Best of Boston

Best Family-Friendly Museum

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Boston Children’s Museum

Boston
This sprawling three-level temple of fun and learning has always been a place where tiny humans can go to play, touch, build, measure, and create. [...] read more»
2021 Best Family-Friendly Museum

Museum of Science

Boston
The perfect fun summer day with the kiddos isn’t complete without standing in the shadows of a life-size T-Rex or a journey through space at [...] read more»
2018 Best Family-Friendly Museum, West

Discovery Museum

Acton
You know you’ve arrived when you spot the big green dinosaur, Bessie, on the front lawn. But this Acton landmark is no fossil: An $8.8 [...] read more»
2018 Best Family-Friendly Museum, North

Peabody Essex Museum

Salem
The longest continuously operating museum in the U.S. is also one of the area’s best for kids. Model ships anchor the vast maritime collection, while [...] read more»
2018 Best Family-Friendly Museum, South

Plimoth Plantation

Plymouth
There’s nothing more kid-friendly than a slice of history that can answer you right back. Experience life as it was for Massachusetts’ first European settlers—and [...] read more»