Reviews of Children's Museum of South Dakota (Museum)

521 4th St, Brookings, SD 57006, United States

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REVIEWS OF Children's Museum of South Dakota IN South Dakota

Jason French

Kids love it. It is starting to show a little wear around the edges though.

Betty Chatwell

Great place for kids. Too expensive if you have a large family

Sean Pluim

Lots of activities for kids of all ages. Great way for kids to learn and play and interact with other kids. Membership is a great deal so families who want to take advantage of an indoor place for kids to play year round.

Jetstream_Jill

I used to take the kids I nannied here often! It's a great place for kids, and even adults will enjoy their time here!

Narcisa Villegas

Great experience for children lots to see

Tony Venhuizen

You won’t find a better Children’s Museum in the country. Ideal for kids 1-10.

codycmiller11

If you have kids in Brookings, this is a must see. Best kids entertainment in town. Easy to spend 3 hours. Cafe with food as well. Kids ages 2 and up

J D

This place is a crowd favorite, and everyone from our 3 year old to my 66 year old mother has fun. I won't deny how much time I've didn't in the water room playing with both of my kids. The vacuum tube room is a blast too. Check out the traveling exhibit upstairs and don't miss out on the finer details in the cloud room. Lots of great culture and info out there hidden inside play and toys. During the summer, the outside is a blast. The splash pad and the stream make it all perfect! We have a membership and if you can make it three times a year with a family of four you will pay for it. Save time for a scoop of ice cream on the way out!

Luke Roggenbuck

Lot of stuff to do with your kids.

John

Kids loved it but the indoor water area is in desperate need of repair. Most of the stuff in there's not working or broken an the food area staff tend to avoid you. There was no water left to drink till we asked for it.

Aaron Zobel

Very great museum for kids. Lots of fun exhibits.

Suzanne Booth

Tons of fun activities for my grandson who is 7-1/2. He loves the dinosaurs, the TV station and stage, the water play room, the air play room, the outdoor musical instruments and the pond with it's lazy river!

Julie Johnson

Good place to stop and check out

Vic Palmer

At first I thought it was expensive, but as we wondered around the campus, I was amazed at how much there was to do and see, well worth the money!

Jozzy Norbisrath

I hadnt been for a year it would be nice if they updated every now and then.

Gary Messerli

Fantastic place to take kids. Two floors of activities. All hands on. Big variety of things to do and explore. Cafe on site. Only $7.50 pp to get in. The kids did not want to leave.

Lara Nash

We love coming here with our kids. They never run out of fun things to do, but it also isn't overwhelming.

Serenity Frantzen

Great service

MKamrud

If you haven't, you must! We pretty much have to drag our kids out of here every time we go.

Wayne Trout

Great place! The kiddos and parents both liked it. Not busy and lots of stuff to do.

L Haak

So much fun!

Natalie Amber

So much fun for the kids!

Tammy stockland

Kids loved it spent 4 hours here

Cher Grams

Wonderful experience for children!

Scott Wedel

A great place for lower grade aged children. Our children loved it!

Jesse Milbrandt

This place is amazing and so Interactive I would stop here every time I'm in Brookings. Your kids will have a great time and any adults with kids Hearts will also have a great time they also have a cafeteria which is nice to make it an all day event. All the exhibits are so good I can't pick one favorite.

Lucas Tetrick

We had a lot of fun. There were a lot of options and it's good to have options. Place was nice and clean, and the staff was excellent. It was busy but it didn't matter because there was so many different things to do and lots of room. Bottlenecks were minimal.

Mathew Lehmann

Great museum for young kids. Lots of things for them to do both educational and fun.

Kirsten Wiese

We love the children's muesum

Maren Wakefield

Excellent experience, could spend all day. My daughter is 3 and she could enjoy this for years to come. The staff was constantly attentive to safety in the water areas and picking up displays to make them ready for the next kids to explore and learn!

Jill Rust

Such a fun place to take the kids. My 3 year old and 18 month old love it. So many imagination filled activities to do.

Jeffery Hartman

Great place for entertainment for children

Graham Oey

My 6 and 4 year old girls loved it. After 4 hours they still did not want to leave. A few things in the water room weren't working like they should, but most of the stuff it pretty well kept up.

Heather Dewald

We stopped here ion our way back home from a family vacation, a great place to stop and let the kids stretch out and wear off some energy. Very clean and well taken care of, with plenty of room and things to do. There was even an outdoor area, although not much to do and our kids lost interest outside quickly it was a nice option.

Colton Wendland

This is an awesome place for the kids to run around and burn energy! When we were there the last time however quite a few items were in need of repairs! In the summer however there are somethings you can do outside like magnet fishing, trails and dinosaurs!

Josh Swanstrom

This place is so much fun for kids. It's easy to spend hours here. Last time I was there was for a birthday party. They do a great job of making the party something special for the kids.

Hina Illahe

your child will love this place for sure. we never regretted being their members ♡

Mias Phone

Love all the events here

Elizabeth Harter

great place for kids! my one year old and four year old loves it

Annalysia Volk

We drove from sioux falls to go here. It was a little disappointing for the price. It also was winter and we weren't able to enjoy the outdoor area but I feel that would have contributed to the experience a lot more. Very educational and has nice different areas to walk through, the interactive activities are great at keeping the kids engaged.

Diane Hayner

Beautiful

Karen Bellecourt

Took granddaughter, she had a good time.

Janet French

It's worth the drive to get there from Sioux Falls. We were with a 4yr. & 1 1/2 yr old. We stayed over 3 hours. Could have stayed longer but the adults were tired. Painting, grocery store, climbing areas, cultural areas in which to play, and much more.

Jennifer Kaufman

This is an amazing place! Extremely helpful and organized experience for school field trips!

Justin Bovee

Really a hidden treasure for kids! So many lottle meat things to do! Will glady come back again and again!

Carl Otto nyquist

Fun for any kid

Teresa Schmidt

Soo much fun for the kids. Real life hands on activities.

Cindy Egeberg

Kids loved all the interactive rooms and the dinosaurs were a huge hit. Perfect way to keep them busy for an afternoon.

Tom Kramer

This what a great place to take my son and nephew. Entrance was $8.00, which is exceedingly cheap for everything that was there. There are multiple areas with different themes and activities for kids to do to assist them on learning skills. Our favorite was going through the grocery store to fulfill our shopping list, and then going to the farm to see how the food gets to the store. We did choose to eat in the Cafe which did get a little backed up, nap time arrived so we did not get to explore the whole museum, so plan accordingly! We could have easily spent 5+ hours here. Your admission does count for the whole day, so you can leave and come back, unfortunately we were from out of town, so that was not an option. Well worth the hour drive!

Cindy Dagel

Meant for younger kids but older ones and even adults have fun

Hilarie Folk

Had an amazing time! Granddaughters had so much fun!

Ayris Cable-Cheval

This was our first time here. There were several intriguing play areas that kept my 5 year old actively engaged all day. The outdoor space was especially well laid out. We probably would have spent all day out there were it not for the heat. My only suggestions would be more climbing structures, more shade for moms outside, and larger portion sizes on the kids meal items. My son had a chicken quesadilla and it was quite small, though he said it tasted very good. However, I had a delicious chicken salad sandwich on a croissant and it was plenty big enough. All in all, a great place to spend a day with the kids.

My School Rocks!

Great place to take the children

Audrey Vidmar

It is the perfect place to let your kids imagination run wild! They have outside fun for the summer and lots of inside fun if you get to hot or during the colder months!

Barb Poppenga

Wonderful place for kids. So much fun. Bring swimsuit and towel. There is a great outside area with water features. Watch out for the dinosaurs. They r hungry and looking for kids..

Casey Garza

Highly recommend for all parents

gaynell timms

We had more fun than the kids.

Anna Underwood

What a great spot to visit with the kids! It's even more fun in the summer, when all the outside stuff is unfrozen!

Kelly Oellien

What a very educational place to take your children and what fun they can have. Great place for birthday parties.

Brady Olson

This place was awesome! My 2.5 year old LOVED the experience...as a 36 year old dad I had a blast too!!!! Lots of creative play experiences! Highly recommend!

Erica DeRycke

Nice attractions for kids, they always have a good time but they don't change it up alot

Russ Wentz

Wonderful place for children to learn, you know it was a great day, when children are not wanting to leave at the end of the day, even crying to stay a learn more.

Lisa Leuning

This is a great place to bring the kids both when it’s cold weather and when it’s nice. The inside has multiple rooms for your kids to spend time in and when it’s nice they have a water area to play in. My kids love the giant lifelike dinosaurs.

Yem alkindi

The best place for kids in Brookings, SD

Therese DeBaere

Nice place. Good food.

Linda Byington

Unbelievable! Our grandson had so much fun ( and so did Grandpa!!)

Nicole Starling

Lots 2 do there. My daughter loves it.

Jaradyn S

Awesome place so much to do to keep kids busy

Tom Kesteloot

Have to see it to believe it ,Awsome

Vanria Wright

This is a great all day trip ,so much for the children. Swim, dig , eat , play and learn

Andrew Doyle

Really fun place for our seven and nine year olds.

Jessica usselman

What a great place to spend time when it's cold and snowy in South Dakota!

Christian Lerback

Kids had a blast; lots of variety and some fun learning opportunities.

Shawnee Dechant

Great for children of all ages. Outside area looks great, we plan to return in warmer weather.

yvonne mendoza

What an awesome place! So many activities. Good place to go for a few hours. Young kids is what this place is designed for.

Brian J

Kiddos loved it

Cody Leisen

Great for kids but didn't get to see outside exhibits during winter.

B Humbracht

Kids have a great time

Robert Contreras

We had a great time. A ton of kids but still a lot of fun.

Becky Blunt

Pleasantly surprised at what a great place this is.

John Beaman

Lots of things for young kids to do

Tyler Muth

Very cool place for the kids. Each area was well kept and clean. Price to get in was very affordable as well.

Patrick Crandell

Amazing! Even better than the Boston Children’s museum!

Rebekah Allen

My kids love going here. A safe place to let them play and learn.

Rachel Fox

You have to check this place out! We took 7 kids ages 12 to 2 here and oh my gosh there was something for each of them and they loved it!! We did make a point to see everything but we definitely will be going back to explore some more!

Jill Olson

A gem in the heart of the beautiful city of Brookings. A must see for ALL ages. Too much to see and do to explain here.

Kent Knutson

Great place to take kids and very cheap yearly memberships. 100 dollars and you can go anytime they are open and they stay open later for memebers.

Denis Aseltine

If you have young children this is a great place to take them. Play about for hours to let them try everything and enjoy the experience. Great cafe for lunch.

Jesse Olson

Every time we come into town to visit family we have to hit up this museum. Its better than any other children's museum in the region... including larger towns!

Nathan Williamson

Amazing place for younger kids to explore and learn. Needs some TLC on some of the exhibits, but still a great destination for kids.

Thomas Anez

I had heard about this place, but never visited before today. It is very similar to the Children’s Museum in Omaha, but much closer to Sioux Falls, so it makes a quick day trip. Great entertainment and learning for my 4 year old.

jess Anderson

Great place for kids to explore and learn. There are so many things to do, you could spend all day there and not get bored. And the staff is super nice and helpful.

Nathaniel Gies

Although this museum is pricy, it is worth every penny as long as you have time to utilize it to its full potential. I've been to a lot of children's museums both in the U.S. and abroad and this is hands-down the best children's museum I've been to. It's an expansive museum with LOTS to see and do, both inside and outside. The best part is that pretty much everything is accessible to kids on a level where they don't need to think about how something works or need much help in doing the activity; they can just walk up to something and start doing it. 10/10 would recommend to anyone with kids.

Nathanael Anderson

Fantastic place to bring the kids. Lots of things for them to check out from a water room to a full farm to grocery store setup. There are tons of things to do even in the winter. I am particularly fond of the cloud area as my kids. They get to climb and go up high in safety. The play areas outside are great and don't forget to visit the dinosaurs!

Harmony Krebs

Absolutely lovely environment for the kids! Beautifully designed exhibits and totally interactive!

poloik ROBLOX

Lots of things for the kids to do..my grandkids loved it!!!

Zachery Hendrickson

My children love this place, and that's what matters. It's relatively inexpensive, especially if you're willing to buy an annual family membership. Highly recommend! However, bring your own lunch, the small Cafe is somewhat expensive.

Tiffany Walberg

Tons of activities for kids. My son absolutely loved the grocery shopping (that's all kid-sized) and the car workshop. Really great place to spend an afternoon as a family.

Brock Schmitz

Great for all ages of kids

Bill Costello

Very nice! Had so much fun. So many things to do. We had a great day.

Joan Wollschlager

This is a great place to let kids explore and enjoy learning.

Margie Cole

Awesome lunch at the Cafe !!!

Valarie Langbehn

Wonderful experience! Great place for kids. We are lunch, good selections and tasty. The staff were friendly and helpful. Try it soon.

Tracy Nystrom

4 year old daughter had a blast. Fun for adults also

Lewis Epple

Love this place! Our two kids under 5 love it and we have fun there too!

Sandra Hiebert

Wonderful place!

Kat Finzen

It's a wonderful place to spend a Day with kids, they stay busy and engaged the whole time!

ashlee chapin

Such a great place for younger children. Many exhibits and creativity rooms.

Phillip Humphrey

My family and I had such a great time here. We enjoyed each exhibit and really can't wait to come back. We especially enjoyed delivering mail, shopping in the grocery store, and playing in the water area.

Nancy Stewart

A great place for kids. As the adult, be prepared to do a lot of standing around. There is a great restaurant that you can go to without paying the museum admission fee.

Steven Melancon

I really love this place because my kids love this place. The 4 stars is because I hate that they close so early. Other than that, it's wonderful. There are so many different rooms with different themes. All the activities are designed to be engaging and educational. Basically, this place is just one massive indoor playground. That's how the kids see it. It's built in an old school. The upstairs floor uses the classrooms for craft classes that they have occasionally. The outside area is a lot of fun, too. There's a cute little stream (man-made) for the kids to splash in and walk through.

Mandy Larson

Favorite of our toddler. There is so much to do and see, and a nice little cafe for lunch. They often have special toddler activities on Sat mornings, like playdoh and other sensory activities. The farm and grocery store are particular favorites.

darren erlandson

Our 2 1/2 year old daughter loves this place!

Kendra Intermill

The museum is wonderful. My children loved every activity. There are so many centers that it takes at least 2 days to do everything.

Pat Redepenning

So much fun. Kids love it, and so do grandparents.

Melanie Watermellon

I enjoy spending lunch time outside and seeing the happy kids. I think I want to sign up a volunteer.

Holley Franklin

Chaperoned a field trip for my sons class a few years back and this was where we went. To say it was FUN is putting it lightly. It was an amazing experience. Not only interesting, but the staff were so helpful, knowledgeable, and friendly. ☆☆☆☆☆

Rachel Halsey

We enjoyed the variety of activities! Our 2 year old played for 2 hours.

Bob Thompson

This place is amazing, awsome! I've been to children's museums in many cities in the U.S. and this one outdoes all of them, hands down! The dinosaur, the water play room, the air room, the amazingly designed farm-to-table space, we totally enjoyed spending time with our grandson here! We'll definitely be back!

Ali Shali

Nice place compair to the location.

irfan quazi

A must see place for everybody visiting Bookings.

Rachel Schurr

Love this place! It's a great learning experience for children!

Wendy Nath

Grandkids had a blast....so much to do. Went upstairs an exceptional helpful staff taught weaving and how to make friendship bracelet. Dinosaurs..climbing... playstore...play garage..waterfun...painting...artWow... what a great way to spend an afternoon. :)

Jade Fjelstad

Such great activities to keep kids learning and entertained! Great friendly staff!

Daniel Shchur

A little costly, but hours of fun, exploration, and adventure for the kids. Even the adults can have a little fun helping out the kids. Would recommend to any parent with kids who would love to give them a nice treat.

Adam Roberts

Family friendly, tons of activities for the kids. Good for a few hours to a whole day. There is a little splash pad and man made creek outdoors, perfect to cool off at on a hot day.

Jen Bates

Our little boy LOVED IT!!!

Brian B

Fun time for the kids. They start to grow tired of it after a couple hours but worth a trip every once in a while

Susan Carlson

Super fun for all age groups. Lots of engaging activities! The whole place is well planned out and designed with safety in mind.

Jeannette Benton

Amazing please to bring your children to have a fun day.

Kelly Reynolds

Awesome place for the kiddos!

Doug Sorensen

Excellent food, great service

Benjeman Meyer

There isn't much for handicapped children to do. There is a fraction of activities compared to Omaha's children's museum. There was an outdoor water area our daughter enjoyed quite a bit. I felt it was expensive given the few activities she was able to experience. Not a whole lot for a 2.5 year old

J Gray

Visited back in June with my 4 and 1 y/o. Both kids had a blast. Many things to do for kids of all ages. They have a nice outdoor area to dig for dinosaur bones and play in the splash fountain. Probably the highlight for my kids was a little kids grocery store where they were able to "buy" their own groceries or be the grocery checkout worker. Props to the staff for keeping those selves re-stocked.

Sarah Clark

Such an awesome place! So much for the kids to do. Excellent place to learn by playing!

Lance Barke

Really nice and lots to do, just said it was different organization than my children's museum in Illinois

Charles Kent

Everyone loves a life size T_Rex... I mean am I right

Megan Huber

Great place to spend a few hours letting kids explore and discover new things.

Rachelle Mahoney

They cafe service wasn't the best that day,but food was good. Kids love the place and plenty to do. Parts are very autism friendly. Of course will be going again.

Travis Schmieg

Great fun for everyone... Kids love coming here. Definitely recommend.

Andy Ghimire

Great place for kids to burn energy, brain fuel and learn and entertain.

Mary Dannen

Alot of interesting activities to keep lids busy all day.

Bobbie Lenar

Great place for children to run free and learn. We take my niece and nephew from VA each time they visit. They talk about it all year long until the come back. That to me makes it 5 stars!

Joshua Malloy

The whole family loves this place. My oldest is 7 and we've taken him here throughout his life. He still loves it and always asks to go back. Can we pick it up and move it to Sioux Falls, please?

Nick Bennett

Great place for kids to learn and play!

Tom Moisuk

This place was amazing. The kids did not want to leave. The water room was by far the favorite and we should have brought a change of shirt.

Conant Sowers

Grandson thoroughly enjoyed most of the displays inside and out. We also enjoyed lunch: children's Mac and Cheese; soup and sandwich special; and grilled cheese with tomato etc.

Deb Wilde

We have been to the museum several times and each time more and more of the activities are broken or don’t work. None of these appear to be maintained as it has been a long time in between our visits sometimes 6 months to a year and the same things don’t work along with a few more each time. We would love to come back because it is a great place, but we hesitate due to the price with the condition it is in.

Judy Vinson

My grand kids loved it and they didn't want to leave.

Ryan Thorson

Great place for kids under 10! So much stuff for them to do!

Sam Solem

Great place to take kids. It is always so busy and is hard for the kids to squeeze in and play with exhibits. Other than that, fun family outing!

Amanda Stark

Fantastic place to visit. Our children (5,3, and 9 months) had a blast. You could easily spend all day there abd still want to come back the next day.

John Gruman

Very reasonably priced and lots of fun interactive things for kids to do.

Elizabeth Antonio

Great place. Took my daughter and her bestie for her 5th birthday. They had THE best time. Was definitely worth the journey to Brookings.

Chris Brynga

Very clean, very friendly staff, lots of options for the kids and endless amount of fun for them. The outside play area was nice on a cooler day and inside was room after room of a different learning opportunity. Overall my kids loved the place and would visit again when in South Dakota again.

Shane Larson

Always a good time. My kids enjoy it everytime!

Kyle Kuphal

This is an amazing place to spend a day. So much to do for kids and fun for adults too. They also have great food available. The entry fee is very affordable.

stephanie Hale

Always a great time!

Business Hours of Children's Museum of South Dakota in South Dakota

SUNDAY
12–5PM
MONDAY
(VETERANS DAY) 10AM–5PM HOLIDAY HOURS
TUESDAY
10AM–5PM
WEDNESDAY
10AM–5PM
THURSDAY
10AM–5PM
FRIDAY
10AM–5PM
SATURDAY
10AM–5PM

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