Experts' Choice Award Brooklyn Children's Museum
9 expert reviews
“Take your own kids or someone else's so you can get in on the fun without looking silly.”
– Not For Tourists
Fodor's "A mile east of Grand Army Plaza is the oldest children's museum in the world, now housed in a sparkling Rafael Viñoly–designed "green" building." Full review
Lonely Planet "A bright yellow, L-shaped structure houses this hands-on kid favorite, which was founded in 1899." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The nation's first museum just for kids sports a new canary-yellow, Rafael Viñoly-designed upper level incorporating solar panels, and has display cases made of compressed sunflower seeds." Full review
Time Out "When it was founded in 1899, the BCM was the country’s first museum specifically made for children. Today it’s one of the most comprehensive." Full review
Where "Originally opened in 1899 and now boasting an expanded building, the nation’s first museum dedicated to children houses hands-on activities and interactive exhibitions." Full review
Travel + Leisure "If you have kids between the ages of six months and 10 years old, head to the Brooklyn Children's Museum for an afternoon of hands-on educational and engaging exhibits"
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Frommer's "The very first museum of its type in the nation...taking as its inspiration that children love to play at working, the museum gives them a number of places in which to “toil.” " Full review
Frommer's "Inspired by the idea that children love to play at working, the museum gives them a number of places in which to "toil": a garden where they can plant things...a pretend restaurant and grocery store " Full review
