Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum

This museum is definitely not worth the price, but is the only one in the area. Most exhibits are broken or missing something and not built for smaller children.

Children’s museum is really small. Some of activity areas seem really dated and not well maintained. Our three year old had a great time playing. Loved the kitchen area and bubble section the best. Everything was interactive. Admission price was affordable. Staff was pleasant and seemed to really enjoy working there. Don’t expect to stay there all day and stay engaged. We were in and out in ninety minutes. On a really hot or rainy day we would go back.

We were driving through Monroe on a long road trip and desperately needed a break when we found the Northeast Louisiana Children’s Museum. We are so glad we stopped.
Admission is very reasonable at $ 5 per person, but we were lucky to visit after 11:30 on a certain day that Kohl’s was sponsoring so we all got to visit for free.
The museum is smaller than a lot of big city children’s museums, but full of fun. They have a water zone with a large water table and a cool device that kids can stand in and make bubbles around themselves (you must try it – totally fun). They also have a large sand table, a two-​story firehouse/​police station, a kids café and lots of open-​ended play stations and science explorations set up throughout the building.
Both of my kids (1 and 4) loved playing in the kids café. It is a mock restaurant complete with a hostess stand, several tables and a back kitchen. We loved all the realistic elements added to the café like the coffee pots, soda dispenser and cash register.
Two things I didn’t like. 1. The bathrooms did not have diaper changing stations in them which seems like a given at a children’s museum. 2. The fire station has a narrow stairway to climb up and once on top, there isn’t much headroom for adults. There is a firemen’s pole to slide down, but really little ones could easily walk right off the edge. My 20-​month old almost walked right through the hole.