Children's Museum Competitors

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is extraordinary—always! Through its world-class exhibits, the museum strives to excite and encourage family learning and curiosity by providing limitless opportunities to create memories and foster a sense of discovery. The mission of The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is to create extraordinary learning experiences across the arts, sciences, and humanities that have the power to transform the lives of children and families. With 472,900 square feet and five floors of family learning, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis is the world’s biggest and best children’s museum. Here you can discover new worlds, talk with real experts, and see authentic artifacts in always-changing exhibits.

Minnesota Children’s Museum is dedicated to sparking children’s learning through play. Our vision: “Kids play more. Adults do, too. We thrive as a happier, healthier and more innovative community through the radiant power of play.” The museum, which first opened in 1981 and moved to downtown St. Paul in 1995, serves more than 460,000 visitors each year at its locations in St. Paul and Rochester, and reaches thousands more across the state through Smart Play Spots, Storyland exhibits and other programs. As the nation’s leading developer of traveling children’s museum exhibits, the museum is a trailblazer in creating immersive learning environments, reaching more than 10 million children and adults in the United States, Canada and Mexico through the nation’s largest collection of children’s traveling exhibits. The museum is consistently rated as one of the top children’s museums in the country by national media outlets such as Forbes and Parents and was named as a finalist for an Institute of Museum and Library Services Medal of Service, the nation’s highest honor conferred on museums and libraries.

Mission Boston Children’s Museum (a private, non-profit) engages children and families in joyful discovery experiences that instill an appreciation of our world, develop foundational skills, and spark a lifelong love of learning. Vision Boston Children’s Museum is a welcoming, imaginative, child-centered learning environment that supports diverse families in nurturing their children's creativity and curiosity. We promote the healthy development of all children so that they will fulfill their potential and contribute to our collective wellbeing and future prosperity. Values We believe in the intrinsic value of play and provide opportunities for experiential learning, and multisensory, object-based exploration. We connect children and families to transformational experiences and ideas in science and technology, health and wellness, arts and humanities, and global cultures. We support parents, caregivers, educators, scientific researchers, civic leaders and health professionals in addressing critical issues facing children. We embrace change and innovation in order to address the changing landscape of childhood. We introduce children and families to the diverse cultural life of the city and are a vibrant urban meeting place for all in Boston and beyond.