KidCity Childrens Museum photos, Middletown CT

Paid a visit to KidCity Childrens Museum yesterday and I can’t say enough good things about this place! What a thoughtfully designed, creative, and engaging place to play and discover! Come to find out that a lot of the work is done by neighboring Wesleyan art students. This museum is essentially 2 older homes combined and expanded with modern flair to house rooms upon rooms of creative play areas. The KidCity site was very informative, but the photos were few. Browsing through the internet, I came up with nothing as well. With that, here are some of my photos to give you a better idea of what to expect. I was able to take photos of the rooms empty because there seems to be less visitors during the week and in the early opening hours.

These photos are just some of the creative spaces that delighted me including: the Fishery with ship, Asia with mountain and bridge, Farm with clubhouse and chicken coop, Train table village, Diner, and Farmhouse kitchen beside a fun carrot patch, the Rocket Ship (there’s also a UFO Saucer!).

There are still more rooms that I didn’t show like: the Victorian reading room featuring an oversized brush that serves as the bench, the Puppet/Dress-up Studio room featuring a working video camera that can be manipulated during performance, the Sea Caves on the bottom floor for ages 3 and under, to name a few.

In short, you’ll find artfully painted rooms with attention to detail, PLENTY of seating for adults, engaging activities in each room. My kids’ favorite was the Fishery where plastic fish are transported and gathered via sliding belts and pulley systems throughout the room. Also a hit was the Farm room with a clubhouse and bucket system between the ground and 2nd floors, as well as the neighboring egg activity area.

Logistics… there is plenty of parking, ample coat storage that features a newly added eating area with fountain and hand washing stations (so pack those lunches!), and many spacious bathrooms (at least 7!) spread throughout the museum. Here are photos of the eating area near the coat room.

Finally, consider getting the Association of Children’s Museums reciprocal membership for $100 which will get you into any participating ACM museum in the United States or abroad. In CT, your ACM membership also gets you into the Childrens Museum in West Hartford, Childrens Museum of Southeastern CT in Niantic, Imagination Nation Children’s Museum in Bristol, Lutz Children’s Museum in Manchester, Stepping Stones Museum for Children in Norwalk.

KidCity Children's Museum

119 Washington St

Middletown CT 06457

860 347 0495