Kidspace Children's Museum
About
3.5-Acre Outdoor Children's Museum Beside the Rose Bowl
Kidspace Children's Museum spreads across 3.5 acres next to the Rose Bowl - a non-profit children's museum where 70% of exhibits are outdoors. Designed for hands-on, kid-driven learning through nature, science, and art.
What Kids Can Do
Arroyo Adventure invites kids to climb, dig, and create in a natural setting with mud kitchen, sand-and-water play, and rock-climbing boulders. Critter Cabin houses live animals - chickens, turtles, snakes. Galvin Physics Forest has hands-on outdoor experiments with simple machines, music sculptures, and water flow. Trike Tracks for younger kids on plastic trikes. Imagination Workshop indoor art studio for crafts. Mountain bike-style climbing tower for older kids [marked: outdoor exhibits stay open year-round - bring layers and weather-appropriate clothes].
What's Included
Admission $14 adults and kids 1+, $13 seniors, free under 1. All exhibits, daily programs, and outdoor exhibits included. Birthday parties, camps, and special events priced separately.
Experience
Plan 3-5 hours. Mostly outdoor with indoor workshop options. Bring change of clothes - mud kitchen, water tables, and sand pit get kids wet/dirty. Stroller-friendly throughout. Paid on-site parking. Open Wed-Sun 9:30am-5pm.