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The Works
FunPlace in: NewarkThe Works: Center for History, Art and Technology is Central Ohio’s only hands-on learning creating and doing place! Located in Newark, Ohio our museum is a great family destination filled with fun activities, fascinating displays and educational opportunities for all ages. The Works is a great place to explore on a school field trip, adult [...]
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Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum
FunPlace in: WheelingA 1900 Victorian school house that is now a Toy and Train Museum. Come and visit a walk through history, with Toys from the 1890′s until today. The main floor features Toys for both boys and girls, and even HANDS ON TOYS (yes while most items are behind glass, each room has a play area [...]
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FunPlace in: CorydonAcross the rolling prairie they came – – Native Americans hunting game, roaming free until 1845… Learn about the pioneers that came through Iowa at the Prairie Trails Museum museum.
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Kohl Childrens Museum
FunPlace in: GlenviewKohl Children’s Museum of Greater Chicago is a hands-on learning laboratory for children ages birth to 8. All of the exhibits and programs are aligned to the Illinois State Learning Standards and are designed to make learning fun and interesting for young children.
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Pinecone Playhouse
FunPlace in: West YellowstoneWestern Heritage Arts Center is an ambitious and visionary project that intends to showcase the rich storytelling heitage and cultural assets of the peoples who share a land as big as the West.
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North Dakota Museum of Art
FunPlace in: Grand ForksThe North Dakota Museum of Art is the official art museum of the State of North Dakota. Monday – Friday, 9 am to 5 pm Saturday – Sunday, 1 to 5 pm
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Prairie Village Museum
FunPlace in: RugbyA small admission fee will grant you a mesmerizing walk through history as you stroll along wooden walk ways and through fully furnished pioneer buildings. Plan to spend an afternoon at the museum with countless displays of over 35,000 square feet of history and heritage. Monday – Saturday 8am-7pm Sunday 1pm-7pm
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Ft Worth Children’s Museum
FunPlace in: Fort WorthThe Children’s Museum gallery targets the Museum’s youngest guests – age birth to 8 – and those who care for them. The purpose is to encourage opportunities for children to play, knowing that at this age level, children are learning through play. Inside the Children’s Museum is a healthy kids clinic, an infant/toddler developmental space, [...]
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Childrens Museum of Memphis
FunPlace in: MemphisThe Children’s Museum of Memphis creates memorable learning experiences through the joy of play in hands-on exhibits and programs.
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Strong National Museum of Play
FunPlace in: RochesterStrong National Museum of Play is the region’s largest year-round family attraction and the only museum in the world devoted to the importance of play. The museum has more than 150,000 square feet of dynamic, hands-on exhibits space. Guests can save the metropolis from evil-doers in the American Comic Book Heroes exhibit, shop in a [...]
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Childrens Museum and Theater of Maine
FunPlace in: PortlandLocated in the Arts District of downtown Portland, the Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine features a wide variety of interactive exhibits and activities for children and families!
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Liberty Bell and Independence Hall
FunPlace in: PhiladelphiaA few ideas so capture the imagination of mankind that they imbue physical objects with universal meaning. For Americans, indeed for all people, there are no more potent symbols of individual freedom than Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. Since 1951 this building and this long-silent tocsin have been maintained by the American people as [...]
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FunPlace in: PetersburgThe state-of-the-art 70,000 square foot museum brings the pages of the Bible to life, casting its characters and animals in dynamic form and placing them in familiar settings. Adam and Eve live in the Garden of Eden. Children play and dinosaurs roam near Eden’s Rivers. The serpent coils cunningly in the Tree of the Knowledge [...]
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Betsy Ross House
FunPlace in: PhiladelphiaBuilt more than 250 years ago, the building now known as The Betsy Ross House was home to not just Betsy, but to dozens of artisans and shopkeepers over the years before it was opened to the public as a museum in 1937. Come explore Betsy’s house, or experience the audio tour! Open 10 a.m. [...]
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Dallas Museum of Nature and Science
FunPlace in: DallasThis museum has great stuff for the whole family. Their permanent exhibits include dinosaurs, human body, a planetarium, and many others, and their Children’s Museum is great!
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Richmond Science Museum
FunPlace in: RichmondThe Science Museum in Richmond is next door to the Children’s Museum and has hands on science displays for kids of all ages. Perfect for field trips, summer outings and scout troops. Also has IMAX theater.
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Colorado Railroad Museum
FunPlace in: GoldenThis railroad museum has a great selection of old trains and railroad history. You can walk around the grounds to explore trains from different times and places, read about railroad history in Colorado as well as explore additional artifacts inside.
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FunPlace in: MidlandThe Museum of the Southwest services its community as a unique regional resource for cultural enrichment. In its Art Museum, Children’s Museum, and Planetarium, and on its park-like grounds, the Museum provides opportunities for enjoyment and enlightenment to people of all ages. Using tools of education and entertainment, the Museum fosters appreciation of art and [...]
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House of Mystery
FunPlace in: Gold HillTHE OREGON VORTEX – Young “Nancy Drew” and “Hardy Boys” will love this real life House of Mystery! Inside, you can’t stand up straight. You seem shorter when facing towards the south. A mystery? Not really. The Oregon Vortex is a spherical field of force, half above the ground and half below, and, by reason [...]
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FunPlace in: MedfordThis new and exciting hands-on Center encourages children to create his/her own experience by using fun interactive educational exhibits. Kids of all ages are encouraged to exercise their imaginations and intelligence through creative play.
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