Children’s Museum
Children’s Museum
The Children’s Museum waterfront Exhibit Center houses fun-filled participatory exhibits for children of all ages. Areas of interest range from culture and the arts to science and natural history. Exhibits change regularly. Daily programs, activities, and frequent special events forchildren, parents, and educators continue throughout the year.
Within the museum there are water play areas (Boats Afloat), a Construction Zone (much like the Big Dig happening all over Boston), rock-climbing walls, an art studio, a Latin American supermercado where even the littlest ones can “shop” for plastic food complete with baskets and checkout registers, and lots more. For the stroller set, there’s an entire Playspace just for very young visitors with exhibits and activities sized just for them. When we went last, an interactive visiting exhibit on pets featured live animals (house pets) to touch and instructions on responsible care for them.
If you get hungry, there’s a McDonald’s on site and a Hood Milk Bottle-shaped food stand out front, plus a picnic area to “bring your own".
The museum is accessible by car (there’s parking in back) or by “T” – get off the red line at South Station and walk across the bridge towards “Arthur". Plan to spend several hours at least, and if you plan to be back in the Boston area within the year, consider a membership.
