Janelle Durham

Destinations

My blog series “Destinations” offers detailed descriptions of fun places for hands-on STEM learning for kids age 3 – 10, such as children’s museums, science museums and more. Many are in the Pacific Northwest, but we’ve also done science road trips to other areas. Check out the google map linked below which shows most of the destinations.

Some of these posts are very recent, but many were written years ago. (As indicated by dates.) I’m not able to re-visit all of them and completely update all my posts, so please be sure to always CHECK THE MUSEUM’S WEBSITE for current info.

Washington:

Oregon:

Great Lakes Region

Arizona

The Map

Here’s the map of destinations we have visited.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/embed?mid=1bTp83RbUJdvwdXx41m_d3vC71u2nxBs&ehbc=2E312F

There are plenty more children’s museums and science museums out there, so check your local area. Many museums belong to reciprocal programs where if you have a membership at your local museum, you can use your membership card to get in free to other museums across the country (typically they have to be 100 miles away from where you live to qualify for that benefit.) The main two programs are ASTC – the Association of Science and Technology Centers – here’s their reciprocal programs; and ACM – Association of Children’s Museums – here’s their list. In the Pacific NW, we have the NW Association of Youth Museums program. Zoos and aquariums also have reciprocal programs.

Note: A few of these reviews are on my other blog, Good Days with Kids, which primarily talks about parenting skills. (You might appreciate my tips on Traveling with Children.) The rest are here on Inventors of Tomorrow, which is all about hands-on STEM learning for ages 3 – 6, and is filled with ideas for art projects, crafts, recommended songs, games, books, science experiments, sensory play, building projects, snacks, free printable worksheets and more, all grouped by themes. Check them out!

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