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• - Museum of discovery about the people, technologies and ecology of the Chesapeake Bay region.
  
• - Hands-on exhibits focusing on science, history, and art for children ages 3-10. Virtual tour, membership information, and news. Located in Kansas City, MO
  
• - To engage, encourage, and challenge children ages 1 through 12 and adults as well, in the Arts, Sciences, Safety & Health, and Culture & History. Niantic, CT.
  
• - This site helps children develop interpretive and analytical skills through interactive discussions of paintings and sculpture in the National Gallery of Art, educational activities, and an animated musical story.
  
• - Facility includes 12 galleries, classrooms, parent/teacher resource center, Kid Smart educational gift shop, 200-seat auditorium and restaurant. Offers bilingual, interactive exhibits; programs and classes. Includes hours, admission rates and directions
  
• - Professional service and membership organization with the purpose of expanding the value and role of children's museums throughout the world. Site contains a listing and links to all member children's museums throughout the world.
  
• - List of U.S. children's museums, by state.
  
• - Houses permanent and temporary interactive, hands-on exhibits. Includes hours, admission, details of exhibits, educational programs and directions.
  
• - Dedicated to creating a dynamic place where children and families can explore and discover the natural, technical, cultural, and creative aspects of the world. Lincoln, NE.
  
• - Experience science, mathematics and technology through hands-on exhibits, IMAX films, educational programs and a gift shop filled with books, videos and gifts.
  
• - Virtual exhibit guide, programs overview, volunteer and membership information, and calendar of events. Located in Bangor, Maine.
  
• - Hands-on, interactive exhibits for kids 1-11 and their families. Check out daily programs and plan a visit.
  
• - Detailed descriptions of all the exhibits and fun activities at the museum. Located in Coralville, Iowa.
  
• - Where history, nature, and the arts come to life for children and adults to explore. Innovative programming, outdoor nature experiences and seasonal nature camps. Outdoor adventure experiences include rock-climbing, canoeing, fishing, and hiking. Washing
  
• - interactive learning zone where children and adults can explore, imagine, create, and discover together. Salt lake City, UT.
  
• - Includes interactive games for kids, a Grown-up Wing, and a calendar of events.
  
• - Provides 12 rooms with more than 125 hands-on activities. Includes description of theme areas, hours, admission rates and directions. [English and Spanish].
  
• - Offers 11 main areas of exploration. Includes history, details of exhibits, hours and prices, membership and volunteer opportunities, and directions. Located in Omaha, Nebraska.
  
• - A hands-on educational discovery museum for children and parents. East Windsor, NJ.
  
• - Featuring hands-on exhibits, live demonstrations, tours, activities and shows. Includes hours, information for teachers, admission rates and directions. Located in Victoria, Australia.
  
• - Washington, DC. Exhibit guide, hours and travel information, newsletter, information about group tours, summer camps, and other special activities.
  
• - Visitors are encouraged to make choices, invent, imagine, create, discover, play, and learn together. Museum's calendar, special events, hours and fees. Located in greater Kansas City.
  
• - Offers four major galleries, each filled with hands-on, interactive exhibits. Includes hours of operation, admission fees, gift shop, membership and volunteer details, educational resources and directions. Located in Honolulu.
  
• - know what's happening at the museum, new exhibitions and how to get there. Grand Rapids, MI.
  
• - Geared towards children ages six months through 10 years. Many interactive exhibits. Material for parents and educators, descriptions of events and exhibits, prices, map, hours, and policies on renting or using the museum for special occasions.
  
• - Offers many hands-on exhibits, including farming, fishing, a fire engine, banking, shopping, computer lab and space shuttle experience. Includes hours, admission rates and directions. Located in Portland.
  
• - Klamath Falls, Oregon. A museum without walls, bringing its exhibits to kids and teens in the community.
  
• - A tour of the Museum of Modern Art fashioned just for kids.
  
• - Features over 250 interactive science, technology and art exhibits for all ages. Provides hours, admission fees, programs, membership details, volunteer opportunities, and contact information. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  
• - Tucson, Arizona. Over 400 kinds of mammals, birds, insects, and prehistoric animals from all over the world most displayed in their natural habitats.
  
• - Information on planetarium, hands-on gallery, art programs, school and group programs and the museum store.
  
• - Children's museum and Hungerford Park nature center.
  
• - A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village - Salem, Oregon. Hands-on children's museum with interactive exhibits in the sciences, arts and humanities.
  
• - A hands-on museum that offers fifteen larger-than-life, kid powered, interactive exhibit areas. Site has prices, directions and a schedule of exhibits.
  
• - The world's largest children's museum with a history that dates back to 1925. Offers non-traditional learning opportunities for children and their families. Indianapolis, Indiana.
  
• - Featuring interactive exhibits, live demonstrations and performances. Includes hours, fees, membership details, events, programs, volunteer opportunities and directions. Located in Ashland, Oregon, United States.
  
• - Exhibits, calendar, general and contact information. Portsmouth, NH.
  
• - Milwaukee, WI. "Where kids can play their way smart". Ages 1-10.
  
• - Located in Washington Park across from the Oregon Zoo. Map, hours, prices, contact information, museum layout, tours, exhibits and programs, and opportunities to use the museum for special occasions.
  
• - Bettendorf, Iowa. Touch a tornado, make a cloud, experiment with music and sound, investigate the workings of the human heart... and on this website find out to get to all this fun stuff.
  
• - The museum has over thirty different exhibits, in 15,000 square feet, each designed for specific age and interest groups. Site has prices and hours, directions, and a floor plan of the exhibits. Located in Paramus, NJ.
  
• - Children's museum and the Museum of Bolivian Arts and Culture center around Bolivian arts, crafts, and cultural history. Located in La Paz, Bolivia.
  
• - A regional family place where the young and the young at heart can explore, create, experiment, learn and exercise their imaginations. Located in La Crosse, WI.
  
• - Hands-on educational facility designed for children ages 2-12. Includes a calendar of activities, hours, admission fees, volunteer opportunities, and wish list. Located in Richland, Washington.
  
• - Located in Olympia, Washington. Find about their current exhibits, and hours of operation.
  
• - Features more than 70 hands-on exhibits. Includes details of exhibits, hours, admission, calendar of events, educational programs, membership form and map.
  
• - Located at the Seattle Center. The region's preeminent private, nonprofit learning institution focusing on interactive arts and humanities exhibits and programs for children and their families.