Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids
Explore the best best museums & educational spots for kids options for kids and families in Banning
Gilman Historic Ranch and Wagon Museum
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Cabazon Dinosaurs - World's Biggest Dinosaurs
Outdoor display of prehistoric animals. Vintage attraction featuring enormous replicas including Brontosaurus, Tyrannosaurus rex & more.
Oak Glen School Museum
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Hemet Museum
Quaint option for American history. Modest locale with an eclectic collection of early American, railway & Native American artifacts.
Hemet Maze Stone
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Western Science Center
Dinosaurs, fossils & science exhibits. Kid-friendly science museum with dinosaurs, fossils & history, plus hands-on science activities.
Kimberly Crest House & Gardens
1897 mansion & renaissance-style gardens. 1897 home & sprawling renaissance-style Italian gardens, with tours available several times weekly.
Lincoln Memorial Shrine
Historic presidential monument & museum. This 1930s structure commemorates the life of Abraham Lincoln with artwork & exhibits.
Palm Springs Art Museum
Desert's iconic museum & cultural center. Desert art museum with European & Native American works, plus a theater, outdoor space & cafe.
Historical Glass Museum
Collection of American-made glass items. Museum & gift shop in a century-old Victorian home displaying American-made glass items & art.
Agua Caliente Cultural Museum
Exhibits & Native American culture. Smithsonian-affiliated museum showcasing Cahuilla Indian history with exhibits, lectures & classes.
Motte Historical Car Museum
Antique vehicles shown in a rustic venue. Vintage automobiles displayed in a salvaged-wood barn with a gift shop & old-school theater.
San Bernardino County Museum
Cultural & natural-science exhibits. Educational exhibits on local culture & natural science, plus cactus gardens & a live-animal center.
Palm Springs Air Museum
Combat aircraft & aviation art. Museum dedicated to combat aircrafts from WWII to present years, plus art, a gift shop & a cafe.
March Field Air Museum
Exhibiting 70+ historic aircrafts. Museum with more than 70 historic military aircrafts on display including rare operational jets.
Southern California Railway Museum
Historic train cars & weekend rides. Sprawling educational museum with historic railway cars & locomotives, plus weekend rides.
Norton Air Force Base Museum
Air Force photos, uniforms & memorabilia. Small military museum with tours & a collection of Air Force photos, uniforms & memorabilia.
Alamos Schoolhouse/Nature Center
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UC Riverside Botanic Gardens
Forty green acres open to tours. University's garden offers 40 leafy acres of 3,500+ plant species & 200+ bird types. Open daily.
Fiesta Village Family Fun Park
Amusement center with varied attractions. Family amusement center featuring go-karts, laser tag, carnival rides & arcade games.
Museum of Ancient Wonders
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Hunter Hobby Park
City park with mini steam-train rides. Green space with softball fields, picnic tables, grills & free mini steam-train rides twice a month.
Colton Area Museum
Local artifacts in a historic library. Local-history collection in a neoclassical former library featuring artifacts, programs & a shop.
INLAND EMPIRE MILITARY MUSEUM
Small army memorabilia museum. Small army museum with a collection of military artifacts & uniforms from the civil war, WWI & WWII.
First Original McDonald's Museum
Historia & memorabilia of McDonald's. Compact museum with exhibits about the iconic hamburger chain, at the site of the first location.
San Bernardino History and Railroad Museum
Exhibits on trains & local history. Set in an 1918 train depot, this museum showcases artifacts dedicated to railroad & local history.
Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert
Hands-on exhibits & toddler spaces. Sizable children's museum featuring 50-plus interactive exhibits, a giant loom & areas for toddlers.
Riverside Art Museum
Museum with art shows, classes & talks. Exhibition space that features art classes, workshops, lectures & a museum store selling local art.
Tolerance Education Center
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The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art & Culture of the Riverside Art Museum
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Museum of Riverside
Regional history, culture & nature. Museum dedicated to the history, culture & nature of the region, including 2 landmark homes.
Hi-Desert Nature Museum
Educational museum of desert ecosystems. Interactive museum detailing the flora, fauna & geological nature of the surrounding desert.
Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Desert
Modern art collection & sculpture garden. Contemporary art pieces including a handful of rotating special collections plus a sculpture garden.
Jensen Alvarado Historic Ranch and Museum
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Riverside Heritage House
Furnished 19th-century house & gardens. Museum in a grand Victorian residence with period furnishings & decor, plus landscaped gardens.
Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art (RAFFMA)
Ceramics & ancient Egyptian artifacts. Diverse mix of ancient & contemporary art, with a special focus on ceramics & Egyptian relics.
Mulligan Family Fun Center- Murrieta
Go-karts, mini-golf & small rides. Amusement center features go-karts, batting cages, an arcade, mini-golf & small rides for kids.
Desert Holocaust Memorial
Sculpture garden with educational info. Bronze sculpture garden & interpretive information commemorating Holocaust victims.
The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens
Native species & animals since 1970. Over 1,000 acres of desert ecosystem featuring a bighorn sheep enclosure & small animal exhibits.
Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center
Nature-based activities for families. Nature-focused activities include an earth science museum & hands-on learning with rocks & fossils.
Covered Wagon Tours
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Temecula Valley Museum
Regional history & author memorabilia. Historic museum featuring city artifacts & a permanent exhibit on author Erle Stanley Gardner.
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