Best Museums & Educational Spots for Kids

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

Hershey Children's Museum

Hershey Children's Museum

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North Museum of Nature and Science

North Museum of Nature and Science

Educational exhibits plus a planetarium. Museum featuring exhibits including a dinosaur gallery & discovery room also boasts a planetarium.

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The Hershey Story Museum

The Hershey Story Museum

Hershey Museum has exhibits & workshops. Museum for all-things Hershey, including exhibits of Milton S. Hershey & a chocolate lab for kids.

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America's Transportation Experience / AACA Museum, Inc.

America's Transportation Experience / AACA Museum, Inc.

Vintage vehicles on display. Automotive museum presenting exhibits of vintage vehicles plus talks & tours for kids & adults.

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The Butterfly Atrium at Hershey Gardens

The Butterfly Atrium at Hershey Gardens

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Pennsylvania National Fire Museum

Pennsylvania National Fire Museum

History exhibits in an old firehouse. Exhibits on firefighting history, from vintage trucks to artifacts, in an 1899 Victorian firehouse.

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Lancaster Science Factory

Lancaster Science Factory

Interactive science museum for kids. Museum where kids can explore science, engineering & technology principles with hands-on displays.

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Hands-on House, Children's Museum of Lancaster

Hands-on House, Children's Museum of Lancaster

Interactive activities for kids 2 to 10. This roomy venue offers interactive exhibits, classes & events geared for kids ages 2 to 10.

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Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum

Landis Valley Village & Farm Museum

Pennsylvania German culture museum. Village & farm museum devoted to the history & culture of Pennsylvania's rural German community.

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Wolf Sanctuary of PA

Wolf Sanctuary of PA

Wolf refuge with guided tours. Family-owned wolf refuge with guided tours, including a once-a-month Full Moon night event.

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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.

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Refreshing Mountain Retreat and Adventure Center

Refreshing Mountain Retreat and Adventure Center

Casual cabins in a woodland resort. Relaxed cabins with kitchenettes in a resort offering an outdoor pool & sports.

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The Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum

The Pennsylvania National Guard Military Museum

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Reading Public Museum Arboretum

Reading Public Museum Arboretum

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Ellicott Mills Children's Museum

Ellicott Mills Children's Museum

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Reading Public Museum

Reading Public Museum

Showcase for the arts & sciences. Museum with a focus on the arts & sciences offers varied exhibits, plus a planetarium & arboretum.

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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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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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Reading Science Center

Reading Science Center

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