Modesto Children's Museum

WELL KEPT! Their workers are kind & patient, not only that but they attend to keeping every station clean. They need a RAISE! Easy way to keep your kids busy for a couple of hours. 2 stories with a lot to do different ways for them to be creative & active. Will be back!

WONDERFUL experience. All the staff were super friendly: Juliet was amazing helping my 4 year-old when she got scared and stuck on the climbing structure and Jess went above and beyond helping when my daughter soaked her clothes in the water room and when she started to meltdown at closing time. Cool exhibits, great mix of activities, and everything in great shape and clean. We will definitely be going back!

What a wonderful place! Clean, thoughtful, welcoming, sensory. Little littles would love it here. I can only speak for under 7 yrs old. There is so much to learn, explore, discover. Tips:- park across the street. Easy paid parking and short walk for the family.- get there right at opening. It gets crowded on a Saturday. - tell the front desk if you're celebrating a birthday. My little got a birthday pin to wear.- let your littles explore! There's so much to see, look up and down and around. You're likely to see something new. - parents can do everything the kiddos do, including climbing up the tower to go down the giant slide. - be aware there are itty bitty littles who are still crawling or just barely walking so watch your step- create. On our visit there was a library pop up where kids got a free book and made their own bubble wands and counting game. - lunch somewhere downtown. There are so many options.

My family and I celebrated one of our Lil cousins bdays there a couple of Weeks ago and our host I think his name is Ernesto showed us what a host is supposed to be he showed nothing but respect smiles and alot of care for the kids and how art is much respect to him for being a great person definitely need him to be a host for another time we go to the children's museum my son loved how he drew him a venom from the spiderman comics p.s. this guy is a keeper for the museum for his knowledge of arts keep up the great work ernesto

My partner got discounted tickets through work. We came on a Saturday and it was a lovely time. Our little one loved playing grocery store shopper and cook on their second floor. She loved the area that had the air push the cloth through the tubes. She didn't enjoy the bottom floor with the water as much because the room echoed and the other kids were too loud. The space was enjoyable and all kids seemed to love it. Not sure if I would go often but would recommend for one time attendance or come every so often.

This was our first time here in this place and my son loved it. They have a regular door and a tiny door for your tiny one as you enter. They have 2 level of fun and activities that made my son busy and engaged. They also have an area for babies and toddlers that is corralled and separated from the big kids. The first level consists of the stage/costume play area, water activities, piano to play music with, wall of tinkering buttons and changing lights, maze, magnatiles/light lab. The second level consists of the baby/toddler play area, mini grocery (where they can pretend to shop or work), maker lab (it was closed when we went there due to heat wave advisory), and air lab. Situated in the middle of the room on both floors is the adventure climber in which children (and adults) can climb and go through mazes to reach both floors. It is enclosed in tightly woven ropes for both safety and fun. There is also a long slide that lets you slide from the top to the bottom. This place easily takes up hours to explore. My son and I spent 3+ hours here. I also like that if you come early when they just opened, the place aren't packed. The parking garage across from this building can also get packed and would be impossible to find a parking spot. Also, make sure to bring extra change of clothing if your kids love water as they can get soaking wet playing in the water lab. They do have waterproof aprons, but it really doesn't help much if they really love to splash around. The people who worked here were so friendly, and have loads of patience especially when dealing with kids (and their parents). It was a very clean, bright and well sanitized place.

Tried to visit this museum as a paying customer with my partner to see if our children might like it. Was turned away saying we needed to have a children present. I explained we just wanted to look around and they said we were welcome to look if we were considering being "major donors." Otherwise we were welcome only in the gift shop, I love Modesto and was looking to vet a family friendly experience. I won't be back.

Better than the OMCA! Good for toddlers and school children. My son's fav was the water section where kids get their hands wet and play with different water fountain structures.

Family member recommended this museum for the kids and it did not disappoint. It's not super huge yet it kept the kids entertained for hours! Reference we have three kiddos ages 13, 7 and 6 and even my 13 year old kept herself busy. We decided to go in the morning and were happy we did so because it was empty, the kids really got to experience each section without feeling rushed. Staff was really friendly wish it were closer we would return.

My kids absolutely loved this place. So so worth it. They offer a lot of hands on activities.