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Best Museums & Educational Spots For Kids

Discover the best museums & educational spots for kids in Chester.

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania

Antique locomotives & other artifacts. Museum of railroad artifacts from 19th-century locomotives to antique clocks, plus exhibits & talks.

300 Gap Rd, Strasburg, PA 17579

Mercer Museum

Mercer Museum

Early American domestic tools & vehicles. Museum offering a look at early American tools, vehicles & domestic equipment used in everyday life.

84 S Pine St, Doylestown, PA 18901, United States

The N.C. Wyeth House & Studio

The N.C. Wyeth House & Studio

Visit this great place for kids and families!

Unnamed Road, Chadds Ford, PA 19317

Mt. Cuba Center

Mt. Cuba Center

Woodland gardens at a 1930s manor house. Parkland at a Colonial Revival mansion, planted with native species & open in summer for tours.

3120 Barley Mill Rd, Hockessin, DE 19707, United States

Hagley Museum

Hagley Museum

Gunpowder mills & du Pont family history. Riverfront site featuring regional industrial history, including gunpowder mills & the du Pont home.

200 Hagley Creek Rd, Wilmington, DE 19807, United States

Iron Hill Science Center

Iron Hill Science Center

Visit this great place for kids and families!

1115 Robert L. Melson Ln, Newark, DE 19702, 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

DuPont Environmental Education Center of Delaware Nature Society

DuPont Environmental Education Center of Delaware Nature Society

Visit this great place for kids and families!

1400 Delmarva Ln, Wilmington, DE 19801, United States

E. I. du Pont Home and Garden

E. I. du Pont Home and Garden

Visit this great place for kids and families!

298 Hagley Creek Rd, Wilmington, DE 19807, United States

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

Delaware County Institute of Science

Delaware County Institute of Science

Visit this great place for kids and families!

11 Veterans Sq., Media, PA 19063

Delaware Children's Museum

Delaware Children's Museum

Interactive play for kids of all ages. Riverfront building for toddlers to teens features interactive exhibits & a climbing structure.

550 Justison St, Wilmington, DE 19801

Rockwood Park & Museum

Rockwood Park & Museum

Gothic mansion with hiking trails. 19th-century Gothic manor house featuring regular guided tours & park with gardens & paved trails.

4651 Washington Street Extension, Wilmington, DE 19809, United States

The Old State House

The Old State House

Majestic capitol building, built in 1791. Former state capitol building, built in 1791, featuring a geometric staircase & gilt ceiling sham.

25 The Green, Dover, DE 19901

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

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

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

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

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

Delaware Agricultural Museum

Delaware Agricultural Museum

Tractors, farm equipment & an 1890s town. Museum showcasing tractors & farm equipment, with an adjacent 1890s village (barn, windmill, etc.).

866 N Dupont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901

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