6 Best Children's Museums In Colorado Springs

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Denver is known to be home to exotic locations, trekking trails, and mesmerizing beauty. However, if you are traveling with children you might need more than just nature to keep them busy. There are an amazing number of museums in the city that accommodate families to have fun, explore, and learn. A tour to these destinations ensures that your child learns, explores and gets entertained. They teach them to embrace their history, culture, and environment. Ditch that notion of a museum being a boring place and take a tour to any of the best children’s museums in Colorado Springs.

1. Play Street Museum Colorado Springs

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Posted by Play Street Museum Colorado Springs on Monday, 16 December 2019

It is a sure hit among kids, for they have an unlimited selection of fun activities and exhibitions that keep the kids fully engaged during their tour of the museum. Its activities are both entertaining and informative, channeling the information through fun-filled activities. Their activities commence with themed events and gradually grow as the imagination of your child grows. In the course of their engaging different activities offered, the kids get to learn a lot. Adults are encouraged to participate as it gives their children courage and helps the parents learn a lot about their kids. During weekends you can book reservations for birthdays and other special functions for your kids.

Play Street Museum Colorado Springs

Address: 7075 Austin Bluffs Pkwy, Colorado Springs, CO 80923, United States

Website: Play Street Museum Colorado Springs

Opening hours: Mon - Fri: 9am - 5pm (closed on Sat - Sun)

Price: 50 USD

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2. Ghost Town Museum

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Posted by Ghost Town Museum on Friday, 23 November 2018

Did you know about Colorado and its unnatural ghost stories and sightings? Getting the truth behind these scary stories works best for the kids through a tour of Ghost Town Museum. It has reconstructed the old and rusty ghost town. The kids enjoy ancient history and are allowed to make their own additions for fun. You get to accompany your kids back in time with attractions like the self-playing piano. During the tour, children learn the old times through viewing and even touching the steam engines, which for them is fun and a new encounter. One of the best things about this place is that it reconstructs the past. Children get to appreciate the strides made by their forefathers and parents. At the same time, such a tour sparkles their imagination and creativity. Their collection of artifacts is amazing too.

Ghost Town Museum

Address: 400 S 21st St, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, United States

Website: Ghost Town Museum

Opening hours: 10am - 5pm (daily)

Price: Adult: 7.50 USD; Child (6-16): 5.50 USD

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3. Space Foundation Headquarters and Discovery Center

Posted by Space Foundation Discovery Center on Wednesday, 11 December 2019

At times kids need to learn, explore things first hand as it ingrains deeply in their minds. Space education and exploration educates, informs and connects thousands of individuals interested in space. Founded in 1983, the facility seeks to create impact through bringing together young minds that steer development. Kids like the place, as many tour it with their mouths open admiring the numerous additions of the space industry. It focuses on science, math, engineering, and technology. It offers information on known astronauts such as Yuri.

Space Foundation Headquarters and Discovery Center

Address: 4425 Arrowswest Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80907, United States

Website: Space Foundation Headquarters and Discovery Center

Opening hours: Tue - Sat: 10am - 4pm (closed on Sun - Mon)

Price: 2 - 8 USD

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4. The Michael Garman Museum & Gallery

Posted by The Michael Garman Museum and Gallery on Wednesday, 8 January 2020

Art is a field loved and adored by not only the adults but also the kids. The Michael Garman Museum & Gallery acknowledges this fact and ensures the kids have such opportunities. It is known for featuring a broad spectrum of art with more than 500 handmade sculptures. Kids create portraits of their heroes as they admire and learn from those already made. It takes the kids through a journey learning the deep and ancient history of America and the explorations of famous persons in history. Guides help you, and the kids tour the enormous facility and even help to make creations that you desire.

The Michael Garman Museum & Gallery

Address: 2418 W Colorado Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, United States

Website: The Michael Garman Museum & Gallery

Opening hours: Sun: 12pm - 5pm; Mon - Sat: 10am - 5pm

Price: 3 USD

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5. Peterson Air & Space Museum

Posted by Peterson Air and Space Museum on Friday, 10 May 2019

Take your child on a tour of the rich and exciting aviation history of Peterson Air Force base and that of Colorado Springs when you visit this museum. They get to explore American aviation history from the early twenties all the way to the Second World War and beyond into the modern. Space aviation creates an exciting and rich history for kids triggering their thinking while having fun. They tour aircraft used during world war and other instruments that the museum harbors. Prior to visiting nonmilitary IDs are required to go through that system for security and planning reasons. The staff guides the kids through every step using simple language.

Peterson Air & Space Museum

Address: 150 E, Ent Ave, Peterson AFB, CO 80914, United States

Website: Peterson Air & Space Museum

Opening hours: Tue - Fri: 9am - 4pm (closed from Sat - Mon)

Price: Free

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6. Pike's Peak Children's Museum

Posted by Pikes Peak Children's Museum on Thursday, 2 January 2020

A visit to this place gives you and your kids an experience they never had in their lifetime. It offers a variety of fun activities and exhibitions that leave the kids engaged and entertained all day long. They major in fields like mathematics, science, and technology. It uses an interactive and educative system of entertaining the visitors making them explore areas they never had in the past. Their traveling programs will amaze you as they bring the museum experience right in your community. Additionally, they also facilitate birthdays, camps and volunteer programs for different activities covering the entire family.

Pike's Peak Children's Museum

Address: 704 E Boulder St, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, United States

Website: Pike’s Peak Children’s Museum

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Downtown Colorado Springs Outside Pioneers Museum
Source: Photo by Wikimedia Commons user David Shankbone used under CC BY-SA 3.0

Many people commonly associate museums with boredom and old tattered and unclear history. Colorado presents a very different picture for the kids exploring extreme heights of their imagination. In the course of visiting any of the above museums, they get a better exposure of history that they had little information or never had hard in their lifetime. Build your child’s imagination, creativity, and innovativeness with such a visit- they will thank you before they even complete their tour.

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