Ana Garcia

Great Saturday activity for all ages. There’s a huge variety of vendors, farmers, makers, food trucks, etc. Weather is hard to pin down, the previous time we went the heat was unbearable but we were there last weekend around the same time and the temperature was so much better. There’s a small stage where they play live music and the area around it was recently turfed perfect for kids to dance and run around (or cool people to do yoga 😉)

There’s a little bit of everything for the whole family. We visited at the beginning of September while on vacation. We enjoyed it so much we were there until it closed. There’s are like 4 floors of activities but my daughter definitely favored the Magic City exhibit. If you have kids this is a must do while in Birmingham!

Great place to bring kids of all ages! There’s a ton of things to do, and you wouldn’t even tell from the outside. From live animals like ferrets and birds, to a pretend grocery store, and a science station! Honestly something for everyone, even us adults. I particularly liked building the space shuttles with different parts and testing if they’d fall apart!

This is a wonderful museum and grounds. Visited at the beginning of September as part of our Jackson roadtrip stop. Entrance was free and there was plenty of great pieces and interesting installations. But by far, the best part, was the kids’ section! My daughter absolutely loved it, so much in fact, that every art museum we visited after she complained that it wasn’t an art museum because she wasn’t allowed to make any art. Which, hard arguing with that logic to a 5 year old 😅

The space is smaller but if you’re bringing kids it’s honestly better, because you don’t leave feeling like you missed a whole section or a whole floor, etc. Overall, highly recommended!

We almost didn’t make it here! The entrance was sort of blocked off, they are doing construction of some kind and originally we were going to try the kids museum but it looked closed, so kept on driving and decided to try this place out. I’m so glad we did! This place is very unassuming and I didn’t not go in with high expectations. There were few people and no line to pay. Fair warning, the animatronic dinosaurs might seem a bit scary for smaller kids, but we made it work. The live animal tanks are a great juxtaposition to the built habitats and honestly I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did! The outdoor trails looked great, and the various dinosaur statues were pretty fun. There was this interactive play station for kids showing a topographic map that was also super entertaining! Overall, highly recommend. Like I mentioned at the beginning, this place is right by the children’s museum so you could easily make a day of it, and there’s also a good sized public park!