I cannot say enough good things about the Montshire. My kids love the hands on activities and walking trails. Best part is the water exhibits outside. We spend the entire day here...open to close. Highly recommended for families with children under age 14.
My 10 year old son LOVED this museum! He could have stayed all day (and wanted to!) We stayed about 2.5-3 hours, and would have stayed longer if we didn't have other plans. There are lots of different activities that we both enjoyed - three or four floors of activities and hands on exhibits! I love that there are outdoor hiking trails - It is in such a beautiful spot. We walked outside for a bit, but it was a little too cold! It's definitely worth the price of admission. The ant display was fascinating! I would highly recommend this to others, and hope to return in warmer temps!
I took the granddaughters ages 6,7 to see how Sue was doing along with the bees, leafcutter ants ,etc. They love to feed the ants! Always a great place to go. They change the exhibits around frequently so everything is fresh and exciting. They love the water park and the trails. A wonderful museum!
take the kids take the adults everything in here was great and i would go again in a heart beat. This is a great place to understand science at a basic level. We spent two hours here. Warning lots of stairs here!
We stopped here to break up a 4 hour drive on a hot Saturday afternoon in August. We wanted to see Sue the T-Rex and explore the museum. The boys (5 and 8 years old) loved it, and we only wished we had come prepared for the outdoor water play with bathing suits and towels. We bought sandwiches and ice cream at the big tent outside. It was a little crowded and the fun activities in the corner upstairs were usually packed. Interactive exhibits can keep the kids entertained for hours. I think we all enjoyed it more than the Boston Museum of Science particularly because of the outdoor space. There are also hiking trails and a lookout tower. Highly recommended.
Kids loved this place! I have to say, there are a lot of things I learned myself and there were some great puzzles that I had to be dragged out by my wife from because they were very challenging for me. There were exhibits in physics and mechanics as well as exhibits detailing the lives of real bees and ants. Very educational. Wish I could spend more time on the puzzles!
Pretty much guaranteed to find fun for almost any type of kid. With lots of outdoor as well as indoor stuff, works perfectly on a cloudy day. Parents will enjoy the science and the trails not to mention seeing their kids so productively entertained.
We have been here twice. Both times we had to pull the kids away. Good for young children. I was a little disappointed this time that they had drastically reduced the bubble section, but otherwise it seemed as popular as ever.
Just echoing what many others have said previously. We have travelled to many different children's museums in several different states, and this is by far one of the best. It's the perfect size, very engaging, with a "hands-on" focus to all of its exhibits. We live 1.5 hours away, but visit this museum at least 6 times a year because it's worth it. Our kids (6 and 3) never tire of it, and neither do we. A magical place.
If I could award more than 5 stars I would. We just loved this museum so much that we are going back again in a couple of days. We are not children but seniors (in our 2nd childhood perhaps) and there was just so much for us to do. I actually enjoyed the T-rex exhibit and I don't like dinosaurs. IT was a great experience to watch the ant colony at work. We spent a couple od hours getting frustrated by mind games, only to feel so great once solving them. Outdoors we made discordant music and wrapped ourselves in bubbles.What great adventure awaits us?? I do wish I could go into the 5years old and under room. It looked like great fun. Every child the world over should have a Montshire Museum available to them.