Miami Children's Museum

The Miami Children's Museum offers a variety of fun and educational activities. The museum opened in 1985 in a 2,000-square foot facility. At the time, it was called the Miami Youth Museum and was located on Sunset Drive. Its annual attendance for the first year was just over 9,300 people. Over the years, the museum has relocated and expanded multiple times. In the fall of 2003, the museum moved into its Watson Island home near downtown Miami. This facility features the best features of the old museum, as well as ten educational classrooms. The facility is 56,500-square feet and was designed by the award-winning Miami architectural firm of Arquitectonica International, Inc. The building features 14 galleries, a parent and teacher resource center, the Kid Smart educational gift shop, a 200-seat aquarium and a Subway Restaurant. There are a variety of bilingual exhibits, programs and materials. The museum's Early Childhood Institute Program is located inside of the museum and offers licensed child care. Each day kids imagine, play, learn and enjoy the museum facility. The museum also offers outreach programs to the community for those who are unable to make it to the museum. Teaching the community is one of the major missions and it does this by encouraging a love of learning at an early age.