Love this place...i remember it as the butterfield gym as a kid, but I love what they have turned it into and hopefully we will get many more years of memories from that building

Great place to bring the little ones. We have an annual membership and they extended it for 6 months due to COVID-19. They currently require a reservation and follow good social distancing practices to keep everyone safe.They do a good job maintaining their exhibits and my son has enjoyed visiting since the age of one.

Highly recommend it! Love the display with the metal pins that you can smash your face into and see your image on the other side! Kids love the kitchen, the submarine and the forest tree you climb to see all the animals. Nursing mothers can enjoy some privacy,up in the young childrens area above the first floor. A snack bar area provides lunches and treats. Close to Dover must sees like Harveys and antique shops.

My girlfriend rented and had her sons birthday party there and it was a great time. Very clean, fun, the kids didnt want to leave! Having the entire place to ourselves was pretty cool.

Perfect for 2 - 6. Experiential and accommodating. Be the postman, captain, archeologist, pilot, king, miner, engineer, conductor. Trains galore.

Was great. Every thing was kid friendly and even great for the parents, had so much fun.

Such a great place for family outing and kids of all ages!!

Great learning activities and plenty of room for imagination

Great place for kids. Plenty for them to do and its kept very clean. The staff is also amazingly friendly and helpful.

The kids had a blast at the Halloween event. They made several crafts, learned about history, and even participated in a green screen video! There is so much to learn and do here and it really is fun for all ages!

Very interactive for children, a little science, a little history but all of it is just plain fun for kids!

Great place for preschoolers and elementary aged children to explore. Great hands-on and visual displays/activities. Well thought out layout. Definitely worth a family membership.

I had my sons birthday party there. I thought it was kind of expensive to rent a room but it came with activities for the kids and there was an assistant that helped with presents and cake that was pretty cool

Amazingly bright space (natural light) hands-on exhibits, and an outdoor playground! My son didnt stop moving!

I used to bring my kids here when they were much younger. The multilevels and interactive displays they really seem to enjoy. They loved the noise walls where they can just slap paddles and produce sounds. My son really enjoyed the small cubicle they had upstairs where he could just sit quietly and play with the toys.I havent been for a while. My kids got older and they dont seem to enjoy it as much. They still have every first Sunday an event open to for special needs children which they can visit for free.I did the Jingle Bell Express with my daughter. We got to ride in a double-decker bus. We went to the Cochecho Country Club and we listened to a quick story of the Polar Express. We had an opportunity to have our photo taken with Santa with donuts and refreshment were served. My daughter got a little gift, a silver bell.The staff were very friendly. They did a great job with the special needs children.Childrens Museum is geared for more younger children. Teenagers might have not as much fun as small children or toddlers. I still would recommend a visit.

Outstanding., well thought out and engrossing for children and parents.

Attended their T-Rex Tea Party recently with my 2 year old niece. They put on a terrific event. Were absolutely going to become members!

We were pleasantly surprised by this museum. It was pirate day when we went. Our 4 year old had a blast. He loved all the different areas but his favorite was cranking his plane up 2 stories and watching it fall back down.

My two and a half year old grandson really loved this place. The Build It, Fly It exhibit and the toy train sets were particular hits.

This is a neat to places to take the young ones. They have some great restaurants and ice cream shops within walking distance.

Nice place but not allergen friendly. Kids eating ffc peanut butter sandwiches than touching the exhibits which is no good for my daughter. Guy walking around eating peanuts, and serving allergen filled food.

Great learning experience for kids. Spent the day there with 4 Grandkids (2 months to 4 1/2). Something for all ages including visual stimulation for 2 month old. Military discount available.

Amazing museum for kids, lots of interactive exhibits, it was crowded when we came but had a great time regardless. They will ask you to check the meals at the coat room at the entrance, I guess to prevent accidents inside. Their meal room is too small for the museum scale, there is no microwave but the staff can warm any meals if you ask. Their parking lot is right outside though not too visible unless you are familiar with the area, we had to drive twice to find it (it connects with a covered walkway). There is a toy store right across the street, we thought they had handcrafted stuff however just regular store, you may find better deals online however the tax exemption can be a dealbreaker. Overall good experience, will definitely come back if in the area.

Its a little pricy but its cool if you have an ebt card its about a $1 a person to get in so families with not a lot of money can have fun

Always fun but also educational! Great pop up events like mini golf and other featured exhibits!

Very nice children’s museum for small children. There are a number of different rooms to explore. It has a nice mix of science and culture areas to explore. There are a number of special events and story times. There is no parking locally. You have to park on the street near by, which is not that convenient with children.

Lots for kids to do. Woman at entrance refunded my fee when I asked if educators got a discount. Was so patient and nice

We had fun here , great for very young children!

Wow! Came in Friday before Memorial Day weekend and manager/director was so friendly. He asked how we were and said he appreciated our service (active duty military) - thank you for having this childrens museum for the community.

Love taking my son here! He enjoys it every time. Staff is nice and facilities are great for young kids.

My daughter and I love this place perfect size and fun educational things to do for all age children

Needs some updating but was a great time for kids. Military discount.

Great place to bring your kids. Many fun things to see, experience and do. Activities for all ages, even little ones. I like to donate craft items I collect for craft corner.

There are a lot of different activities and options for kids of various areas. My 2 year old had a blast driving the submarine and playing with the train tables. I think some of the exhibits could use a refresh but overall we enjoyed our visit.

Excellent place for your small child to explore.

Great place to visit with the little ones. Lots of engaging activities

Awesome museum with great exhibits. We went on a sunny May afternoon with a 1 and 4yr old. The museum was very quiet and we were told it can be very busy at times. We had no trouble finding parking right behind it, and after the museum the kids played at the playground adjacent to the museum/parking. The exhibits were perfect for my 4 yr old and there were several that were appropriate for my 1 yr old. I feel like a 3-7 yr old would have a blast here. The staff was helpful as well. It’s not a huge museum, essentially 1 floor with a smaller second. I could see the experience being different if the museum was packed, but we had an amazing time!

Were had a membership until my son started preschool, and its within walking distance of our house so we went quite often. He always loves our trips here, and there are always interesting things to do. Its clean and staff are professional.

The Childrens Museum is great for hands on learning and is geared towards younger children. Mine, 8, enjoys the childrens museum still as there are many different activities and always different crafts and events.

This is a great place to bring your child to explore a variety of different areas. It would be nice if it were bigger. It does have a play ground out back that is great when the weather is nice! They also allow re-entry For the entire day if you pay to go in, that way you can leave if you need to get food or something. Overall not a terrible place to kill time. Very educational for young kids.

The Childrens Museum of New Hampshire is a great place to spend an afternoon. There is plenty to do and experience that it will keep the kids entertained for hours. I highly recommend this museum, especially for younger children between the ages of 3 - 9. Older children will find some fun throughout the museum, but there may not be enough for that age group and above to keep them busy as long as the younger children.

My kids love this place. Each visit lasts between 2 and 3 hours and the kids are absolutely exhausted by the end. I like that they have a mix of interactive, role-playing, and quiet activities so that kids can transition through their time there. I also like the upstairs self enclosed toddler section. Do bring more than one care giver if you are going with multiple children as there is a lot of visual stimulation that kids will want to do different things. Can be expensive if you go with grandparents.

Very good. My son enjoyed it. Prices are affordable. I went there for a Bday party hosted by a friend of mine. Both street parking and limited parking lots are available. I would definitely recommend this to my friends. Would go there again.

A fantastic place for kids from crawlers to school age. a ton of stem activities and reading corners.

Ive had a great time here with my daughter and have come many times as shes grown up - shes enjoyed the musuem just as much at four as she does at eight. Its easy to find something to capture her interest every time weve come.

Fun take, clean, best for kids under 6. Exhibits dont change often. Wish there was more of an educational focus.

My daughter loves it here. Lots of different hands on exhibits and activities.

Great place to bring the grand kids. They love it!

Many interactive displays for kids! This is a great afternoon adventure for parents. Im not sure if its a full day activity but combine this with henry law park playground, or the public pool and you have a full day of adventure! The museum is multi leveled with activities that range from toddler to elementary school age. In the fall they have the Makers faire which showcases many local talent. Captain Jay has a great video on youtube that shows most of the museum and the activities available as well as a video about makers fair

This is a great place to being your kids my grandson loves it

Great learning environment, for parents and children! Wonderful and engaging staff as well. Come visit and enjoy!

Great fun for kids. Military and Veteran families are free.

Amazing exhibits, and super clean facilities but the manager is disgusting.

My family loves to go to this museum. Most times when we go we spend about 2-3 hours exploring all of the exhibits. They usually have a theme of the day - like dinosaurs. It is clean and all of the exhibits are in good working order. The staff is friendly and always helpful.

So much to do - perfect for young ones to spend a few hours or all day!

Wonderful museum housed in a lovely historical building with lots of unique regional inspired exhibits. I loved that my kids could play with the bobbins and spindles from the textile mills that create the beautiful buildings in the area. My four year old and one year old were equally engaged, with a separate play area for toddlers (I appreciated the staff gently policing the area as to prevent it being overrun with older kids, as they often do).

The museum is really made for younger kids. I would say it is perfect for kids 6 and younger. There’s 2 floors, but it is quite small. Most of all the exhibits are hands on, which is perfect for the kids. The parents might get a little bored though. There’s no on-site parking, so you’ll have to find parking on the streets. This might be a challenge at times.

Located in the heart of downtown, the childrens museum welcomes kids of all ages and abilities. The museum offers and encourages hands on play, including a train set, an interactive topographic sandbox, and many other exhibits. We have been bringing our children, 2 and 3, for years and they both love it. Metered parking on site, as well as a small playground and park. Walking distance to several great restaurants and shopping, including a toy store. We have the family membership and though we dont use all the perks (like adult nights), its been a worthwhile investment.

Amazing two story building with so much to do. Great playground outside, and they often have events too! I recommend getting a year pass.

I visited the Museum with a pair of adults with autism and we just had the best time ever! It was a quieter time, so there was availability in each exhibition to interact with. The staff here are incredibly welcoming and accommodating to people with special needs! I am definitely going to support birthday parties here for my friends children!

Great place, although a little small. Only major downfall is how busy it gets.

Great place for our 5 year old granddaughter! Submarine seems to be her thing!First time for her.

This was a great time! All the kids had so much fun just be careful not to miss the turn before the museum or youll need top hop in a circle with all the one way streets before finding your way back to park.

Great fun & educational place for the whole family of all ages. Next to outdoor concert stage, & a newly renovated great playground with summertime outside water features & the yr round indoor pool. Would like to see lower admission prices though. All kids should be able to go here. Maybe sliding scale fee schedule with proof of inc tax or food stamps eligibity for the less fortunate?

If you are local the yearly membership is a steal. Great place to drop into for a quick morning or afternoon adventure with the kids. Fun toddler area with large train set to play with. Plenty of different stations for your kids to run to and enjoy. There is also a great playground right outside now plus plenty of food options within walking distance.

What a fantastic place to bring your children. So many fascinating exhibits that are child friendly. Id recommend it for a fun day of discovery anytime.

This place is always great for kids to run off steam and be creative for awhile. We dont come often because you have to pay for adults and kids and with more than one child it gets pretty pricey pretty quick. Wish the arts and crafts section actually had the stuff out to complete the crafts but they just dont keep up with it after a few kids ramble through it all in the morning. My kids always love the sand and play kitchen and being able to look down onto the water though. Overall id say this is good for a pit stop here and there but its nothing over the top for the price.

Fun, educational, great parking, my 3.5 year old grandson and 11 year old granddaughter loved it!

Very outdated and small. Unfortunately it wasnt worth the 1.5hr drive, staff appeared to careless if they were there or not. Some exhibits were broken and left you to figure it out for yourself, exhibits lacked explanations (yes it was needed on at least 2 exhibits). Our 5yr olds were bored and done within 30 mins. Limited things for under 2 as well.

My 4 year old loves it! They have a submarine, a make your own rocket station to test aerodynamics, a place to create music using computer chips, a play kitchen, a sand pit that uses IR sensorsto show the height, a magnetic station, a place where you can write on the wall with glow in the dark, a 3 and under place with a train set, and so much more! This is one of the best childrens museums Ive ever been to! Id probably recommend for ages 2-10.

Its just great for children. I was visiting my grandson and he loves going there all the time.

Fun for the whole family. Great out door spaces all around the area too.

This was really educational and fun for my grandchildren (ages, 5 years old and 1 and 1/2 years old). Plan on going back again, the children loved it. So many things to see and explore.

Brought our grandkids here... very entertaining for any age child

Kept my kids entertained but very expensive. At $10 per person for both kids over 1 and adults, it was a very costly afternoon for myself, my 3 kids, and their grandparents. The museum us clean and has a good amount of variety. It has a great mix of STEM type exhibits and basic play/imaginative areas. My kids are 5, 4, and 2 and we spent close to 3 hours here. And they would have stayed longer! Good place but definitely too expensive.

Much better than we expected. Kids ages 3-8 at time of our visit. Great outdoor play area and very neat indoor exhibits. Kept all 3 entertained for hours!

This museum was a fun educational place to take our daughter! We had never been here before and it was quite a surprise for our daughter. She had a blast! We got there early, shortly after they opened. There was hardly anyone there at that time. I was able to go around and take some pictures. We were able to try a lot of what the museum had to offer so that was fun! We loved the USPS letters throughout the museum. My daughter loved delivering mail! It was just such a fun time.We did visit on a weekend so we had a feeling it would be a bit busier than a weekday, but we didnt expect a party to show up. It got a bit overcrowded by 1pm so that was a bummer. (Super packed) Too many kids hovering around exhibits by that time. So we ended up leaving much earlier than we wanted to.I think the cost of admission would have been fine had we been able to stay longer. But it was so over packed with people it made it not feel like the price was worth what we paid. We were told we could leave and come back that day, but there was absolutely no parking available. People were lined up hoping to catch a spot from anyone leaving.Again, it was great before it got overwhelming busy. I would say this museum is great for kids 5 and under. If we paid this price on a sunny Tuesday, we would have probably had the best time where it wouldnt be over crowded. But when you take a busy cold Saturday and throw a kids birthday party in the mix, its not the best.

We had a great time! Very cute.

Such a cute little museum! My little boy just loves this place.

Great things for kids to do particularly with the park and splash pad next door. Great value and the souvenir shop actually has lots of inexpensive options. No food service but they do have indoor and outdoor picnic areas.

Fun place to go kids love it

On first visit this museum seems great. The issue my family has is that every thing is always the same. We have visited the museum for two years now and nothing at all has changed. Another issue I have is the fact that adults have to pay admission and there is absolutely nothing of interest for an adult. In my opinion it is like having to pay for admission to Chuck E Cheeses.My final thought is that its a good place to visit once but with very little replay value.

This was perfect for my 3year old niece.

Wonderful for kids and adults alike. Interactive displays demonstrate how the world works and outdoors, theres a playground and picnic area as well. Watch for special dates when military and veterans enjoy the museum entirely free of charge!

Best bang for your buck!

Our kiddos had a fantastic time!

Amazing exhibits, amazing staff, and super clean facilities. My kids had a blast and havent stopped begging to go back since we left!

Nice childrens museum that has a number of interactive displays. Great for ages 4 to 8. They do a cool maker fair in the summer and have special exhibits regularly.Exhibits offer the chance to get hands on with science and art.

So many great interactive exhibits, even for really young kids. We brought our 1 yr old and he loved it. There is a toddler zone upstairs thats just for kids 0-3 yrs old.

Best for kids 6 and under. Some displays kind of worn out. Could use some new ideas. Staff great.

This is the most incredible place! Kids of all ages, myself included, have something to learn and enjoy!

Friendly staff. Decent size for a half day of fun and OK price.

Nice place to bring the family for an afternoon

So much fun for the kids! The mail being delivered around the museum is a great activity & so many things to practice/learn here. :)

Our 2 year old son enjoyed it. There were plenty of parts to keep him entertained. Good for two to three hours, plus a playground out back with a small splash pad area. Nice location too.

This is an outstanding museum, in fact the best one I have ever seen. Being a grandparent we go to a lot of Childrens Museums, this is well worth admission fee, if we were residents here I would get a membership for sure.

Great place. My son always has a good time there. It is not big, but rich in content

Loved the baby room upstairs and everyone was very friendly and helpful. Wheelchair and baby carriage accessible through out the whole museum. Reasonable price and educational.

Great for many ages! My daughter has loved it already at 9 months.

My three year old loved it but I didnt think there was much to do.