The Best Children’s Museums

The nation’s 200-plus museums designed specifically for kids keep breaking attendance records. Parents are looking for educational but fun places to bring their family. Children’s museums are poised to help you meet that need. Inside their doors, play inspires lifelong learning. Here are a list of the ones ranked best in the Northeast.

Brooklyn Children’s Museum, NY

Garden State Discovery Museum, Cherry Hill, NJ

Staten Island Children’s Museum, NY

Children’s Museum of Manhattan, NY

Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, PA

Stepping Stones Museum for Children, Norwalk, CT

Children’s Museum of Southeastern Connecticut, Niantic, CT

The Children’s Museum, Boston, MA

Port Discovery, Baltimore, MD

Children’s Museum of Maine, Portland, ME

Providence Children’s Museum, RI

Children’s Museum of Portsmouth, NH