Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids
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Da Vinci Science Center
Double-decker, interactive science spot. Innovative exhibits & hands-on science experiments for all ages in a modern, two-story space.
Allentown Art Museum
Modern visual arts museum with gift shop. Art gallery featuring permanent & traveling exhibitions on display along with a cafe & gift shop.
Lehigh Valley Heritage Museum
Local historical society museum. One of the largest historical society museums in the country, with 6 galleries on area history.
America On Wheels Museum
Exhibits ranging from cars to scooters. Museum dedicated to wheeled transportation, from automobiles to scooters plus a cafe & gift shop.
Imagi Nation
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Museum of Indian Culture
Exhibits & education in historic digs. Rustic facility with Native American artifacts & crafts, plus interactive programs & events.
Haines Mill Museum
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Colonial Industrial Quarter
Historic Moravian industrial park. Historic mills, wash houses & other structures can be toured at this early Moravian industrial park.
Moravian Museum of Bethlehem - 1741 Gemeinhaus
Guided tours of 18th-century buildings. Tours are offered of 1700s buildings, with information on the town's founders & early history.
Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts
Museum in 3 connected 19th-century homes. Housed in 3 connected 19th-century homes, this museum features exhibits on decorative arts.
National Museum of Industrial History
Exhibits of American machinery & tech. A collection of engines, printing presses & other artifacts, presented with historical context.
Lehigh & Keystone Valley Model Railroad Museum, Inc.
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SteelStacks
Unique live entertainment complex. 10-acre campus with indoor & outdoor venues hosting festivals, concerts & community events.
Lost River Caverns
Underground walking tours, museum & shop. Attraction since 1930 with underground walking tours, museum, trail, gem mill, store & picnic areas.
Lehigh Valley Zoo
Kangaroos, cockatoos, crocodiles & camps. Zoo offers kangaroos, cockatoos, bobcats, bison, pony rides, a penguin pavilion & a camp for kids.
National Canal Museum
Hands-on exhibits & canal boat tours. Seasonal center offers hands-on exhibits & canal boat tours, plus a historic house, garden & trails.
Hugh Moore Park
Historic canal boat rides & a museum. Scenic waterway featuring historic boat tours, a canal museum with hands-on exhibits & a trail.
Nurture Nature Center
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Sigal Museum and Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society
Center for regional history & exhibits. Resource for artifacts from pre-European settlers, decorative arts, textiles, tools & furniture.
Crayola Experience
Attraction for crayon-centric activities. Roomy, crayon-centric warehouse with colorful kid-friendly activities, events, a cafe & a store.
Mercer Museum
Early American domestic tools & vehicles. Museum offering a look at early American tools, vehicles & domestic equipment used in everyday life.
Reading Science Center
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Reading Public Museum
Showcase for the arts & sciences. Museum with a focus on the arts & sciences offers varied exhibits, plus a planetarium & arboretum.
Reading Public Museum Arboretum
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The Bucks County Children's Museum - Advance Ticketing Recommended
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Howell Living History Farm
Living agriculture museum & active farm. Museum devoted to 250 years of area farm life, with costumed staff & active farming operations.
Glencairn Museum
Museum of Eastern & Western religions. Museum of Eastern & Western religious history housed in a medieval-style castle, with daily tours.
Garden of Reflection
Serene memorial set in a symbolic garden. A thoughtful 9/11 memorial using trees, water & a spiraling path to inspire quiet contemplation.
New Jersey State Police Museum
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Trenton City Museum/ Ellarslie Museum
Fine art exhibits & historical artifacts. Italianate villa museum since 1978 with rotating art exhibits, plus industrial & cultural artifacts.
Friends of Bolton Mansion
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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.
Planetarium At NJ State Museum
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New Jersey State Museum
Planetarium, art & historic exhibits. Museum with a planetarium & areas dedicated to fine art, cultural & natural history & archeology.
Old Barracks Museum
Revolutionary War-era British barracks. Set in a 1758 British military building, this museum offers exhibits of Colonial American history.
Morven Museum & Garden
Portraits & artifacts in an old mansion. This former Governor's mansion provides a glimpse of local history through art exhibitions & events.
Wagner Free Institute of Science
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The Treehouse
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Princeton University Art Museum
80,000+ ancient & contemporary works. Free & open to the public, this campus museum showcases 80,000+ ancient & contemporary works.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Famed art museum with classic pieces. Majestic space with famed entry staircase featuring Renaissance classics & special exhibits.
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.
Refreshing Mountain Retreat and Adventure Center
Casual cabins in a woodland resort. Relaxed cabins with kitchenettes in a resort offering an outdoor pool & sports.
Rodin Museum
Famous sculptures by French artist. Indoor/outdoor sculpture museum with the largest collection of Auguste Rodin's work outside Paris.
Grounds For Sculpture
Sculpture park with outdoor exhibitions. Vast park for contemporary sculpture, with 2 museums hosting seasonal exhibits, plus an arboretum.
The Franklin Institute
Kid-friendly, interactive science museum. Lively, family-friendly science museum with many interactive exhibits & displays plus a planetarium.
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.
Delaware County Institute of Science
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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.
Penn Museum
Museum of archaeology & anthropology. Set in a building with a Chinese rotunda, this museum has abundant artifacts & antiquities.
African American Museum in Philadelphia
Exploring the Black American experience. Interactive displays & exhibits preserve African-American heritage in 4 separate galleries.
Fireman's Hall Museum
Restored firehouse with exhibits & more. 1902 restored firehouse displaying local firefighting tools & machines, plus photographs & prints.
Museum of Illusions Philadelphia
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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."
Museum of the American Revolution
Multimedia exhibits on American history. Spacious & modern history museum presenting interactive exhibits on the American Revolution.
Philadelphia's Magic Gardens
Mosaicked folk art & a sculpture garden. Funky folk art venue provides mosaicked galleries, a sculpture garden maze & educational programs.
Independence Seaport Museum
Maritime exhibits & warship tours. Exhibits of artifacts & documents detailing the region's maritime history, plus tours of 2 vessels.
Adventure Aquarium
Diverse aquarium with a theater & hippos. Massive aquarium with a 3D theater, plus hippos, stingrays & an underwater shark tunnel.
Battleship New Jersey
Tours of World War II battleship. Visitors can tour the decommissioned battleship's 887-ft.-long deck & sailors’ living quarters.
Oasis Family Fun Center
Indoor play place with games & snacks. Children's indoor play zone includes a rock climbing wall, laser maze, trampoline basketball & more.
Roebling Museum
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