My daughter and grandchildren live in Oregon. They have been to many children's museums and they thought the museum in La Crosse was one of the best they had been to. We spent an hour and a half there and wished we could have stayed another two hours.
The LaCrosse Children's Museum is such an asset to our city. There is an admission charge but for anyone who lives here I would definitely recommend looking into the annual membership. For a relatively small fee, you can support the museum AND obtain free admission for one child and up to six additional friends. The museum provides hours of fun for children between the ages of one and a half to 10, I would think. I have brought groups from France there, with the children being aged 13, nine, and six, and they were delighted with the exhibits and the activities. Now I am able to bring my grandchildren there, and even though those children are younger, they enjoy it just as much. I cannot think of a better way to spend a couple hours of sometimes questionable weather than to go downtown to the children's museum. Parking is not a problem; The ramp is less than a block away.
My 6 year old son loves this place. Stop once every year. Tiny Kwik Trip store is always a favorite. Only thing that sucks is you have to park on street and admission is $6 for all ages.
My three year old loved this Children's museum! It had a lot of fun things right up his ally- a fire truck, a crane truck and a water table. Besides the climbing wall, I'm not sure how much school aged children would enjoy, but overall we had fun and my son keeps asking to go back.
We took our 3 & 5 Year old grandchildren here on their 1st train trip to La Crosse. The train didn't leave until 7pm so we were looking for something to keep them busy for the day and this was the place!! We got here at noon and didn't leave until 4:30. With 3 floors it kept us "busy" the whole time with nice simple activities to do.
My 2 year old loves playing here, especially the camping area, fire truck, dinosaurs, and grocery/convenience store. There was also a morning craft, followed by a song and snack. Our admission was free due to a reciprocal agreement with our local children's museum where we were members.
We bought our grandson a museum membership but the daily entrance fee is worth every penny if you have to occupy young children. Plenty of hands on activities and displays for every interest from the climbing wall to the dinosaur maze, the firestation to the mini kwik trip and the shadow wall is always fun.
If you had kids that are active, this is the place to go! It's worth the fee to enter. There are rotating displays that are all interactive. There are also crafts and often times special shows. Great for one kid or a large group. Staff is helpful, the museum is clean, check out their website to see special events.
Great place to take kids and grand kids. Mine loved the climbing wall, Kwik Trip for kids, bank, toddler area, river exhibit with hands on water feature, and dinosaur maze. Three floors of activities and fun.
I took my 18 month old son here and he thought it was amazing. They have an area dedicated to kids under 4. They are all hands on and there is a lot to keep them busy. We spent two hours there and I am sure we could have stayed longer. It is easy on the wallet to. Decent price to get in and I found a coupon on there website. I plan on possibly getting a membership so we can keep going back.