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Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine

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Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine
142 Free St.
PortlandME 04101
(207) 828-1234

Ages: 0 - 14+

Cost: $9 per person | under 18 mos. admitted free

Parking: Yes - Various paid parking options near museum; see listing for details

Features: Shop, Handicap Accessible, Snack Stand, Changing Tables, Restrooms

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 office
  • Discovery Woods & ranger station
  • And more!

The Dress-Up Theatre produces theatre by kids (between the ages of 8-17), for kids - click here for more info. 

Hours:

Tuesday - Sunday: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Monday (for members only): 9:00 am - 11:00 am 

Parking info: Click here 

Deals & Steals Alert! Click here for info about First Fridays, with $2 admission per person.

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The Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine is 52 miles from downtown Portsmouth - do it as a day trip or as part of an overnighter!  

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Miss Bluebird

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Reviewed on 05/23/2015

The kids and I really enjoyed our recent trip to the Portland Children's Museum.

The museum is right in downtown Portland, in a big, rambling old building. There were lots of fun things to see and do on each of the three levels; my kids particularly liked the Oakie Acres farm exhibit and the fire truck.

It was quite crowded the day we went, so if you're feeling claustrophobic, move on up to the upper levels of the museum, where the crowds thin out a bit. We had the camera obscura room all to ourselves (nifty exhibit that projects a live image of the street outside onto a table in a darkened room)....more

Children's Museum and Theatre of Maine