Children’s Museum

This place is not very good at all. The Detroit science museum is far better! I visited his place with the family with a group deal. I wouldn’t go back. The neighborhood is not great, the parking is very limited and the actually museum is not great. The best part is the grocery store for kids.

This could be a really cool place but its in a bad area with no parking. It felt very small and cramped but had a lot to offer inside. Why isn’t this in the cultural center? I say move it to the cultural center to be closer to the art Institute and whiting.

A nice interactive museum geared toward children and families. They do a lot with what they have. It could use a few upgrades, but money is hard to come by these days for all museums.
If you have kids, know a kid or are a kid at heart, then check it out! It’s on a par with other similar interactive, hands-​on museums geared toward young children and families. Admission is inexpensive considering the quality of the experience and the museum can be rented out for events, like parties and such. It often plays host to school field trips and large groups and the staff is very pleasant to deal with.
I’ve taken my niece and nephew there when they were little and they rather enjoyed a day of discovery here. Overall, a Flint asset.

Not at all what I expected… Took our 5 year old grandson there for a Saturday afternoon, and the only thing that really kept his interest was the wooden fire truck and plastic house. Not educational, and we weren’t really looking for an expensive place to have our grandson play with a wooden fire truck. I thought the price was exorbitant, and the displays completely lacking in educational value. Probably a great place to rent out for a birthday party — I think that says it all… it’s a glorified Chuck-​E Cheese. Next time, Ann Arbor.

Lots of fun. My sister rented the place out for her kids’ birthday party. Nice idea! We had about 45 people and got our run of the place and a «party room» for about 3 ½ hours. The stuff they have there isn’t as new, shiny, or cool as an ipad but everyone (kids and adults) sure seemed interested for the time we were there.

I think this place has done a decent job considering what they have to work with.
That being said when you compare it to other children’s museums such as the one in Ann Arbor it really paints a picture of why flint is the way it is. If we spent a quarter of the money that we do developing new bars on our children’s education flint as a whole would be a lot better off.
Most of the equipment is 20 years old and has had multiple repairs to try and keep them alive. And most of the stuff serves no educational purpose. For instance the newest and best kept fixture is a playhouse like the ones you would buy at toys r us. How does that a child’s development?
Now all that said if you are just looking for something to do on a lazy afternoon this certainly beats taking the kids to mcdonalds play place. But if you want to take them somewhere fun AND educational take the hour drive to Ann Arbor and check out theirs.

This place was amazing… I was even having fun in there. I wish we had more time to play but it is seriously like a kids dream. They have so much to do, you can spend a whole day there, inside and out (greenhouse, picnic tables, garden — all kid sized stuff). They have stations set up to be rooms that are special for kids, a playhouse that they fit in, a pizzeria that they can pretend to bake pizza in, a firetruck with hats and coats, an airplane, stagecoach, grocery store with kid sized shopping carts. Puppet show box, you name it This is the pretend palace. But there are also other interesting fun things to do — I just loved it and so did the kids, I can’t wait to go back.
The downside… the area. The other downside… the area and the ability to find the place. Street names have changed, but maps and GPS hasn’t or vice versa. So, the downside, did I mention was the area/​location? BUT — the trip is well worth it, the price well worth it, especially if you spend a day there. We didn’t even get to see whole place and the kids were beyond excited — they were going from here to there so fast that I couldn’t keep up with them because I wanted to play too! Highly recommended! Super fun. Go during the week to avoid the large crowds.