Hands-On Learning
Ages: 0 - 10
The Children's Museum of New Hampshire is a wonderful place for families, with rotating hands-on exhibits throughout and a dedicated room for little ones age 3 and under. Founded in 1983 in Portsmouth, the museum moved to its current Dover location in 2008.
The entire facility is wheelchair-accessible, and service animals are always welcome. Additionally, noise-cancelling headphones are available to borrow at the front desk.
The Museu...
more»Ages: 0 - 14+
Located in the Arts District of downtown Portland, the Children's Museum & Theatre of Maine features a wide variety of interactive exhibits and activities for children and families. Exhibits include:
- An indoor playscape, opened in 2014, for toddlers and preschoolers
- A camera obscura and light wall
- The toddler park, reserved for kids under age 3
- Child inventor exhibit
- Fire truck
- Car repair shop
- Lobster boat
- Market
- Bank
- Farm (Oakie Acres)
- Post...
Ages: 0 - 14+
The Great Bay Discovery Center is the education hub of the Great Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve.
The Discovery Center was recently featured in Parents magazine as the New Hampshire pick for "Fifty states, 50 spectacular attractions that won't cost you a dime any day you visit."
Inside the Discovery Center, visitors are treated to interpretive exhibits about the Great Bay Estuary and the amazing creatures that call it home. Ch...
more»Ages: 4 - 14+
Ages: 5 - 14+
4-H is the youth educational program of UNH Cooperative Extension.
The mission of 4-H is to help youth acquire knowledge, develop life skills, and form attitudes to enable them to become self-directing, productive, and contributing members of society.
Through projects, programs, and events, Rockingham County youth can explore cooking, rocketry, shooting sports, gardening, raising and showing animals, sewing and textiles, GPS navigatio...
more»Ages: 0 - 14+
The Blue Ocean Discovery Center's mission is to provide a family-friendly attraction at Hampton Beach where visitors can learn about marine life, local and maritime history, and the actions they can take to protect the marine environment.
It is operated by the Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation, a local non-profit organization whose mission is to protect marine mammals in the Gulf of Maine through education, research, and con...
more»Ages: 0 - 14+
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