Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids
Explore the best best museums & educational spots for kids options for kids and families in Gaithersburg
The Little Towns Children's Museum
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National Children's Museum
Creative museum for arts, science & more. Reimagined kids' museum with exhibits & hands-on programs for science, technology, arts & more.
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.
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.
International Spy Museum
Interactive exhibits about espionage. Interactive look at the history of espionage features a large collection of spy artifacts & devices.
DoodleHATCH Interactive Art Museum
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National Cryptologic Museum
Code-making artifacts & exhibits. National Security Agency museum highlighting artifacts & exhibits on code making & code breaking.
Ellicott Mills Children's Museum
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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.
B&O Railroad Museum
Locomotive exhibits & train rides. National Historic Landmark highlighting nearly 200 locomotives, a model train display & train rides.
Babe Ruth Birthplace and Museum
Baseball icon's home & sports exhibits. Famed slugger's birthplace houses baseball memorabilia & other sports-related exhibits.
Maryland Science Center
Exhibits plus IMAX shows & a planetarium. Interactive exhibits at this museum featuring an IMAX theater, planetarium & rooftop observatory.
The Walters Art Museum
Ancient through 21st-century art. Historic 3-building gallery with paintings & artifacts from ancient times to the present.
American Visionary Art Museum
Unusual exhibits, sculptures & a garden. Small museum with unusual rotating exhibits by self-taught artists, plus sculptures & a garden.
National Aquarium
Iconic fixture for marine-life exhibits. Iconic landmark offering marine-life exhibits, a dolphin show, shark tank & walk-through rainforest.
Kinder Farm Park
Hands-on farming lessons & chickens. Farm turned county park, offering a look at past & present farming practices, including animal care.
The Peale
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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.
Port Discovery Children's Museum
Interactive exhibits for young learners. Kid-powered museum with 3 floors of hands-on exhibits & play areas, plus events.
Reginald F. Lewis Museum
Exploration of African-American heritage. Exhibits explore local African-American heritage through themes of family, community, slavery & art.
Baltimore Museum of Art
19th-century, modern & contemporary art. The collection of Matisses & Picassos, Impressionist works & a sculpture garden are some highlights.
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.
Play Street Museum - Severna Park
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