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The best family-friendly museums
Balboa Park is one of The best family-friendly museums.

1. Balboa Park

9.6
1549 El Prado (at Park Blvd), San Diego, CA
Park · Balboa Park · 334 tips and reviews

USA TODAYUSA TODAY: Download the travel guide and spend days in this city park's various museums -- don't miss the world's fastest jet at the Air & Space Museum! Read more.

AC Gilbert's Discovery Village is one of The best family-friendly museums.

2. AC Gilbert's Discovery Village

8.5
116 Marion St NE, Salem, OR
Museum · 14 tips and reviews

USA TODAYUSA TODAY: Check out the veterinary hospital, where kids can treat a menagerie of stuffed animals! Read more.

Discovery Place is one of The best family-friendly museums.

3. Discovery Place

8.8
301 N Tryon St (7th St), Charlotte, NC
Science Museum · Fourth Ward · 57 tips and reviews

USA TODAYUSA TODAY: Keep track of the wacky traveling exhibits like Animal Grossology, which explores concepts from slug slime to cow flatulence. Read more.

Denver Art Museum is one of The best family-friendly museums.

4. Denver Art Museum

9.3
100 W 14th Avenue Pkwy (btwn Broadway & Bannock St), Denver, CO
Art Museum · Civic Center · 200 tips and reviews

USA TODAYUSA TODAY: Check out the special family backpacks -- they're full of activities that help explain the art to kids. Read more.

Frist Art Museum is one of The best family-friendly museums.

5. Frist Art Museum

8.7
919 Broadway (at 9th Ave S), Nashville, TN
Art Museum · 81 tips and reviews

USA TODAYUSA TODAY: Check out the interactive gallery, where families can create their own art! Read more.

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis is one of The best family-friendly museums.

6. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

9.2
3000 N Meridian St (at W 30th St), Indianapolis, IN
Museum · Near Northwest - Riverside · 144 tips and reviews

USA TODAYUSA TODAY: The Dinosphere exhibit is scaled so adults can crawl through the display with their kids! Read more.

Explora! is one of The best family-friendly museums.

7. Explora!

8.8
1701 Mountain Rd NW (18th St), Albuquerque, NM
Science Museum · 22 tips and reviews

USA TODAYUSA TODAY: Check out the experiment bar, where you can try out your own science projects. Read more.

Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo is one of The best family-friendly museums.

8. Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo

9.0
1101 W Sligh Ave (at North Blvd), Tampa, FL
Zoo · 117 tips and reviews

USA TODAYUSA TODAY: Grab a list of the newest babies on display and check out the more than 1,500 animals in this zoo! Read more.

USS Constitution Museum is one of The best family-friendly museums.

9. USS Constitution Museum

8.5
22 1st Ave. (Charlestown Navy Yard, Bldg 22), Charlestown, MA
History Museum · 26 tips and reviews

USA TODAYUSA TODAY: Families can see what it was like to sail on this ship when they swing in sailor hammocks and ponder whether they could stomach a meal ration of wormy hardtack. Read more.

The Works Museum is one of The best family-friendly museums.

10. The Works Museum

7.5
9740 Grand Ave S, Bloomington, MN
Science Museum · East Bloomington · 4 tips and reviews

USA TODAYUSA TODAY: Check out the variety of lab activity spaces with all kinds of materials that you can use, touch and explore the museum. Read more.