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Have you completed this bucket list at The Children's Museum?
A visit to The Children’s Museum is always a memorable experience. But have you participated in everything the museum has to offer? We’ve assembled a list of must-do museum exhibits, activities, and experiences that everyone should do at least once.
Have you checked all of these items off your list? It might take more than one visit to accomplish everything. That’s why a membership is such a great idea—you can visit again and again (and again)!
1.Attend the Life in the Pond program
Meet the live animals that live in our pond and discover how they support each other in their ecosystem. You’ll even get to watch them eat! Our daily calendar is full of programs like this one that are included with museum admission.
Located inside Corteva Agriscience ScienceWorks on Level 4.
2. Join the End of the Day Parade
Every day our mascot, Rex, leads visitors on a parade from the top floor of the museum to the exit. It’s a tradition at The Children's Museum, symbolizing the close of an amazing day of fun and family memory-making.
Begins on Level 4 outside Corteva Agriscience ScienceWorks at approximately 4:45 p.m.
3. Play with the Ball Machine
This Rube Goldberg machine was designed by an artist named George Rhoads and has been part of the museum since 1995. Kids from ages 1–101 marvel at the balls as they move along inclined planes, levers, wheels, and screws throughout the machine!
Located on Level 1.
4. Dig for fossils
Families dig dinos! Our play dino dig pit is based on a real excavation in Montana.
Located on the Lower Level of Dinosphere® in Creatures of the Cretaceous™
5. Walk through the Mirror Maze
Discover hidden nooks and crannies in our mirror maze that incorporates
carnival mirrors with wild perspectives.
Located inside Carousel Wishes and Dreams on Level 4.
6. See a live show
Experience familiar and surprising stories brought to life on the stage in Lilly Theater. See the current performance schedule here.
Located on the Lower Level.
7. Try a new sport
Find a sport you love by sampling “my-sized” sports a no fear, just fun atmosphere. Because when the goal is fun, everyone wins!
Located in the Riley Children’s Health Sports Legends Experience®. Outdoor experiences are open spring–fall and are weather-dependent.
8. Assemble a mummy
Visit the tomb of Seti I in National Geographic Treasures of the Earth and piece together the pharaoh’s sarcophagus lid.
Located on the Lower Level.
9. Take a flight
Let Take Me There® Airlines "fly" you to the Mediterranean—without leaving the state!
Take Me There®: Greece is located on Level 2.
10. Pose in the IndyCar
Sit in a real IndyCar show car and imagine yourself driving in the Indianapolis 500 at speeds over 200 miles per hour. Climb in and start your engine!
Located on Level 3.
11. Build your own Fireworks of Glass tower
Dale Chihuly created this 43-foot-tall masterpiece featuring more than 3,000 stunning pieces of blown glass and a “floating” ceiling with an additional 1,600 pieces of glass for Fireworks of Glass. Build your own colorful tower in the space below the “floating” ceiling.
Located on the Lower Level.
Don't forget to stop by The Museum Store for a souvenir from your visit!
There's so much to do!
With five floors of fun and 7.5 acres of indoor/outdoor fun, the excitement doesn't stop with this bucket listt. Check out these itineraries for more ways to make memories at the world's biggest and best children's museum:
Ready to start checking things off your children's museum bucket list? Buy tickets today and get started!
