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When it's too rainy or hot or cold, and the kids need some indoor activity, you can find it here, from museums to aquariums, bowling, play spaces, bounce houses, arts centers, libraries, story times, and more.Nature Center at Shaker LakesParent rating: ![]() Location: 2600 South Park Boulevard, Cleveland, OH The Nature Center at Shaker Lakes is an unusually tranquil space in the midst of an otherwise developed city - and city-dwellers apparently appreciate the land as much as other creatures...
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Rocky River Reservation and Nature CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 24000 Valley Parkway, Rocky River Reservation, North Olmsted, OH The Nature Center at Rocky River Reservation is one of our favorite places! Inside, children can get up close to Dunkleosteous, the "terrible fish" (a prehistoric, nightmarish version of...
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Garfield Park ReservationParent rating: ![]() Location: 11350 Broadway Avenue, Cleveland, OH Garfield Park Reservation, a Cleveland Metroparks property, boasts plenty of options for active families. The park has paved trails for strollers, bikers, and in-line skaters, picnic shelters, ...
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West Side MarketParent rating: ![]() Location: 1995 West 25th Street, Ohio City, Cleveland, OH An Ohio City landmark since 1912, the West Side Market is the largest indoor/outdoor market in the country, with 180 booths of the freshest meats, dairy, produce, bakery, cut flowers, ethnic fo...
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Lake Erie Nature & Science CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 28728 Wolf Road, Bay Village, OH Lake Erie Nature & Science Center provides wildlife exhibits and rehabilitation, planetarium, and education programs. Visitors can study a variety of (live) small mammals, fish, and am... |
Cleveland Botanical Garden (CBG)Parent rating: ![]() Location: 11030 East Boulevard, Cleveland, OH Serious green-thumb types might prefer to visit the Cleveland Botanical Garden sans children, to make the most of all that the expansive, historic center offers horticulturists. But kids are mo...
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Cleveland Public Libraries -- Brooklyn BranchParent rating: ![]() Location: 3706 Pearl Road, Cleveland, OH The Cleveland Public Library's Brooklyn Branch offers free wifi,regular afterschool programming, play-and-learn sessions, story times, homework help, and community events. |
Abrakadoodle Art ClassesParent rating: ![]() Location: Locations vary, Cleveland, OH Abrakadoodle's fun classes, imaginative instructors, and creative materials inspire the artist in every child, from ages 20 months through 12 years. Abrakadoodle programs meets both the...
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Great Lakes Science CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 601 Erieside Avenue, Cleveland, OH Almost all of the more than 400 exhibits at the Great Lakes Science Center - past Parents' Picks best museum...
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Hudson Library and Historical SocietyParent rating: ![]() Location: 96 Library Street, First and Main shopping center, Hudson, OH We love the Hudson Library and Historical Society for a lot of reasons - to start with, the Children's Room is nice and roomy with big comfy chairs parents can fit in with their k...
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Chagrin Valley Roller RinkParent rating: ![]() Location: 7151 South Main Street, Chagrin Falls, OH In business at this location for more than 35 years, Chagrin Valley Roller Rink is an institution; just ask parents in Cleveland's eastern 'burbs. After school open skate sessions and special ...
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Money Museum - Federal Reserve Bank of ClevelandParent rating: ![]() Location: 1455 East Sixth Street, Cleveland, OH Does money make the world go 'round? We don't think so, but at the Learning Center and Money Museum at the Federal Reserve Bank, money gets its due. When you're on a tight schedu... |
Rocky River Public Library & Cowan Pottery MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 1600 Hampton Road, Rocky River, OH Rocky River Public Library and Cowan Pottery Museum offers age-appropriate reading groups several times weekly, including Baby and Me for one-year-olds (and parent), Toddler Story Tim...
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Cleveland Play House (CPH)Parent rating: ![]() Location: 1901 E. 13th St., Suite 200, Cleveland, OH Cleveland Play House presents both adult and kid-oriented productions, as well as classes and workshops for children and teens. |







