Top 5 Best Museums For Kids

Museums are a great learning experience for children and at the same time they can be very fun to go in. Plus at almost every kids museums the child can touch, pick up and play with things. Kids do not like going to places just to look at artifacts and paintings. That can get boring and become more of a chore for you then fun for them. Kids like to interact and have hands on experiences which are a better way for them to learn. When they go to pick something up you can ask them what it is they have and other thing like how does it work, what is it used for and so forth. If they do not know they may ask you then again they are learning by asking how and what something is. Do not think just because the child wants to play, play, play that they are not learning as well. This is how a child learns is by playing with different things. There are hundreds of museums that are fun for kids but below is a list of the 5 best museums for kids that are located all over the country.

Museums That Are Great For Kids

1. Denver Museum of Nature and Science. This museum has all kinds of different exhibits related to nature and science that kids can play with and learn from. Also they have an Imax theater were they can watch a movie in as well.
2. The Boston's children museum. This museum says their goal is to engaging families and communities to help children become creative, curious, global, green and healthy.
3. Strong national Museum of Play in New York. They have the world's largest collection of toys, dolls, games and other objects that deal with playing. They also have a butterfly museum with about 800 different species of butterflies in it.
4. Port Discovery children's Museum in Baltimore MD. They have a great big slide and climbing structure. Wonders of water is their newest exhibit.
5. The children's museum of Indianapolis. This is the largest museum in the world. It has physical and natural science as well as history, world culture, and arts. Children will stay busy for hours in this wonderful museum.