Discovery Center in Rockford recently learned they were named one of the top destinations in the US to visit with toddlers.
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ROCKFORD – The best children’s museums pique curiosity, encourage imagination, help develop crucial skills, foster creativity and spark a life-long passion for our world. The goal is for kids to learn — and have fun doing it — so that they may lead richer and fuller lives.
Discovery Center in Rockford recently learned they were named one of the top destinations in the US to visit with toddlers.
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Discovery Center Museum
Not only does this Rockford children’s museum boast over 250 hands-on, science-based exhibits, its Rock River Discovery Park is the nation’s first community-built science park. Kids learn the geometry and physics behind sports from baseball to tennis; fly an airplane in a cockpit simulator; explore the wonders of electricity, color, weather, the human body and the planetary system; learn how farming impacts our daily lives by doing things like studying a beehive and milking cows; and participate in live news broadcasts. Outdoors, they dig for dinosaur bones, send whispered messages by satellite dish and operate a water wheel.
During frequent themed family fun days, you can watch a volcanic eruption and eat at a luau during the Hawaii day, or explore bubbles, healthy eating and astronomy on other days.
Other museums selected included Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Ind.; The Strong National Museum of Play, Rochester, N.Y.; Boston Children’s Museum, Boston, Mass.; Brooklyn Children’s Museum, Brooklyn, N.Y.; Kohl Children’s Museum, Glenview, Ill.; Please Touch Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.; Audubon Butterfly Garden & Insectarium, New Orleans, La.; Minnesota Children’s Museum, St. Paul, Minn.; Children’s Museum of Houston, Houston, Texas; EdVenture Children’s Museum, Columbia, S.C.; Glazer Children’s Museum, Tampa, Fla.; Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, Ga.; The DoSeum, San Antonio, Texas; and Crayola Experience, Easton, Pa.
For descriptions and links of the other museums, visit: https://www.familyvacationcritic.com/best-museums-for-toddlers/art/
