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| - Having gotten into parenting phase of our life, we inevitably discovered the concept of children's museums. Just so that you know where I am coming from, this our 4th museum we discovered after visiting 3 in northern Illinois (Dupage, Kohl's, Rockford). I am not giving a complete overview of what's there, just some of the highlights I remember a few weeks after the visit.
The museum is in Madison downtown area, a few blocks from the Capitol building. It has its own parking (fee) which I assume quickly fills up on weekends. There is a tiny gift shop by the entrance. Inter-museum membership is accepted.
The museum itself is small, but is full of unique activities. Downstairs was area for exploring cabins, pretend garden, a cart to move produce, small slide, and the favorite: water play area (somewhat small).
Upstairs features a extensive crawl maze for bigger kids, pretend jeep, pretend rocket (with sounds), hamster wheel for kids, pretend kitchen, and craft area. The craft area has big glass panes where kids could sponge and finger paint.
Easy to miss is the natural/planted roof, definitely worth a visit.
Even though this place is small, our 2y an 4y enjoyed it, and we agreed that in the space smaller then other museums they packed a lot of fun activities.
On the down side, I would not go to this place with a kiddo before 2y (not much to do).
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