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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.Children's Museum of RichmondParent rating: ![]() Location: 2626 W. Broad Street, Richmond, VA The mission of the Children's Museum of Richmond is to inspire all children by appealing to their natural capacity for curiosity, exploration, and learning. CMoR's engaging learning environment...
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MaymontParent rating: ![]() Location: 2201 Shields Lake Drive, Richmond, VA Maymont's grounds (covering 100 acres) are home to a museum, beautiful gardens, a nature center, a children's farm, and many wildlife exhibits. Classes for children and adults are offered on a ...
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Lewis Ginter Botanical GardenParent rating: ![]() Location: 1800 Lakeside Avenue, Richmond, VA Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden offers year-round beauty with more than 40 acres of spectacular gardens and the mid-Atlantic's only classically styled Conservatory open to the public. The first s...
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Kangaroo Jac'sParent rating: ![]() Location: 3941 Deep Rock Road, Richmond, VA Kangaroo Jac's is home to giant indoor inflatables, where kids can bounce to their hearts' content - one flat rate covers the whole day. The facility also offers air hockey and a few vi... |
Color Me MineParent rating: ![]() Location: 11627 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA Color Me Mine is a paint-your-own ceramics studio offering hundreds of different bisque items to choose from. Novices needn't fret, as stencils, stamps, design books, and a computer design cent...
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The Little Gym of Glen AllenParent rating: ![]() Location: 8300 Staples Mill Road, Richmond, VA The Little Gym's core program is Developmental Gymnastics, a non-competitive, motor skill development program focusing on creating fun, positive experiences. Classes are designed for chi...
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The Poe MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 1914-16 East Main Street, Richmond, VA Richmond's Poe Museum houses a strong collection of author Edgar Allan Poe's manuscripts, letters, first editions, memorabilia, and personal belongings. |
Black History Museum and Cultural CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 00 Clay Street, Richmond, VA The goal of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center is to become a permanent repository for visual, oral, and written records and artifacts commemorating the lives and accomplishments of b...
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The Museum and White House of the ConfederacyParent rating: ![]() Location: 1201 E. Clay Street, Richmond, VA The Museum of the Confederacy's mission is to serve as the preeminent world center for the display, study, interpretation, commemoration, and preservation of the history and artifacts of the Co...
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Old Dominion Railway MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 102 Hull Street, Richmond, VA The Old Dominion Railroad Museum strives to interpret the social and economic impact that the area railroads and their employees had, and continue to have, on the Richmond area and its citizens...
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Science Museum of VirginiaParent rating: ![]() Location: 2500 West Broad Street, Richmond, VA The Science Museum of Virgina is a very busy place, packed with eye catching exhibits and hands-on activities. Permanent exhibits include Bioscape, which encompasses three galleries (fro...
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Virginia Aviation MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 5701 Huntsman Road, Richmond International Airport, Richmond, VA The Virginia Aviation Museum features the spectacular SR-71 Blackbird; 30 historic, vintage aircraft; reproductions of the Wright brothers' kite, gliders, and famous 1903 Flyer; early flight me...
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Virginia Museum of Fine ArtsParent rating: ![]() Location: 200 N. Boulevard, Richmond, VA The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts houses a permanent collection of more than twenty thousand works of art from almost every major world culture. Especially noteworthy are the museum's collection...
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Deep Run Park / Recreation CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 9900 Ridgefield Parkway, Richmond, VA Deep Run Park covers 167 acres and includes two ponds that are stocked for fishing, soccer fields, playgrounds, picnic shelters, paved trails, a nature pavilion and boardwalk, and a recreation ...
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