Best Museums & Educational Spots For Kids

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

Adventure Aquarium

Adventure Aquarium

Diverse aquarium with a theater & hippos. Massive aquarium with a 3D theater, plus hippos, stingrays & an underwater shark tunnel.

1 Riverside Dr, Camden, NJ 08103, United States

Battleship New Jersey

Battleship New Jersey

Tours of World War II battleship. Visitors can tour the decommissioned battleship's 887-ft.-long deck & sailors’ living quarters.

100 Clinton St, Camden, NJ 08103

Independence Seaport Museum

Independence Seaport Museum

Maritime exhibits & warship tours. Exhibits of artifacts & documents detailing the region's maritime history, plus tours of 2 vessels.

211 S Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Fireman's Hall Museum

Fireman's Hall Museum

Restored firehouse with exhibits & more. 1902 restored firehouse displaying local firefighting tools & machines, plus photographs & prints.

147 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Museum of the American Revolution

Museum of the American Revolution

Multimedia exhibits on American history. Spacious & modern history museum presenting interactive exhibits on the American Revolution.

101 S 3rd St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Benjamin Franklin Museum

Benjamin Franklin Museum

The story of the city's founding father. Artifacts & exhibits detailing the life of the historic figure, including a steel "ghost house."

317 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Museum of Illusions Philadelphia

Museum of Illusions Philadelphia

Visit this great place for kids and families!

401 Market St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

African American Museum in Philadelphia

African American Museum in Philadelphia

Exploring the Black American experience. Interactive displays & exhibits preserve African-American heritage in 4 separate galleries.

701 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA 19106

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

Mosaicked folk art & a sculpture garden. Funky folk art venue provides mosaicked galleries, a sculpture garden maze & educational programs.

1020 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19147

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University

Family-friendly natural history museum. Research institution's natural history museum featuring dinosaur bones, a butterfly house & more.

1900 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19103

The Franklin Institute

The Franklin Institute

Kid-friendly, interactive science museum. Lively, family-friendly science museum with many interactive exhibits & displays plus a planetarium.

222 N 20th St, Philadelphia, PA 19103, United States

The Mütter Museum at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

The Mütter Museum at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Medical history & pathology on display. Collection of over 20,000 unusual, unique anatomical specimens in a museum of medical history.

19 S 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103

Rodin Museum

Rodin Museum

Famous sculptures by French artist. Indoor/outdoor sculpture museum with the largest collection of Auguste Rodin's work outside Paris.

2151 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130

Wagner Free Institute of Science

Wagner Free Institute of Science

Visit this great place for kids and families!

1700 W Montgomery Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19121

Philadelphia Museum of Art Steps

Philadelphia Museum of Art Steps

Famous "Rocky" location with city views. Iconic stairs from the movie "Rocky" providing tourists a popular photo-op & views of the city.

2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Famed art museum with classic pieces. Majestic space with famed entry staircase featuring Renaissance classics & special exhibits.

2600 Benjamin Franklin Pkwy, Philadelphia, PA 19130

Penn Museum

Penn Museum

Museum of archaeology & anthropology. Set in a building with a Chinese rotunda, this museum has abundant artifacts & antiquities.

3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA 19104

The Treehouse

The Treehouse

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Zoological Dr, Philadelphia, PA 19104

Please Touch Museum

Please Touch Museum

Family-friendly, interactive exhibits. A large environment with a focus on ages 3-12 contains hands-on attractions, plus an on-site cafe.

4231 Avenue of the Republic, Philadelphia, PA 19131, United States

Barclay Farmstead Museum

Barclay Farmstead Museum

1816 Quaker living-history farm. This Quaker farmhouse, gardens & trails offer guests a view of living history from the early 1800s.

209 Barclay Ln, Cherry Hill Township, NJ 08034

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