Driving to the "museum," 36 minutes away from my home, I flew right by it and had to turn around. It's nothing like you would expect a museum to look like and at first I thought, "Oh! This is going to be chintzy," but I was definitely mistaken.
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The "museum" is more of a play zone really. There are very few what I would consider educational properties or toys in the place (and certainly no artifacts), but it was a blast for my little one.
The outside looks like an old New England house except for a small sign out front that directs people into the driveway for the Discovery Museums--there is a science one as well for older children behind the one we went to. (I must have missed the tell-tale dinosaur in the lawn because of the rain.)
Inside there are a number of staircases and rooms that each have a different theme. There was the kitchen where little tykes were serving their grandparents, nannies and parents some tasty looking plastic food and an infant corner with appropriate toys.
Another room was the safari room with giant stuffed animals like lions, gorillas etc...There was also an ocean room, which seemed to be a favorite for many of the kids, mostly because there was a black-light-lit box with blue sand on top of it and combs to "comb the sand." My infant tried to climb into it more than a few times.
There was also a bubble room which was honestly a bit lame. There were no bubble machines or bubble wands but just a big vat of soapy water with toys in them and a pulley that created bubble walls around you but the walls didn't float away or anything.
The most loved room was the ball room which was set up with all kinds of different paths for balls to travel and ring bells and circle down transparent tubes--this was probably the most educational room as well.
Overall, even if it wasn't a museum or terribly educational, it was definitely worth the trip and packed full of smiles, loud shrieks of delight and wide-eyes for my baby girl (and me).
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