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Best Places to Take Your Kids in Memphis
Children's Museum of Memphis is one of Best Places to Take Your Kids in Memphis.

1. Children's Museum of Memphis

8.7
2525 Central Ave, Memphis, TN
Museum · 25 tips and reviews

Memphis Loves KidsMemphis Loves Kids: Take your kids (and their imaginations)to pilot a FedEx plane, build a house, climb a skyscraper and report the evening news. Read more.

Memphis Skate Park is one of Best Places to Take Your Kids in Memphis.

2. Memphis Skate Park

Memphis, TN
Skate Park · 3 tips and reviews
Levitt Shell is one of Best Places to Take Your Kids in Memphis.

3. Levitt Shell

9.0
1923 Poplar Ave (at Overton Park), Memphis, TN
Amphitheater · Idlewild-East End Historic · 10 tips and reviews

Kerry C.Kerry Crawford: All of the shows at the Levitt Shell are free and kid-friendly. Check the calendar for kid-focused day shows, too.

My Big Backyard is one of Best Places to Take Your Kids in Memphis.

4. My Big Backyard

750 Cherry Rd, Memphis, TN
Playground · Colonial Acres · 3 tips and reviews

Kerry C.Kerry Crawford: My Big Backyard is the awesome, playground-like kids' area in the middle of the Memphis Botanic Garden. It's educational, sure, but it's also got fields, tree houses and water features.

Woodland Discovery Playground @ Shelby Farms is one of Best Places to Take Your Kids in Memphis.

5. Woodland Discovery Playground @ Shelby Farms

7.5
N Pine Lake Dr (S of Mullins Station), Memphis, TN
Playground · 24 tips and reviews

Kerry C.Kerry Crawford: The best playground in the city is also part of the Sustainable Sites Initiative, which means that it's environmentally sound. Read more.

Jerry's Sno Cones is one of Best Places to Take Your Kids in Memphis.

6. Jerry's Sno Cones

1657 Wells Station Rd, Memphis, TN
Ice Cream Parlor · 68 tips and reviews

Kerry C.Kerry Crawford: Stop by an ATM (Jerry's is cash only). Use said cash to get a Red Wedding Cake Supreme snow cone. Read more.

La Michoacana is one of Best Places to Take Your Kids in Memphis.

7. La Michoacana

8.3
4091 Summer Ave, Memphis, TN
Ice Cream Parlor · 19 tips and reviews

Kerry C.Kerry Crawford: Try the chili-pineapple paleta. It'll kick you in the mouth, then sweetly apologize. Read more.

Cancer Survivors Park is one of Best Places to Take Your Kids in Memphis.

8. Cancer Survivors Park

6.5
Perkins Extended (Southern), Memphis, TN
Park · Colonial Acres · 4 tips and reviews

Kerry C.Kerry Crawford: This park has a maze, sculptures, and plenty of open space for running around.

Peabody Park is one of Best Places to Take Your Kids in Memphis.

9. Peabody Park

7.5
Memphis, TN
Playground · Midtown · 4 tips and reviews