Top rated Childrens museums in Santa Monica, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Childrens museums in Santa Monica

Experience the best that Santa Monica has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 22 places from Childrens museum category.

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EcoVivarium

Zoo

Nonprofit museum dedicated to reptiles, amphibians & arthropods with hands-on encounters.

4.90 (144 reviews) (~164.59 km from centre)

Lucky Art Crayonology

Children's museum

👍👍 What a wonderful experience; I took my niece and we both loved it! I love all things creative and this is definitely a great spot for imagination & creativity. They guide you from station to station and explain everything in great detail. I highly recommend it.

4.90 (73 reviews) (~73.67 km from centre)

San Diego Botanic Garden

Botanical garden

Large botanical garden with vistas & four miles of trails featuring flowering trees, palms & bamboo.

4.70 (3.3K reviews) (~155.36 km from centre)

MOXI, The Wolf Museum of Exploration + Innovation

Museum

Contemporary museum devoted to science, technology & the arts, with a focus on interactive exhibits.

4.70 (1.2K reviews) (~118.76 km from centre)

The Zimmerman Automobile Driving Museum

Museum

Museum with antique, vintage & muscle cars, plus an old-school ice cream parlor & space for events.

4.70 (1K reviews) (~13.92 km from centre)

Pennypickle's Workshop

Children's museum

Family-friendly venue with an on-site gift shop offers interactive exhibits for kids of all ages.

4.70 (547 reviews) (~137.16 km from centre)

Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum

Museum

Museum for kids combining play & education, with a bubble machine, pirate ship & tar-pit exhibits.

4.70 (220 reviews) (~205.75 km from centre)

Kidspace Children's Museum

Children's museum

This museum with an expansive outdoor play area features hands-on arts & science exhibits.

4.60 (2.4K reviews) (~33.67 km from centre)

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum

Children's museum

Lively indoor & outdoor museum providing interactive educational exhibits for children.

4.60 (1K reviews) (~164.13 km from centre)

Alta Vista Botanical Gardens

Botanical garden

Botanical gardens dotted with works of art offering native plants, a lotus pond & ongoing classes.

4.60 (579 reviews) (~148.21 km from centre)

George F Canyon Nature Center and Preserve

Nature preserve

👍 Beautiful short hike. About a mile up. Mostly flat except for the end where it get’s pretty steep. There were LOTS of bees. If you’re allergic to bees, this is not the hike for you. Otherwise, it’s very beautiful. Shady in some parts, and nice views of nature. Lots of poison oak/Ivy around too.

4.60 (73 reviews) (~31.4 km from centre)

The New Children’s Museum

Children's museum

From creative classes to climbable sculptures, contemporary art for kids, in a bright, modern space.

4.50 (2.8K reviews) (~190.64 km from centre)

Pretend City Children's Museum

Children's museum

Set up as a pretend city, this kids' museum has a post office, cafe, farm & other interactive areas.

4.50 (1.7K reviews) (~81.16 km from centre)

San Luis Obispo Children's Museum

Children's museum

A range of temporary & permanent interactive exhibits designed to inspire learning through play.

4.50 (67 reviews) (~243.29 km from centre)

Exploration Discovery Center

Children's museum

👍👍 This is a great place to bring your children and grandchildren. A preschoolers room with all a diner, kids kitchen, pet vet area, and grocery area. A water entertainment center, electric and foot power cars, a science center, music hut, sand room, arts and crafts area, water reclamation system, turt...

4.50 (55 reviews) (~230.34 km from centre)

Discovery Cube Los Angeles

Museum

This playful, educational museum features permanent & traveling hands-on exhibits for children.

4.40 (1.9K reviews) (~29.59 km from centre)

Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center

Museum

Nature-focused activities include an earth science museum & hands-on learning with rocks & fossils.

4.40 (951 reviews) (~95.95 km from centre)

Cayton Children's Museum

Children's museum

Designed for children 8 & under, this museum boasts hands-on exhibits & frequent family programs.

4.40 (769 reviews) (~0.68 km from centre)

Discovery Cube

Science museum

Educational museum with a focus on kids offers over 100 hands-on exhibits, plus special programs.

4.30 (3.6K reviews) (~63.86 km from centre)

Lori Brock Discovery Center

Children's museum

😠 Went there on a field trip with my daughters school. The staff were unhelpful, rude and dismissive. There was trash everywhere. There were literal garbage cans, knocked down in the kids play area with food on the floor that nobody picked up prior. The play room was not that clean and nobody thought...

4.30 (64 reviews) (~160.24 km from centre)

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