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Fairfield County

Here you will find kid friendly destinations in Fairfield County. Pick a destination, and head out for some fun!  Just click on the category list below.

 

   
  Museums Animal Encounters
  Nature Adventures Sports & Fitness Outings
  Family Entertainment & Theme Parks Historic Sites
Playgrounds and Play Spaces Other Fun Places

 

 

Museums

 

Bruce Museum of Arts and Science

1 Museum Drive, Greenwich

Age Group: 5+

Cost: Adults $7.00,Students (5-22 w/valid ID) $6.00,Seniors $6.00 Members & Children Under 5 FREE

Contact: 203-869-0376

http://www.brucemuseum.org

State of the art museum with changing exhibits + galleries. Includes a park + playground with views of the tidal marsh and LI sound. Seaside center offers Free educational activities.

 

Stepping Stones Museum for Children

303 West Ave, Norwalk

Age Group: 1-10 years

Cost: $8 per person (children under one are free), $6 for seniors (adults over 62) Free for members

Contact: 203 899 0606

http://steppingstonesmuseum.org

Offers plenty of activities for kids under 10. Hand on exhibits, toddlers only galleries, learning through play. Games, exhibits, and more!

 

Discovery Museum

4450 Park Ave, Bridgeport

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Adults-$8.50, Children+Students-$7.00,Seniors-$7.00, Under 5 Free

Contact: (203) 372-3521

http://discoverymuseum.org

3 Floors of hands on fun! Planetarium, Movies, Learning center, and much more! A must visit!

 

The Barnum Museum

820 Main Street, Bridgeport

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Adults-$5.00, Students & Seniors-$4.00,Children 4-17 -$3.00, Members & Children 3 and under-Free

Contact: 203-331-1104

http://www.barnum-museum.org/

A Museum dedicated to the Greatest Show on Earth. Exhibits, gift shop, and special programs are offered.

 

Children's Garbage Museum

1410 Honeyspot Road Extension, Stratford

Age Group: 5-12

Cost: FREE

Contact: (203) 381-9571

http://www.crra.org/pages/edu_museums.htm#strtfd

The museums' exhibits and programs emphasize the importance of REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE, RECOVER, RETHINK.

 

Danbury Railway Museum

120 White Street, Danbury

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Adults- $6.00, Children 3-12 $4.00, Under 3 free, additional cost to ride trains

Contact: (203) 778-8337

http://www.danbury.org/drm/

Offers railway history, train rides, and hand on rail work.

 

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum

258 Main Street, Ridgefield

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Adults $7, Seniors & college students $4, Members, K-12 teachers & kids under 18 FREE. FREE on Tues.

Contact: 203.438.4519

http://www.aldrichart.org

Exhibitions feature work by emerging and mid-career artists, education programs inform adults & children about the importance of connecting to our world through contemporary art

 

The Children's Museum

18 Lindeman Drive, Trumbull

Age Group: 9 and under

Cost: Adults $8, Kids $9, Kids under 1 FREE, Grandparents FREE on Tues.

Contact: 203-373-0001

http://www.thechildrensmuseum.biz/

The Children’s Museum’s mission is to create an environment where children explore and learn by interacting with diverse early childhood exhibits and hands-on activities.Based on the idea that children learn by doing, each of our 20 theme-based exhibits uses, interactive components and larger than life environments to encourage infants to 9 year olds to explore in new ways that make play and learning connect.
 

 

 

Nature Adventures

 

Greenwich Audubon Center

613 Riversville Road, Greenwich

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Adults $3.00, Children and Senior $1.50, free for members

Contact: 203-869-5272

http://greenwich.audubon.org/index.html

285 acres of nature sanctuary, with miles of trails. Offers hands on nature activities, nature art gallery, and nature store. As well as natural history, and wildlife exhibits.

 

Fairchild Wildflower Garden

North Porchuck Road, Greenwich

Age Group: all ages

Cost: FREE

Contact: n/a

127 acres with 8 miles of trails through native flowering plants and ferns.

 

New Canaan Nature Center

144 Oenoke Ridge, New Canaan

Age Group: all ages

Cost: FREE

Contact: 203-966-9577

http://www.newcanaannature.org/

Smaller nature center with trails, gardens, greenhouse, gift shop, youth and family programs, + more!

 

Stamford Museum and Nature Center

39 Scofieldtown Road, Stamford

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Adults: $8, Seniors: $6, Students (over age 17): $6 Children (between 4 and 17) $4, Members - Free

Contact: 203.322.1646

http://www.stamfordmuseum.org

118 acres with a working 19th century re-created farm, farm animals, and trails. Natures playground is a wooded 1 acre kids play area, which has a 30ft slide + sand pit for fossil digs. Nature center with hands on exhibits. A planetarium open on Sundays.

 

Earthplace Nature Discovery Center

10 Woodside Lane, Westport

Age Group: 1-10 years

Cost: $7 Adults and children over 12, $5 Children 1�12 yrs & Seniors

Contact: 203-227-7253

http://earthplace.org/

A 62 acre wildlife sanctuary with trails, live wildlife, and hosts many public nature programs and events. Also has a preschool, summer camp, and more.

 

Birdcraft Museum and Sanctuary

314 Unquowa Road, Fairfield

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Adult: $2; children under 14: $1, members free

Contact: 203-259-0416

http://www.ctaudubon.org/visit/birdcraft.htm

Many species of birds, youth programs, trails, story-time, summer camp, +more

 

Mother Earth Gallery

806 Federal Road, Brookfield

Age Group: 5+

Cost: Cost for mine dig is $15.00

Contact: (203) 775-6272

http://www.motherearthcrystals.com/motherearthdig.html

Cool store with crystals, minerals, wind chimes ect. Has a mine inside were kids can dig for crystals, minerals and semiprecious stones. They can keep what they find.

 

 

Animal Encounters

Silverman's Farm

451 Sport Hill Road, Easton

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Adults- $3.00, Children $2.00

Contact: 203-261-3306

http://www.silvermansfarm.com/

Attractions include an animal farm, pick your own apples, peaches, and plums. Farm market with pies, jams and more. Picnic tables are available, Tractor drawn wagon rides, and pumpkin patch are offered in the fall.

 

The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk

10 North Water Street, Norwalk

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Aquarium Only, adults-$11.00, seniors-$10.00, Children 2-12-$9.00, under 2 free

Contact: 203-852-0700

http://www.maritimeaquarium.org

A great place to go, aquarium, IMAX theater, Spongebob ride, Hands on educational programs and so much more. A must visit with kids!

 

The Beardsley Zoo

1875 Noble Avenue, Bridgeport

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Ages 12 and up-$9.00, 3-11-$7.00, Seniors $7.00, Under 3-Free, Member-Free

Contact: (203) 394-6565

http://www.beardsleyzoo.org

Over 300 animals from North and South America, cafe, picnic grove, carousel, youth programs, and much more! A must visit.

 

 Family Entertainment & Theme Parks

 

Fun 4 Kids and Grown UPS Too Arcade

370 West Main Street, Stamford

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Fees vary, call for more details.

Contact: 203-326-5656

http://www.fun4kidsarcade.com

A family entertainment center with arcade, soft play area, laser tag, and more. Check it out.

 

Sports & Fitness Outings

 

Sports Center of Connecticut

784 River Road, Shelton

Age Group: all ages

Cost: Fees vary, call for more details.

Contact: 203.929.6500

http://www.sportscenterct.com

A family entertainment center with ice skating, laser tag, mini-golf, fun bowl, inline skating, batting cages, and so much more!

 

Playgrounds & Play Spaces

 

Playtime Village

380 Monroe Turnpike, Monroe

Age Group: 7 and under

Cost: Child: $10.00, Each additional child: $8.00, Adults: Free

Contact: 203-445-8626

http://playtimevillage.com/

Indoor Play space and Activity center. Pretend play in a child sized town, with dress up, hobby shop, school house, market and more. Offers weekly events, birthday parties, art, music and play classes, and much more.

 

Elephant Steps

205 Main ST, Norwalk

Age Group: 10 and under

Cost: Varies, see website for info

Contact: (203) 956-0354

http://www.elephantsteps.com

This is not your ordinary indoor gym or playground which may be focused in one area; this is a multi-faceted, high-quality programming facility. Our unique indoor playgrounds offer a wide range of challenges for children of all ages and abilities. Our water room, designed by our own toy engineers, provides a sensory experience that will have children begging to come back. Not only do we offer common play areas, we also offer high quality programs, and exciting birthday parties. Parents with children in drop off classes can wait in our café or exercise on an elliptical trainer while their child participates in one of several programs.

 

 

 

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Other Fun Places

Creative Castle

715 Post Road, Fairfield

Age Group: 10 and under

Cost: Fees vary, call for more details.

Contact: 203-226-5090

http://www.creativecastle.net

At Creative Castle we offer creative, multi-media art and cooking classes for children 18 months to 11 years designed to help build self-confidence, encourage independent thinking, develop problem solving skills, enhance individual focus, concentration and fine motor skills. Our art classes for children are based on age-appropriate, open-ended creative art rather than crafts. We focus on the process rather than the end product, which encourages individual self expression and creative exploration.

 

 

 
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