Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids

Explore the best best museums & educational spots for kids options for kids and families in Bellflower

Los Angeles County Fire Museum

Los Angeles County Fire Museum

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Columbia Memorial Space Center

Columbia Memorial Space Center

Kid-friendly exhibits about space. Modern locale featuring family-friendly, interactive exhibits about space, including a simulator.

Sproul Museum

Sproul Museum

Museum of local & Sproul family history. A notable local family's home, now housing a collection of local historical & family artifacts.

Hathaway Ranch Museum

Hathaway Ranch Museum

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Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

Dominguez Rancho Adobe Museum

Museum of early California history. California history museum in an 1826 adobe on the site of the first Spanish land grant in the state.

Long Beach Firefighter's Museum

Long Beach Firefighter's Museum

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens

Rancho Los Alamitos Historic Ranch and Gardens

Historic adobe ranch home & garden tours. Expansive property includes a historic adobe ranch home, gardens & horse barns, plus guided tours.

Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament

Knights & jousting-themed dinner theater. Jousting, horsemanship & falconry plus a 4-course, utensil-free meal served in a castle-like space.

Knott's Berry Farm Independence Hall

Knott's Berry Farm Independence Hall

Replica of a famous historic building. Reproduction of Philadelphia's Independence Hall, including a copy of the Liberty Bell.

Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)

Museum of Latin American Art (MOLAA)

Modern spot for Latin American fine art. Contemporary Latin American art & educational programs featured at a museum with a sculpture garden.

Whittier Museum

Whittier Museum

Educational displays of city history. Historical artifacts & exhibits related to the city of Whittier; open to the public weekends only.

Long Beach Museum of Art

Long Beach Museum of Art

Exhibits & a cafe on a scenic bluff. Museum & a cafe on a bluff-top site featuring galleries with works by Southern California artists.

Children for Planet Earth

Children for Planet Earth

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Aquarium of the Pacific

Aquarium of the Pacific

Sea-life exhibits in a waterfront space. Pacific Ocean dwellers on display at this large aquarium with touch tanks & behind-the-scenes tours.

The Banning Museum

The Banning Museum

Landmark home with living history tours. Landmark 19th-century estate provides living history tours, education programs & community events.

The Children's Museum at La Habra

The Children's Museum at La Habra

7 galleries & 14 hands-on exhibits. Kids' museum with exhibits including a hand-carved carousel & guided tour of a 1942 railroad car.

Fullerton Museum Center

Fullerton Museum Center

Rotating art, history & science exhibits. Educational space showcasing diverse exhibitions & programs in history, science, art & humanities.

American Military Museum

American Military Museum

Over 170 military vehicles on display. Open Friday to Sunday, this museum stars 170+ military vehicles from WWI to Operation Desert Storm.

Lomita Railroad Museum

Lomita Railroad Museum

Museum devoted to steam train history. Museum exploring the history of steam trains, featuring engines & other cars, plus tours & events.

Stanley Ranch Museum

Stanley Ranch Museum

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center

Muzeo Museum and Cultural Center

Unique art exhibits for kids & adults. This contemporary museum hosts three inventive art exhibits a year & caters to all ages.

Torrance Art Museum

Torrance Art Museum

Contemporary exhibits & free admission. Museum offering free admission to 2 galleries focusing on contemporary art from Southern California.

California African American Museum

California African American Museum

Art, culture & history exhibits. Center presents art, culture & history exhibits with a focus on California, plus live events.

Space Shuttle Endeavour

Space Shuttle Endeavour

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Battleship USS Iowa Museum

Battleship USS Iowa Museum

Navy warship with kid-friendly tours. Storied Navy warship offering kid-friendly tours (from the decks to the Captain’s Cabin) & exhibits.

California Science Center

California Science Center

Hands-on exhibits, IMAX & the Endeavor. Admission's free to permanent exhibits at this kid-friendly spot, also boasting IMAX & the Endeavor.

Exposition Park

Exposition Park

Public green space with museums & arenas. Urban space comprising 160 acres with arenas & museums, plus some green areas with trees & gardens.

Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum

Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum

Historical landmark open to the public. This Los Angeles historical landmark features a country home from 1870 & hosts a variety of events.

Wonder of Dinosaurs

Wonder of Dinosaurs

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Dinosaur skeletons & rotating exhibits. From T. rex skeletons to an insect zoo, popular attraction holds more than 35-million artifacts.

USC Fisher Museum of Art

USC Fisher Museum of Art

From old masters to contemporary works. Museum presents fine art with a diverse permanent collection of more than 1,800 objects.

Japanese American National Museum

Japanese American National Museum

Modern venue with historical exhibits. Art, artifacts & historical exhibits exploring over 130 years of the Japanese-American experience.

Flightdeck + Rogue Racing

Flightdeck + Rogue Racing

Interactive flying experience for groups. Flight simulator for ages 11 & up replicates the feeling of being in a cockpit & flying a plane.

ASU FIDM Museum

ASU FIDM Museum

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Western Museum of Flight

Western Museum of Flight

Museum dedicated to aviation history. Real & model aircraft in a museum devoted to the history of aviation in Southern California.

Pasadena Model Railroad Museum

Pasadena Model Railroad Museum

Visit this great place for kids and families!

GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live

GRAMMY Museum L.A. Live

Interactive exhibits & music memorabilia. Interactive exhibits & showbiz artifacts honor music greats past & present at this sprawling center.

Arboretum and Botanical Garden at Cal State Fullerton

Arboretum and Botanical Garden at Cal State Fullerton

26-acre botanical garden. A sprawling, 26-acre greenspace featuring 4,000+ types of plants, walking trails & a museum.

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles

Museum showcasing art created after 1940. Iconic contemporary art museum with a vast collection of multimedia works produced since 1940.

The Broad

The Broad

Contemporary museum with many works. Modern art museum with a honeycomb-like facade housing rotating exhibits, plus a shop & restaurant.

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