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Agawam
Thrill seekers come in all sizes. That's why we have tons of great fun for little ones to enjoy on their own and with parents. These rides spin, fly and promise to take kids on magical journeys that are perfect for their height and age.
Boston
Do you have the nerve to go head to head with Pharaoh? 5W!TS presents a mind-bending adventure of sights, sounds and action that's sure to get under your skin!
Florence
Look Park is a place of both active and passive recreation including exciting seasonal attractions such as Bumper Boats, Pedal Boats, 18 holes of Mini-Golf, and a Steamer Train ride!
Foxborough
Spend the day as a Secret Agent or exploring Captain Nemo's submarine in our interactive adventures!
East Wareham
Great day out at family water park with wave pool, swimming pool and miniature golf - tubes, slides etc. One of many fun family places to go if you're looking for things to do with kids in Massachusetts
Douglas
Everyone will enjoy swimming in crystal-clear Whitins Reservoir, riding our (3) 300'waterslides (all with unlimited rides!), or just relaxing in our clean well-groomed grounds.
Danvers
Designed to delight every age and interestand to be an affordable anytime getawayCoCo Key Water Park has all the funand relaxationyou can handle. In addition to 65,000 square feet of thrilling water adventure, it offers a host of popular amenities
Hyannis
Do the wave at the exclusive 8,200 square foot CAPE CODDER INDOOR WAVE POOL, complete with 2-foot waves, 80-foot and 50-foot water slides, waterfalls, soothing 24-person whirlpool, dancing water fountains and two saunas.
Attleboro
Combined with an award-winning playground and exciting educational programs, the Zoo is sure to delight the young and young at heart. Whether it's watching the Lions wrestle, coming face-to-face with a Snow Monkey, staring at a snake or relaxing in o...
Dorchester
Great Zoo divided into 10 main areas: Tropical Forest, Serengeti, Kalahari Kingdom, Outback, Giraffe Savannah, Bird World, Butterfly Landing, Children's World, Tiger and African Wild Dogs
South Deerfield
The 8,000-square foot conservatory is home to nearly
4,000 free-flying butterflies from all over the world. One of many fun family places to go if you're looking for things to do with kids in Massachusetts
Boston
Explore vibrant coral reefs, from the Bahamas and the tropical Pacific to temperate Australia. Meet the lionfish and the stonefish, some of the most poisonous fishes in the sea.
Stoneham
Highlights of Stone Zoo's collection include the snow leopards of Himalayan Highlands, bald eagles of Yukon Creek, hornbills and emperor tamarins of Windows to the Wild, and jaguars and cougars of Treasures of the Sierra Madre.
Westford
At any given time, the atrium may contain up to 500 butterflies representing as many as 50 different species from around the world, although butterflies which are native to the New England region are featured whenever possible.
New Bedford
The Zoo's Education Department and zookeeper staff offer a range of programs to enhance your zoo experience. See how zookeepers provide enrichment activities to keep the zoo's animals active and healthy. Learn about biofacts and how animals live in t...
Woods Hole
Kids especially love the "touch tank," where they can reach into tide pools filled with starfish and sea cucumbers. Other displays include sea turtles, lobster and wolffish. One of many fun family places to go if you're looking for things to do with ...
Springfield
The Zoo features exotic and indigenous animals representing a large variety of species found throughout the world and in North America.
Mendon
The Skyfari Sky Ride takes you over the Deer Forest, then up close to the Chimp Exhibit, onward as you “fly” over the Mandrills, soar over the Camels and Watusi...
An amazing ride.... all you need to do, is just sit back and enjoy the beauty a...
Bolton
Animal Adventures offers hands-on exotic animal programs that are a fun, learning experience, no matter what birthday you are celebrating from 1-100.
Meet the animals, hear interesting stories and information about them, and get up-close. Controlled...
North Andover
Visit the Smolak Farms, you will find animals such as Baby sheep, llamas, alpacas, golden pheasants, fallow deer, peafowl, goats, zebu cow, swans, rabbits, chickens and so much more!
West Yarmouth
Get an up close look at the friendly animals in the farmyard and discover how they came to be such an important part of the human life. One of the many fun family places to visit if you're looking for things to do in Cape Cod for kids
Ludlow
Lupa Zoo is a conservation and education institution demonstrating the value, beauty and interdependence of all living things.
Norton
Charming and compassionate animal sanctuary caring long term for now over 200 abandoned and mistreated creatures the kids can watch.
Springfield
In the centre of Springfield there is a park called The Quadrangle which contains sculptures of some of your favourite Dr.Seuss characters - great for photo opportunities
Fall River
Don't just learn about historylive it! At Battleship Cove, you will experience firsthand what it was like to serve on board a Navy warship in WWII. We also have a Nautical Nights program where families stay overnight on board the battleship for a bo...
Plymouth
Take a trip to the visitor centre where you'll find out all about this native american fruit through exhibits and interactive displays and lots of interesting facts. Just outside you'll see a cranberry bog as well!!
Boston
Walk though the world of 1937, quite literally, as you step into a one-of-a-kind, three-story, painted-glass globe. Once inside, watch a sound and light presentation, experience the unique acoustics and then continue out to explore everything else th...
Sturbridge
One of the countrys largest living history museums, OSV has historians in costume, 59 antique buildings, three water-powered mills, and a working farm. Visitors can ride a stagecoach, view antiques, tour heirloom gardens, meet heritage breed farm ani...
Plymouth
Learn about the colonys difficult beginnings or discover the gossip of the day. Ask about religious beliefs, medical practices or relations with the local Wampanoag People. Talk to a housewife and learn what a "pottage" is, or see how a duck or bluef...
Lenox
Ventfort Hall Mansion and Gilded Age Museum, carrying the Gilded Age into the future with tours, exhibits, lectures, concerts, plays, children’s programs, Victorian Teas, Picnics on the Porch, and so much more!
Springfield
Birthday parties, laser tag, giant playscape, arcade games, educational, and toddler programs. Strictly organic and/or natural whole foods. Party, Play and Learn.
Dudley
A multi-level indoor family entertainment center. We offer indoor high speed go karting, mini golf, billiards, arcade, bumper cars, play structure, and more!
West Roxbury
Kids FUN stop is a playful refreshing indoor playground for children 6 and under. Adults can catch up on emails using free Wifi, or sit back & relax in our friendly, clean environment while children work off some energy on the climbing structures, ri...
Woburn
The Klubhouse is an indoor playspace complete with 2 giant bouncies, plasma car racetrack, pirate ship, and castle. Ideal for ages 0-10 yrs.
Plymouth
Imagination Island an indoor playground in Boston area. With 5,500 square feet of island-themed play space, children ages 1-8 (and adults!) will be entertained for hours!
Boston
Your children will enjoy such fine and gross motor activities as inflated bounce, play-cars, ball-pool, children’s gym, books, puzzles, Lego, dolls, dress up and computers.
North Attleboro
Relax and socialize in a comfortable, air conditioned environment while children enjoy physical activity and imaginative play. Specially designed for 8s and under.
Taunton
Colourful indoor playground designed for children ages 9 months to 10 years. The playground is great for parties or just to get the kids out of the house!
Amherst
Housed in the 1750-era Strong House, the Amherst History Museum takes visitors on a journey from the town's colonial past, through its industrial age and into the computer-driven present.
Holyoke
The Children's Museum at Holyoke provides a unique setting in which children and adults learn together about art, science and the world around them. Through hands-on exhibits, children challenge themselves, discover how the world works, explore new r...
Springfield
Visitors to the Springfield Science Museum will find a world filled with the wonders of natural and physical science. The Museum also is home to a live animal center with fish, insects, reptiles and amphibians in such realistic natural habitats as an...
Worcester
Set in an urban oasis, the EcoTarium offers a chance to walk through the treetops, take a thrilling multimedia journey through the galaxy at a digital planetarium, meet wildlife, stroll nature trails, ride a narrow-gauge railroad.
Springfield
The Hoop Hall features interactive and historic exhibits about every aspect of the game.
Cambridge
Explore dinosaurs, hundreds of animals from around the world, rare minerals, meteorites. Check out the 42 ft. Kronosaurus, whale skeletons, and Harvard's world-famous Blaschka 'Glass Flowers'. Don't miss the University's most visited museum, just 10...
Boston
Loads of great hand-on exhibits to keep your kids entertained - designed for children and families, the exhibits focus on science, culture, environmental awareness, health and fitness, and the arts. One of the many fun family places to visit if you'r...
Salem
The Salem Witch Museum takes you back to Salem 1692. Visitors are given a dramatic history lesson using stage sets with life-size figures, lighting and a narration - an overview of the Witch Trials of 1692. Probably not the best place to take the sma...
North Easton
The Children's Museum in Easton (CME) is an educational, cultural, and social learning center for children and families with a primary focus on children ages 1-8. There are 3 floors of interactive exhibits and over 100 programs that allow kids to exp...
Plymouth
The Wax Museum, gives a graphic portrayal in the magic of light, sound, and animation, recreating the persecuted years in England, the escape to Holland, the Mayflower voyage, and the landing at Plymouth, where the rain - thunder - and lightning or a...
Mashpee
The Cape Cod Children's Museum is a place where families and children can learn and play together. The museum features lots of hand on exhibits such as: A Pirate Ship - An Indoor Plantarium - Puppet Theatre and Toddler Play Area
Brewster
There are two floors of exhibits about the flora and fauna of Cape Cod, including exhibits on whales, indigenous birds, and coastal change, and several aquaria holding different species of crustaceans, mollusks, fish, frogs, turtles and snakes. Sever...
Boston
Visit more than 700 interactive exhibits; watch a large-format film in the Mugar Omni Theater, home of New England’s only IMAX Dome screen; walk among the free-flying residents of the Butterfly Garden; experience an indoor lightning storm in the Th...
Lee
You will see original models used in famous movies and a real Academy Award. You will discover how blockbuster movies as Chicken Run, Predator,X-Men,The Matrix was made.Special: $20 Workshop includes 2 hr. training, materials and take home video. Ins...
Salem
Relive the adventures of Captains Kidd and Blackbeard, who roamed freely offshore plundering merchant ships. Participate in an educational, historically accurate and entertaining, live walking tour with a qualified guide who encourages student partic...
Lexington
We present history by telling stories that are rich in content, use compelling narrative, and are supported by dynamic displays and interactive hands-on activities.
Worcester
Discover shields, swords, staff weapons, and over 35 suits of armor. The museum offers a range of classes that include the knightly longsword, rapier, dueling saber, staff weapons, and more. You can also study modern fencing, or take part in the muse...
Salem
This compelling museum is composed of eerily life-like London made wax figures that depict Salems vivid history from its founding in 1626 through the terrifying Hysteria of 1692. Come face to face with such notable Salem figures as the famed author o...
Brockton
Free for kids, this is an ever changing range of consistently excellent exhibits, covering a diverse range of themes and mediums. Obviously for the less boisterous child, this is a fun afternoon for creative types: be prepared to get the paints out w...
Lowell
This is not your run-of-the-mill museum.
From spinning wheels to airplanes and power looms to baseballs, history really comes alive at the American Textile History Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. In our core exhibition, Texti...
South Dennis
The Cape Cod Rail Trail follows a former railroad right-of-way for 22 miles through the towns of Dennis, Harwich, Brewster, Orleans, Eastham and Wellfleet. Its paved surface, few hills, and well-marked automobile crossings make it ideal for cyclists.
South Dennis
Great two people Go Karts, batting cages, bounce house, ice cream and great Birthday Parties for the kids. One of many fun family places to go if you're looking for things to do with kids in Massachusetts
Vineyard Haven
- an adventure theme course set in extensive gardens. Your game will take you over streams, through a cave, under a waterfall and around a fish pond. One of many fun family places to go if you're looking for things to do with kids in Massachusetts
Granby
Pinetum Farm is a family-owned, working farm located in Granby, MA. Our mission is to educate the public about the joys of llamas while they enjoy a leisurely hike with their llama hiking companion. Our hikes are appropriate for young and older legs....
Hancock
For an ongoing learning experience, kids can try Mountain Adventure, an eight week program for kids ages 6-17 that focuses on fun, safety and learning. Kids will practice and develop skills in two-hour supervised lessons every Saturday or Sunday.
Jamaica Plain
Mama & Me offers a variety of interactive art and creative movement classes for toddlers and their parents (not just their mamas!). Their classes encourage toddlers to explore their worlds and to begin building social skills in a fun, safe, and nurt...
Newburyport
Open a new world of adventure to your children that develops them physically, mentally and socially in a positive reinforcing environment. Kids are introduced to climbing through a series of games, group activities, challenging movements, and pure fu...
Rowley
Indoor Play
Cooking
Art
Birthday Parties
Developmental Play Groups
Parent & Caregiver Workshops
Mom & Dad Coffee Get Togethers
*Meeting Other Parents And Allow The Kids To Make a Mess And Let Play Makers Clean It. But, It's More Than ...
Plymouth
Rock Climbing is a sport that can be enjoyed by all ages, men and women. Climbing develops agility, core strength, coordination, and accomplishment. Climbing also challenges the mind as the climber uses problem solving to “reach the top”.
Boston
Indoor climbing is the perfect activity for energetic children of all ages. It builds confidence, lets them use that pent up energy year round, and have a lot of fun. Great idea for things to do in Boston with kids.
Woburn
Boomers Lazertag is the ultimate family entertainment experience with indoor convenience and year-round comfort. Designed to delight children, teens and adults. Boomers has a state of the art Laser Tag arena, along with a prize center and some of th...
Lenox
On weekends and holidays (Memorial Day weekend through the last weekend in October) the Museum offers two ninety minute round trip excursions from Lenox Station to Stockbridge and a forty-five minute round trip excursion from Lenox Station to Lee nar...
Boston
A trip to Boston is not complete without a visit to Swan Boats. These tours have been run by the same family for over a hundred years in the Boston Public Garden, which was the setting for the famous children's story, "Make Way for Ducklings."
Hyannis
Ride Cape Cod Duckmobiles'TM authentic military amphibious vehicles. Come ride the streets of downtown Hyannis See a Cape Cod light house, some of Cape Cod's best beaches, and waterfront properties. One of the many fun family places to visit if you'r...
Seekonk
The whole family can get in on the action here, with something for every taste: from the Kids' Track and Bumper Cars to family racing and the terrifying Slick Track!
Hopkinton
Offers state-of-the-art equipment suitable for children 0-9 years of age, including a bouncy train and a tiny town they can drive around!
Carver
The news is in that you have all been waiting for. Edaville USA will be open beginning in September 2011! We will be open weekends throughout October & then open regularly for our Christmas Festival.
There are so many fun places to go with kids in Massachusetts - great zoos and aquariums, museums, theme parks,
water parks and swimming pools, places to visit outdoors (many of which are cheap or free), historical places of
interest, activities and indoor play centres for toddlers as well as the usual family tourist attractions - take a look
below, lots of the best things to do with children in MA
Places to go in New Hampshire with kids |
Places for kids in Vermont
Fun places to go in Connecticut | Things to do in Rhode Island with kids | Places to visit in New Jersey
What is there to do in Boston for kids | Things to do with kids in Fall River | Things for kids to do in Provincetown | Places to go with kids in Cambridge | Fun places for kids in Salem
Fun places to go in Connecticut | Things to do in Rhode Island with kids | Places to visit in New Jersey
What is there to do in Boston for kids | Things to do with kids in Fall River | Things for kids to do in Provincetown | Places to go with kids in Cambridge | Fun places for kids in Salem
