Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids
Explore the best best museums & educational spots for kids options for kids and families in Pompano Beach
Sample-McDougald House Preservation Society
Preserved 1906 home with guided tours. 1906 colonial Georgian Revival home & garden offering guided tours & period furnishings.
Hillsboro Lighthouse Museum
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Butterfly World
Vivid, butterfly-filled botanical garden. Vibrant venue featuring a botanical garden with butterflies & birds plus an insect museum & more.
Fern Forest Nature Center
Wilderness area with many habitats. Vast preserve with 30 types of ferns, various habitats, native plants & nature center with reptiles.
Arboretum at Constitution Park
Quiet backdrop for unusual trees. Serene surroundings with 200+ species of exotic trees & a half-mile accessible path to explore.
Bonnet House Museum & Gardens
Lush, historic & arty plantation home. Verdant, storied, 1920s-era plantation home featuring gardens, an arty interior, tours & more.
Childrens Science Explorium
Hands-on learning center for kids. Interactive exhibits & programs for children, featuring a range of science-based topics.
Old Dillard Museum
Historic school for African Americans. Exhibits featured in a landmark erected in 1907 as the first African-American school in the city.
Museum of Discovery and Science
Science exhibits for all ages. Downtown facility offering interactive exhibits for kids & adults, eco-center & giant IMAX theater.
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
Modern art from around the world. Complex with more than 6,000 works of art, plus an academy, bookstore & cafe.
Historic Stranahan House Museum
Tour of a 1901 trading post & residence. Guided visit around a 1901 trading post later converted to a local businessman's family residence.
Fort Lauderdale Fire and Safety Museum, Inc.
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Boca Raton Museum of Art
Eclectic works & a sculpture garden. Paintings, drawings, photos & glasswork spanning centuries, plus a sculpture garden & shop.
Coral Springs Museum of Art
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Gumbo Limbo Nature Center
Boardwalk, sea tanks & butterfly garden. Preserve with a boardwalk leading to a lookout, plus a butterfly garden & tanks with sea turtles.
Island SPACE Caribbean Museum
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Young At Art Museum
Art programs & exhibits for kids, teens. Spacious, modern facility offering classes, field trips, day camps, interactive workshops & cafe.
Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens
Serene setting for art & culture. Tranquil, lakeside destination with Japanese tea ceremonies, festivals, classes & a sushi cafe.
Sandoway Discovery Center
Interactive nature programs & exhibits. Established nature center in a 1936 beachfront house with shark/stingray feedings, exhibits & tours.
Playtown Museum
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Schoolhouse Children's Museum
Interactive history exhibits for kids. Children's museum featuring interactive, hands-on exhibits on South Florida's early history.
Paradox Museum Miami
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Museum of Illusions
Photo-friendly tricks of perspective. Quirky, colorful photo backdrops with interactive elements, clever optical effects & 3D artworks.
Miami Children's Museum
56,500 sq. ft. of fun for kids. $25 million complex for kids with hands-on exhibits, classes, a cruise ship replica & music studio.
Phillip & Patricia Frost Museum of Science
Interactive exhibits, classes & shows. Hands-on facility offering weather & technology exhibits, a planetarium & an aquarium.
Henry Morrison Flagler Museum
Grand mansion from the Gilded Age. Artwork & antique furnishings adorn this stately Gilded Age–era mansion built for an oil tycoon.
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