Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids

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

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Visit this great place for kids and families!

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Modern & contemporary art museum. Free-admission art museum/school focused on modern & contemporary works, with a restaurant & shop.

Museum & concert venue in a 1920s manor. Furnished 1920s stone mansion housing an art museum, library, concert venue & botanical garden.

Governor's mansion with guided tours. This historic mansion offering guided tours has been the residence of Iowa's governors since 1971.

Pedestrian space with public attractions. Park housing a sculpture garden, dedicated chess & picnic tables, the Central Library & more.

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Grand space for exhibits on world hunger. Beaux arts-style edifice with exhibits on achievements in agriculture & the fight against hunger.

Horticultural exhibits & art galleries. Seasonal blooms showcased outdoors & in a geodesic dome, plus educational programs & art shows.

Hands-on exhibits, IMAX theater & more. Science-focused interactive galleries & learning labs plus a planetarium & IMAX cinema.

Quaint park featuring quirky sculptures. Small, offbeat attraction showcasing a jumbo archery target, an egg-shaped UFO & a giant clothespin.

Indoor/outdoor animal exhibits & more. Train rides, petting areas, carousel, concessions & more in a year-round zoo & conservation center.

Black WWI officers & WAC women exhibits. This fort museum showcases history exhibits on African-American WWI officers & WAC women of WWII.

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