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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.Hooray for BooksParent rating: ![]() Location: 1555 King Street, Alexandria, VA Hooray for Books is a children's bookstore stocked with books, games, toys, and stuffed animals. Lots of different storytimes are held for children, sometimes with special guests, crafts, or ev...
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At Play CafeParent rating: ![]() Location: 2254B Hunters Woods Plaza, Reston, VA The At Play Cafe is a coffee shop with a supervised play area for preschoolers. The play area is fully enclosed by a half wall so parents can still keep an eye on their kids from any seat in th...
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Pump It UpParent rating: ![]() Location: 10110 Battleview Parkway, Suite 110, Manassas, VA Kids can jump, bounce, climb, and slide at Pump It Up, the award-winning "inflatable party zone." The climate-controlled arenas are filled with huge inflatable structures and provide a g...
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Stead Park Recreation CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 1625 P Street, NW, Washington, DC Facilities at the Stead Park Recreation Center include two playgrounds, a lighted basketball court, a multi-use playing field, picnic areas, and an indoor recreation center that offers basketba...
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Wilson Aquatic CenterParent rating: ![]() Location: 4551 Fort Drive, NW, Washington, DC The Wilson Aquatic Center features a 25-yard by 50-meter competition pool, a wellness/leisure pool, an adult whirlpool, spectator seating, and big locker rooms. The wellness/leisure pool is spl...
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lil omm yogaParent rating: ![]() Location: 4830 V Street, NW, Washington, DC lil omm offers adult, prenatal, postnatal, mom/baby, family, kids, tween, and teen yoga classes, pilates, birthday parties, and family-focused workshops and events. |
West End Branch LibraryParent rating: ![]() Location: 1101 24th Street, NW, at L Street, NW, Washington, DC The West End Branch hosts a Great Books discussion group, children's storytimes, a film series, and offers the use of two meeting rooms to community groups. A child may get a librar... |
National Capital YMCAParent rating: ![]() Location: 1711 Rhode Island Avenue, NW, Washington, DC Y programs are extremely family-oriented. Kids and adults alike can learn to swim in the 25-Meter Indoor Pool, work out on the dual basketball courts, test strength and wiles on the climbing wa...
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International Spy MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 800 F Street, NW, Washington, DC The International Spy Museum showcases the world's largest collection of international espionage artifacts ever placed on public display. |
The United States Botanic GardenParent rating: ![]() Location: Maryland Avenue and First Street, SW, Washington, DC The United States Botanic Garden is one of the oldest botanic gardens in North America and informs visitors about the importance of plants to the well-being of humankind and to earth's fragile ...
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National Museum of Natural HistoryParent rating: ![]() Location: 10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC |
Oxon Hill FarmParent rating: ![]() Location: 6411 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, MD Located just outside the District in Oxon Cove Park, Oxon Hill Farm is a real working farm operated the same way it was at the end of the nineteenth century (the Farm's literature refers to thi...
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Ellanor C. Lawrence ParkParent rating: ![]() Location: 5040 Walney Road, Chantilly, VA Home to the Walney Visitor Center, Cabell's Mill/Middlegate complex, Walney Pond, various historic ruins, picnic tables, sports fields, and hiking trails, Ellanor C. Lawrence Park (part of the ...
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Alexandria Black History MuseumParent rating: ![]() Location: 902 Wythe Street, Alexandria, VA The Alexandria Black History Museum is comprised of the Museum, the Watson Reading Room, and the Alexandria African American Heritage Park. The museum, devoted to exhibiting local and ... |








