Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids

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

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.

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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.

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Discovery Cube

Discovery Cube

Rotating displays & interactive exhibits. Educational museum with a focus on kids offers over 100 hands-on exhibits, plus special programs.

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Bowers Museum

Bowers Museum

Global art, lectures & a restaurant. Mission Revival-style museum for global art (permanent & temporary), lectures & an eatery, Tangata.

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Fullerton Museum Center

Fullerton Museum Center

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

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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.

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Los Angeles County Fire Museum

Los Angeles County Fire Museum

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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.

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Hathaway Ranch Museum

Hathaway Ranch Museum

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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.

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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.

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Whittier Museum

Whittier Museum

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

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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.

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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.

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Pretend City Children's Museum

Pretend City Children's Museum

Imaginary town & exhibits for kids. Set up as a pretend city, this kids' museum has a post office, cafe, farm & other interactive areas.

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Phillips Mansion

Phillips Mansion

Stately historic manor built in 1875. Second Empire-style mansion constructed in 1875, damaged by earthquakes, now used for events.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Chino Youth Museum

Chino Youth Museum

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American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA

American Museum of Ceramic Art / AMOCA

Exhibitions & classes devoted to clay. Dedicated solely to ceramic art, the museum hosts exhibitions & offers classes in its clay center.

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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.

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Chino's Old Schoolhouse Museum

Chino's Old Schoolhouse Museum

Landmark site of a 19th-century school. The local historical society operates this museum set in a small late-1800s school.

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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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Planes of Fame Air Museum

Planes of Fame Air Museum

Aviation exhibits to educate & inspire. Aviation museum featuring a collection of aircraft & memorabilia, plus a youth education center.

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NHRA Motorsports Museum

NHRA Motorsports Museum

Hot-rod vehicles & memorabilia. Museum tracing the history of hot-rod racing with vintage cars, motorcycles & artifacts.

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RailGiants Train Museum

RailGiants Train Museum

Train museum with real locomotives. Open the second weekend of each month, this museum on train history features locomotives on display.

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The African-American Museum of Beginnings

The African-American Museum of Beginnings

Source for history & cultural exhibits. Small museum featuring African & African-American history & cultural exhibits, along with programs.

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Southern California Children's Museum

Southern California Children's Museum

Kids' play space with hands-on exhibits. Indoor play area with interactive activities for toddlers, such as a kitchen, teepees & costumes.

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Claremont Lewis Museum of Art

Claremont Lewis Museum of Art

Cool venue with community art exhibits. Charming facility showcasing painting, sculpture & other works by local artists, past & present.

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Benton Museum of Art

Benton Museum of Art

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Norton Simon Museum

Norton Simon Museum

Noted collection of European & Asian art. Unconventional building housing a noted collection of European & Asian art plus a sculpture garden.

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Ontario Museum of History & Art

Ontario Museum of History & Art

Art museum with events & workshops. Museum in a historic building with exhibits on art & history, plus workshops & events.

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Chaffey Community Museum of Art

Chaffey Community Museum of Art

Contemporary community art gallery. Community art gallery started in 1941 displaying contemporary pieces by regional artists.

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Kidspace Children's Museum

Kidspace Children's Museum

Interactive indoor & outdoor exhibits. This museum with an expansive outdoor play area features hands-on arts & science exhibits.

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Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology

Raymond M. Alf Museum of Paleontology

Famed museum with huge fossil collection. Notable paleontology museum offering a vast selection of fossils & specimens, plus history exhibits.

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The Museum of Jurassic Technology

The Museum of Jurassic Technology

Quirky exhibits of art & natural history. Collection of microscopic sculpture & other eccentric curiosities in art, science & natural history.

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La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

La Brea Tar Pits and Museum

Prehistoric-fossil excavation site. Ice Age–fossil excavation site with an adjacent museum, plus a re-created prehistoric garden.

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Petersen Automotive Museum

Petersen Automotive Museum

Showing classic hot rods & concept cars. A vast collection of autos including restored antiques, race cars & vehicles from famous movies.

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Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Los Angeles County Museum of Art

From pre-Columbian to contemporary works. This 20-acre campus with diverse collections spanning art history also offers screenings & concerts.

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Griffith Observatory

Griffith Observatory

Planetarium, telescopes & city views. This art deco landmark from 1935 features a high-tech planetarium, public telescopes & city views.

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Cooper Regional History Museum

Cooper Regional History Museum

Local history in an old fruit exchange. Regional & cultural history museum in a converted 1930's Art Moderne fruit exchange building.

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World Museum of Natural History

World Museum of Natural History

University natural history museum. Natural history museum on a university campus with animal, plant & mineral exhibits.

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World of Illusions Los Angeles

World of Illusions Los Angeles

Interactive experiences in trendy museum. 3D illusions & an Upside-Down House exhibit, plus other interactive experiences in a popular museum.

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The Hollywood Museum

The Hollywood Museum

Movie, TV, stage & music exhibits. Hollywood history, including props, costumes, scripts & photos, housed in a historic building.

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Medieval Torture Museum

Medieval Torture Museum

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Hollywood Wax Museum

Hollywood Wax Museum

Museum containing waxwork celebrities. Famous Hollywood faces are cast out of wax at this museum with late-night hours.

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Hollywood Bowl Museum

Hollywood Bowl Museum

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Autry Museum of the American West

Autry Museum of the American West

History museum with art & a cafe. Spacious museum featuring exhibits with artwork & artifacts, plus a cafe & children's activities.

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