery changes every few months so you can always expect new and fascinating adventures. Stepping Stones mission is to broaden and enrich the educational opportunities for children ages ten and under and to enhance their understanding of the world. The museum seeks to create an environment that inspires lifelong learning and supports parents, caregivers and educators as facilitators of children's explorations. Stepping Stones is open daily between Memorial Day and Labor Day, and CLOSED Mondays between Labor Day and Memorial Day (School Year Hours) Hours are 10:00 am - 5:00 pm.See more..
Kidcity is open by reservation only, at KidcityMuseum.com. Imagination play for kids age 1 to 7, and their favorite grownups. Picked by Yankee Magazine in 2012 as the "Best Indoor Adventure" in New England!See more..
3.5The Children's Museum(128 reviews) - For kids not older than 7 years old Thursday: 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Children's Museums
The Children’s Museum’s mission is to provoke lifelong experiential learning and innovation among children, adults, and their communities. We do this by offering hands-on fun with science and nature for younger children, their caregivers, community organizations, and schools. At the Museum and in classrooms throughout Connecticut (and beyond), we encourage children to become creative thinkers and lifelong learners. Children engage in our interactive demonstrations, workshops, multi-sensory exhibits, wildlife sanctuary, and other special events. Our unique Children’s Museum Preschool, located within our West Hartford campus, integrates science experiences into early childhood learning. Nearby Roaring Brook Nature Center in Canton offers animal and environmental exhibits, nature programs, birthday parties, scout activities, concerts, hiking, bird watching, cross-country skiing, and is home to our Wildlife Clinic.See more..
4.0Discovery Museum(80 reviews) - Lots of potential, but needs some love. Thursday: 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Children's Museums
Nice small science center for kids packed with potential for fun, but suffering from a little neglect in the maintenance of exhibits. With a little love, it should be easy to make things shine a little more. There was a mobile STEM lab outdoors for paper rocket building (a University of Bridgeport partnership). There is an admission fee that varies by age. Always good to have a community resource like this for family fun and learning.See more..
4.5Imagine Nation(48 reviews) - Excellent Museum Thursday: 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Children's Museums
The Imagination Museum is a great museum for children, there are a number of hands on exhibits, they have a room with animals. There is a café that serves great food, some of the things on the menu are ham and cheese sandwiches, grilled cheese sandwiches and more. They also have ice cream I have eaten there a few times and do plan to go back.See more..
4.5KidsPlay Children's Museum(42 reviews) - Explored this for my granddaughter Thursday: 10:00 AM - 8:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Children's Museums
KidsPlay Children's Museum is a destination for families located in the heart of downtown Torrington! KidsPlay operates over 11,000 sf of interactive, hands-on exhibits where children age 1 to 10 practice pre-academic skills, build curiosity and explore through developmental play. The Museum provides opportunities for informal family learning and presents learning concepts in fun ways that are meaningful and accessible to children. We have several fun, hands-on exhibits to play and interact with. We are ever-changing and evolving. Come check us out and watch as we continue to grow. Our interactive exhibit galleries are OPEN! We can’t wait for you to see the improvements we’ve made to our galleries and exhibits.See more..
Interactive, innovative and inclusive museum with hands-on exhibits, observation bee hive, the Great Green Room from Goodnight Moon, and a post office. Each of the 8 exhibits is inspired by the Theory of Multiple Intelligences, articulated by Harvard psychologist, Howard Gardner. This is a rich and resourceful, cutting edge educational theory, which recognizes the multiplicity of children's intelligences and honors the different ways children learn.See more..
This place is a great place to bring your kids, i suggest 6 and under, to see and learn new experiences.See more..
4.5New Britain Youth Museum at Hungerford Park(7 reviews) - Hidden treasure Children's Museums We visited here on a Thursday afternoon with four generations. This is an extremely well designed and expansive children's activity center/animal refuge. Museum does not do it the service it deserves. We had individualized service from Holly who showed us many animals and allowed us to pet them. She was calm and knowledgeable. For the number of animals there, inside and out, the facility was remarkably absent of smell on a hot August day. The animals were obviously well cared for. The museum part could be enjoyed by those 2 to 15 with no problem. It would be a shorter visit for the older crowd. We were there for two hours and didn't even get to the playground or outdoor garden. If I lived in the area this would become a regular spot to visit and I would become a member with no question.See more..
3.5Eli Whitney Museum(7 reviews) - Fun for kids Spent 1-2 hours Science Museums • Children's Museums The train exhibit in mid-winter is smallish but fun for little ones. They do fun birthday parties and activities involving building items out of wood bits (not requiring special skills and emphasizing safety) as well as workshops on building larger things for the older set. The "museum" designation is principally based on the model of a mill and the cotton gin example provided with information about Whitney's role in originating the latter.See more..
4.0New Britain Youth Museum(4 reviews) - Old Board Games are New again! Children's Museums Great fun for the whole family! Hands on monopoly and life, great hands on fun for the whole family! Best of all the kids love it!See more..
4.5Roaring Brook Nature Center(3 reviews) - Good for Kids and Adults! Natural History Museums • Science Museums • Children's Museums A great place for folks that love wildlife and enjoy learning. You can hike and explore the beautiful grounds, see and learn about animals that are in recovery or just learn about the local wildlife thru their educational exhibits and staff. Our kids love it!See more..
