17 Washington DC Museums for Kids to Explore
Our Washington DC kids museum guide collects all of the best family museums around the city and suburbs, along with parent reviews.
Discover the children's museums DC families love, plus all-ages picks with interactive exhibits and hands-on experiences that make them especially kid-friendly.
Share your tips for visiting any of these DC museums and help fellow parents looking for a new favorite!
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National Postal Museum
Lisa R said: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night" kept America's early postmen from completing their rounds. Learn their stories & more at this museum inside the historic D.C. City Post Office where you can walk a Colonial post road, ride in a stagecoach, and visit a small post office from the 1920's. Vehicle-loving kids flock to the full-size freightliner semi-truck, mail planes, stagecoach, post truck & rail car. Hands-on activities include designing your own stamp, a mail sorting challenge, and tracing the route historic letters took to reach their destinations.
Washington, DC
1 review
fairfaxstation.org
Fairfax Station Railroad Museum
Lisa R said: This historic railroad station played important roles in the Civil War, Battle of Bull Run, and in the surrounding community. Today it houses exhibits and events related to local history and railroading. Rotating model train exhibits, ranging from G to T scale, are displayed here at least once a month, with bigger special exhibits scheduled several times a year. Families particularly love the annual holiday train show, which fills the entire station grounds.
Fairfax Station, VA
1 review
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