Lots of interactions to enjoy for young children. Grandson enjoyed the 5 tables of trains. Granddaughter spent time with the doll house. Both enjoyed racing the cars.

We always have a blast here! Our 2.5 year old loves all the exhibits, and talks about them, wanting to come back. Our membership was totally worth it.

There are always new things happening in the museum. My kids love it!!

A great place. Full of the curious wonderment of small children, guided by caring parents. Plenty of hands on work for any todler. And lots of seating for the watchers. A clean and well lighted place for kids to learn.

Great place for young kids. Lots of activities to stimulate their minds and motivate movement. Its a little bit expensive, but worth it.

My son loves this place there is different areas to learn from and sometimes have special events

We go here frequently and have for years. Staff members are always so wonderful and friendly. There are many fun areas for children, including a baby area (where my now 4 year old started!). A local gem- do support them, because they do it for you!

Very fun place to bring the kids with lots of hands on things to do

Great fun for kids. Our littles will play for hours in the kitchen area

My girls love coming here. Great memories created here.

My grandkids love this place (and i had fun also)

This place is amazing. Reasonably priced for families and a non profit I can stand behind.

This place is great. I would recommend it for parents with young children.

It seems like a cool place however its pretty steep to ask for parents to pay full price for both them self and their kids. Usually you just pay for the kids in places similar I go to. It adds up really fast and makes me not want to go as often as I probably want to.

A fun place for young children. My 3 year old granddaughter can spend hours there. Annual family membership is very reasonable.

This place is absolutely wonderful. Its super clean (they switched out sanitized toys while we were there) and the people are so nice! The exhibits are fantastic - the topology/watershed mapping exhibit is really neat, and the rags through the pipes exhibit kept my 3 year old entertained for a solid 1/2 hour (as did the huge Brio train track setup). We were there 3 hours, and the kids want to go back because there is still more to do. The people who run this are also exceptionally kind - they heard us talking about the Thomas fire in Santa Barbara, which is why we were in Santa Cruz, and they gave us a set of free passes to help us entertain our kids while we were away from home. Wonderful place, wonderful people.

Great place to stop by and spend a couple hours with small kids. A few rooms with different activities, best for toddlers to explore, theres an area for little crawlers to roam around.

Wholesome, educational fun for kids! Seems to be the most fun for kids under 7-8, but it really depends on the kid.

Awesome place to take the kids. The staff is suoer friendly and interact with the kids. My kids love this place and never want to leave. There are a lot of things to play with, perfect for young kids to older kids.

I brought my 11 month old and he loved it. Its very clean and staff is friendly. Will definitely be bringing him here again ️

Small but educational place to spend with your kids. The entrance fees are 8 for adults and 5 for kids above 1 with re-entry privileges.

Great fun for younger kids. The exhibits are always changing. The kids really like the Pizza My Heart kitchen area where they can pretend to run their own restaurant.

Kids liked it , however was dirty and really worn out toys !

This place is awesome! I am a nanny and i love taking the kids here to learn and explore

Recommend for children for sure. Must learn everything in this generation i recommend this to adults too

Ive been to a number of childrens museums and I think this one is the best one Ive seen so far. Lots of different little themed areas with plenty of seating for parents. Great layout.

Wonderful place for children with great play areas of different types, based around science and play

My children and I Love love love the Santa Cruz MOD so much. There is so many fun activities and exciting minipulitive games for the family. Every month they have a different theme, so we never get tired of going. They also host birthday parties.

Fun for kids, theyll have a blast. Only issue is limited parking.

Very cool and fun place for kids and a great way to interact, play, and teach them all at the same time.

Pros:Want your kids to learn and play, well this is the right place to take them. They have a wide variety of hands on activities for kids of all ages. Even though there are many kids the place stays fairly clean. They host open house events and distribute free annual passes through other organizations.Cons:It can get crowed once in a while, and when it does kids can get out of nad. Parents are suppose to stay with their children but I have noticed parents leaving their children unattended.

I take my grandkids here often. They love this place. Lots of things for them to do and explore. Great place to go on rainy day week ends. My only concern is some parents treat this place as a babysitting service and dont monitor their child. Ive seen kids playing tag, knocking down other kids, bumping into exhibits, and the staff just stands there or looks the other way. Lets all play safe and all have fun.

My kids love this place .

This is a small discovery museum, but its really packed with interesting, hands on experiences. Ive got four kids, ages 5, 4, and 1 year old twins. We just spent about two hours there and will definitely be back. Nicely done!!

My kids love this place!

Great place for crawlers and new walkers because its safe and clean with dsignated baby and tot areas. Fun for older kids too especially on rainy days. The remodel this year really improved the experience for little tots and their moms.

Great place for children to visit.

We have a membership and love it . Great from.ages 10 and under.

Fantastic gem ! Wide range of activities from trains and cars to pretend kitchen play to kinetic sand and crawl area for babies. Whole place is gated so no kids walk out . Only draw backs is its a little tight for space and could use an extra bathroom.

Lots of small things for kids to do and multiple rooms/themes to entertain them

Fantastic

The kids had a wonderful time here. The biggest hit, by far (with the parents too) was a table full of Kinetic Sand. Other neat things included large, foam building blocks, Lego car ramps, play kitchen/store.

One of the rare resources for children to play and learn in Santa Cruz county.Highly recommended for the younger crowd.

Kids will have fun here. They are constantly changing and adding new stuff.

Nice and safe place for kids, has a lot of activities. Loved it

Kids love it. Worth a membership.

Cool new exhibits

Great place for the kiddos

Amazing place to take children

Great place for kiddos

Fun for kids about 8yrs old and below

Fun for kids

Dive

My kids could play for hours!!

Lots of activities for kids of all ages. Free admission for babies under 2.