Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids

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

The Little Towns Children's Museum

The Little Towns Children's Museum

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National Children's Museum

National Children's Museum

Creative museum for arts, science & more. Reimagined kids' museum with exhibits & hands-on programs for science, technology, arts & more.

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National Museum of African American History and Culture

National Museum of African American History and Culture

Smithsonian museum with unique exhibits. Popular Smithsonian museum with unique exhibits on African American history, culture & community.

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Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum

Exhibit-filled trip across the universe. Museum documenting the history of aviation & space exploration, with displays of vehicles & more.

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International Spy Museum

International Spy Museum

Interactive exhibits about espionage. Interactive look at the history of espionage features a large collection of spy artifacts & devices.

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National Cryptologic Museum

National Cryptologic Museum

Code-making artifacts & exhibits. National Security Agency museum highlighting artifacts & exhibits on code making & code breaking.

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DoodleHATCH Interactive Art Museum

DoodleHATCH Interactive Art Museum

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Ellicott Mills Children's Museum

Ellicott Mills Children's Museum

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B&O Ellicott City Station Museum

B&O Ellicott City Station Museum

Exhibits & events in a historic setting. Quaint museum in country's oldest surviving railroad station with local history exhibits & programs.

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Kinder Farm Park

Kinder Farm Park

Hands-on farming lessons & chickens. Farm turned county park, offering a look at past & present farming practices, including animal care.

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Play Street Museum - Severna Park

Play Street Museum - Severna Park

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B&O Railroad Museum

B&O Railroad Museum

Locomotive exhibits & train rides. National Historic Landmark highlighting nearly 200 locomotives, a model train display & train rides.

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Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum

Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum

Baseball icon's home & sports exhibits. Famed slugger's birthplace houses baseball memorabilia & other sports-related exhibits.

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Maryland Science Center

Maryland Science Center

Exhibits plus IMAX shows & a planetarium. Interactive exhibits at this museum featuring an IMAX theater, planetarium & rooftop observatory.

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Baltimore Museum of Industry

Baltimore Museum of Industry

An interactive history of local workers. The city's Industrial Revolution animated via displays such as an interactive 1865 oyster cannery.

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American Visionary Art Museum

American Visionary Art Museum

Unusual exhibits, sculptures & a garden. Small museum with unusual rotating exhibits by self-taught artists, plus sculptures & a garden.

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National Aquarium

National Aquarium

Iconic fixture for marine-life exhibits. Iconic landmark offering marine-life exhibits, a dolphin show, shark tank & walk-through rainforest.

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The Walters Art Museum

The Walters Art Museum

Ancient through 21st-century art. Historic 3-building gallery with paintings & artifacts from ancient times to the present.

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The Peale

The Peale

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Port Discovery Children's Museum

Port Discovery Children's Museum

Interactive exhibits for young learners. Kid-powered museum with 3 floors of hands-on exhibits & play areas, plus events.

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Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Reginald F. Lewis Museum

Exploration of African-American heritage. Exhibits explore local African-American heritage through themes of family, community, slavery & art.

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Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

Famed "Star-Spangled Banner" fort. Fort whose War of 1812 victory inspired "The Star-Spangled Banner," the U.S. national anthem.

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Baltimore Museum of Art

Baltimore Museum of Art

19th-century, modern & contemporary art. The collection of Matisses & Picassos, Impressionist works & a sculpture garden are some highlights.

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