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Discovery Creek Children's Museum
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Discovery Creek Children's Museum
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4954 MacArthur Blvd. NW
Washington, DC 20007
202-337-5111
Good-for-Kids Rating
Babies
Toddlers & Pre-K
School-Age KidsPre-Teens & Teens
Children's Museum
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Discovery Creek Children's Museum Description
Bringing your environmentally-obsessed child to this unique museum and nature center is a must. They'll love seeing conservation and ecology lessons they learned in school get put into action. You can also hike to a creek to learn how water cycles from the ground to the air and back again. Teens will enjoy it too, and are often impressed to find that some of the museum's volunteer staff are their age.
Kid Tips
School-Age Kids: Buy some good-conscience souvenirs: Frog-themed $7 insulated lunch bags and $5 water bottles are useful for school back home -- and a tax-deductible gift to the museum.
Pre-Teens & Teens: Sign them up for a trip on the Rolling Rainforest. From the outside, it's a 53-foot-long tractor trailer. But inside? A tropical rainforest.
Planning Notes
- Hike, then eat. Discovery Creek has two "campuses," one in D.C. proper and the other in Glen Echo, Maryland. If you head to the Maryland museum, get picnic food at Glen Echo Pizza and Subs and spend some time in the park itself.
Just the Facts
Hours: Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
Fees: Under $10
Recommended Time: 2 to 4 hours
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What's Nearby?
- Discovery Creek 2233 Wisconsin Ave Nw # 410
Washington, DC 20007
202-337-5111 38.91979194444444 -77.07109194444445 - Kreeger Museum 2401 Foxhall Rd Nw
Washington, DC 20007
202-338-3552 38.92241194444444 -77.08947972222222
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