A lot if stations are not functional in the museum.. many items are broken or outdated. My 6 y.o. was somewhat enjoying CME. I think this museum will have "wow" effect on kids 3 years of age and younger.. Overall, if you have been to the children's museum of Indianapolis- than this museum will not be interesting at all..

Great museum for kids! Lots to do with many great interactive exhibits. A few repairs needed (biggest was the ball return in the Quack Zone) but with so much to do, my kid’s didn’t know.

This has gone downhill and it’s sad. The water room is closed, exhibits that used to feel full and complete now look empty and forgotten, and the walls/floors felt dirty in places. It needs a major facelift to feel as magical as it used to be years ago.

Fabulous place to take my grand nugget! He loved all 2 hours of exploration

Great educational hands-on experience for children. Great price. Also, a great bargin for those who use the Indiana SNAP program.

Belle and Braxton's 1st time here. We came for the kindergarten round up and the foam party! The kids enjoyed all of cmoe and had a blast. A few things not working quite right but they didn't seem to notice. Thank you so much for throwing a foam party! Everyone loved it and it was so much fun!

Visited on a Thursday during spring break. Steady traffic all throughout museum. $10 to get in per person. Had a 4, 5 year old and two adults. Three stories of activities and learning opportunities. Every floor easily has 100+ activities/games from train table, exploring water works, painting, reading, climbing and tunnels, to doctor station complete with life size operation game and all the doctor tools. Plenty of pretend play options like kitchens to make tacos, salads, picking a garden, operating a farm stand and so much more. While there were several activities out of order, we didn't have any trouble finding enough to do to occupy ourselves for 4+ hours. Staff is friendly and helpful, only downfall is they could be sanitizing things as they walk around. This is our second visit and we will come back again and again. Accomodations: *Free parking two short blocks away, or paid parking closer. *Wheelchair accessible throughout as there are elevators that take you to every floor. *Lots of space for wheelchairs/walkers/gait trainers to manuver about. *Many texture options for other impaired with audio options on several activities. *Clean building, old but not dirty. *Bathrooms on every level. *Birthday room available for rent *Walking distance to other down town activities *Hand sanitizer scattered throughout, especially by highly touched areas like beads, digger activity on main floor. *Mask recommendation but not required, staff do mask

My child and my niece had a great time at the museum! They have 4 3D printers that the kids can take home a small printed piece both of mine came home with about 3 each. I like that they have many different things to do and have fun and creative ways to let the kids express their imaginations, creativity, and play acting! Defiantly recommend for children

Stopped in for a gift card for a family membership. From what little we could see appears to be a fun place for kids to explore. Whoever I talked to prior on the phone was excellent. She explained how gifting a gift card would be much better than gifting a Family Membership obtained online. The recipient family has a year to redeem the gift card to activate their membership vs their gifted membership beginning immediately. Thanks for the tip!

I took my Grand daughter there today she absolutely loved it so much interaction. The staff was friendly but not a fan of Adults having to pay to watch our own kids. It was clean and I'll definitely take her back she loves learning.

I'm honestly shocked at the state of this place. More and more things are broken and never repaired. Nothing seems to work properly, including the ac! It has been so hot in there my kids don't even want to stay and play. The bathrooms are so nasty & smell so strongly of urine it's sickening. We were looking forward to having a nice cool place to escape the heat this summer, what a bummer! I was excited to become members again this year after covid wrecked our lives, but now I'm questioning if we will even renew our membership. It's a real pain that there is only 2hr parking also. And why not be open later? Most people don't get off until after 4pm! Summer hours maybe? This place needs work! I really hope to see improvements, this place was magical a few yrs ago!!

What incredible fun!! It’s so easy to spend a whole afternoon doing hundreds of activities for adults and kids! Many. many. many. photo ops 😂

Three stories of awesome stuff fun for so many ages! I took my 20 month old and we could have spent all day in there. I was nicely surprised. Highly recommend!

We had a wonderful time here. Really happy that we all came together. There are several rooms with things not working, but we still had a great day.

My grandbaby loved this place. We spent 2 hours here and could have stayed longer if they had a snack bar.

This place was SO much better than the reviews!!! We read the reviews, and I wasn't expecting it to be very nice, but I ended up taking our 6yold and 8yold anyway. I was SO impressed!!! They had 3 floors of activities, and so many things to keep the kids engaged! The staff was so helpful and friendly! We got told by a worker that they could make a plastic toy and keep it, and then it broke, and they replaced it for our child! So sweet! Also, Joel was very helpful and sweet! We honestly had enough to do for around 4 hours today! The kids made plenty of friends, and did things they've never done before! I couldn't recommend this place enough!

This place is amazing. My 9 and 6 year old girls were so entertained and engaged for 3 hours and could have stayed longer. 3 floors. Lots of interaction and hands on learning. Crafts you make and take all included in admission price. We'd love to come back. Highly recommend. If you are local, you can have a birthday party here and the pricing seems very reasonable for such a cool place.

This is a nice place to go for a little day out with the kids if you want to hang out somewhere inside. The exhibits are fun, but several things aren't fully functional or are outdated. My kids still had a great time and weren't too disappointed with anything that wasn't working correctly. The staff is pretty good. There were a few employees that seemed a little less than thrilled to be there. Overall, we had fun and the kids got to burn off some energy.

Great place to take the kids. You can buy a pass for a year for just a little over 100 for family. I think it's great value

My 7 month old and I had a wonderful visit! Lots to do with small kids, and specific areas for babies and their mothers. Many great exhibits for older ones as well. Staff were very nice and helpful. Close to parking structures and restaurants/coffee shops as well, so it's easy to make a day out of it. Looking forward to going back again when my child is older!

This place is so wonderful for kids!! The staff is always kind and they have so many fun things for kids to do!! I would recommend this place to anyone looking for somewhere fun and safe to bring their kids!!! Thank you CMOE for always providing such a fun experience!!! (I drive an hour to bring my sibling here and it is WORTH IT!!!) Also, if you have an EBT card then your admission is only 1 dollar per person!!!

My granddaughters are having a blast! But, they don't see what I do. A lot of things here are broken or there's a shortage. Quack factory... ball vacuum broken. The plumber area these toys could use an upgrade so they don't spray water out the nuts halfway across room! 😜 There's no fog 😢 Ball processed today? 0. Shortage... only 2 dry erase markers. Video doesn't work. Washers and nuts to build car 🚗 not enough for several children at a time to build and play. 😏 There's a shortage of balls. I hope they are able to make repairs and add to the shortages!

Great place for kids! Three looks of hands on activities for kids to do snd play with. There's crafts, 3d printers, doctor play, bank play, construction play and more! We were there for 3 hours and could've stayed for more. This place is worth it!

There is so much to do. My kids had so much fun, friendly staff. Highly recommend visiting if you haven't yet.

Took my kids with my sister in law and nephew and the kids' Meme. They all had a blast, from our toddlers up. Such a neat place with lots to do and see. Kids loved the Quack Factory the most, I'd say. Meme bought the Grandparents membership, so we will definitely be back!

Parking is only 2 hours near the museum. I took my 6yo daughter for her birthday. Entry is $10 per person. We were underwhelmed after hearing about it from friends. If we had more time for parking, we could have spent most of the day there on the indoor playground with tall slides (those are here favorite). Top exhibits for us: The electrical station on 3rd floor, the produce stand on floor 2(?), the wind energy and play structure (2), the water area sub level 1, and the large play structure just off the lobby level 1. Some exhibits were broken and many did not have instructions on how to use them.

I wish there was a way to put zero stars this experience was awful. This wasn’t our first time going all the ones before were amazing and fun filled and we returned but this experience we not be because most of facilities being out of date or broken a lot of the things my family was most excited about got taken away with no replacement. The staff was incredibly rude we went into the art room and we didn’t get welcomed nor did we get invited to do the craft the others were doing once we were the only ones in there we tried to ask them what craft they were doing and got rudely ignored . This was a very disappointing experience and we will not be returning not worth the 40 dollars at all.