Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids

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

Yale University Art Gallery

Yale University Art Gallery

Art exhibits in a series of buildings. Museum showcasing art from many regions & centuries housed in a Louis I. Kahn building & others.

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Connecticut Children's Museum

Connecticut Children's Museum

Trains, mirrors, bugs & rocket ships. Hands-on educational exhibits for kids in math, music, linguistics, nature & city environments.

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Yale Peabody Museum

Yale Peabody Museum

Exploring dinosaurs, animals & early man. Exhibits & dioramas on evolution, natural environments & human origins, with a regional focus.

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Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop

Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop

Historical Industrial Revolution site. Armory developed by the cotton gin's inventor, now a museum offering hands-on exhibits & a workshop.

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Ireland's Great Hunger Museum

Ireland's Great Hunger Museum

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The Slime Lab Co.

The Slime Lab Co.

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Sacred Heart University Discovery Science Center and Planetarium

Sacred Heart University Discovery Science Center and Planetarium

Hands-on science & space exhibits. All-ages museum & planetarium featuring hands-on exhibits with a focus on science & outer space.

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Barker Character Comic and Cartoon Museum

Barker Character Comic and Cartoon Museum

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EverWonder Children's Museum

EverWonder Children's Museum

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Mattatuck Museum

Mattatuck Museum

Art & history of Connecticut. Connecticut's cultural heritage is explored at this small American art & history museum with a cafe.

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Glebe House Museum & Garden

Glebe House Museum & Garden

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Kidcity Children's Museum

Kidcity Children's Museum

Imagination activities for young kids. Children's museum with 3 floors of hand-on activities, including a fishery & a medieval village.

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Stepping Stones Museum for Children

Stepping Stones Museum for Children

Interactive & educational fun for kids. Museum complex housing numerous educational exhibits for children, plus classes & a cafe.

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New Britain Youth Museum At Hungerford Park

New Britain Youth Museum At Hungerford Park

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Danbury Railway Museum

Danbury Railway Museum

Indoor/outdoor train exhibits & rides. Museum & 6-acre railyard with historic trains, rail equipment & models plus train & turntable rides.

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The Carousel Museum

The Carousel Museum

Antique carousel pieces, art & more. Collection of carousel ephemera plus vintage firefighting gear, Greek art & indoor working carousel.

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New Britain Museum of American Art

New Britain Museum of American Art

Colonial paintings to abstract sculpture. Museum showcasing American art through the ages with more than 10,000 paintings, sculptures & more.

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Railroad Museum of New England

Railroad Museum of New England

Old train displays & scenic rail trips. Victorian station with historic railroad collection offering train rides on the old Naugatuck line.

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Connecticut Science Center

Connecticut Science Center

Hands-on exhibits for kids. Science center aimed at kids & teens with more than 100 exhibits, a 3D theater & educational labs.

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Nature's Art Village

Nature's Art Village

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