The Crayola Experience                   Easton, Lehigh County

Crayola Experience, located in the heart of downtown Easton, Pennsylvania, is the only place in the world where the magic of Crayola comes to life. Here, you’re always encouraged to let your creativity run free, to color outside the lines and to play, explore, and learn. This one-of-a-kind attraction is where color, chemistry, and technology magically combine to create a colorful adventure for a child’s imagination.

Children's Museum  of Pittsburgh                                   Pittsburgh, Allegheny County

Rainy Day? how about a Museum?  The Children's Museum of Pittsburgh nurtures children's innate joy, creativity and curiousity. We provide developmentally appropriate exhibits, programs and opportunities for play both inside and outside the Museum.  Cool events are scheduled everyday all year long!  New in 2013: The renovated exhibit, Waterplay -- where children can explore water as they pump, move, channel and dam it, and experience rain, spray and frozen water in nearly 20 different new exhibit components!  

Tour-Ed Mine & Museum     Open Memorial Day thru Labor Day     Tarentum, Allegheny County

Experience what it was like to be a coal miner in the 1850's and today. Your guides are experienced coal miners, who will treat you to an amazing, educational tour 160 feet below the Earth's surface.

The Old Jail Museum   May - October    Jim Thorpe, Carbon County

Oooo, this place sounds creepy, and cool!  The Old Jail Museum offers guided history tours all summer. Wander the Old Jail's cold hallways, past Cell 17 with its mysterious handprint on the wall, under the gallows on wihch seven of the accused Molly Maguires were put to death, and down into the eerie dungeon.

Butterfly Forest at Phipps      April 20-September 2, 2013     Pittsburgh, Allegheny County

What kid does not LOVE butterflies?  Well you can take the kiddos to Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens to see the Butterfly Forest. Watch butterflies emerge and take flight! Phipps’ Stove Room transforms into Butterfly Forest through fall, with various species of butterflies flying through the flowers and foliage.

Dino Adventure    June 1-Sep. 1, 2013       Harrisburg, Dauphin County

Journey back to a time millions of years ago, and experience stomping, roaring, robotic dinosaurs - in Whitaker Center's summer limited engagement exhibition. Guests will tremble at a growling T-Rex, witness a Corythosaurus mother tend her brood, and discover a nestful of eggs ready to hatch. Dino Adventure features interactive, life-sized dinosaur robots that roar, feed, fight, and care for their young - showcasing popular dinosaurs such as Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, and Triceratops.

Harmony Museum       Harmony, Beaver County

The town of Harmony was founded in 1804, and has more than 250 years of remarkable history.  History includes the Lenape (Delaware) Indian settlement, Murdering Town, Major George Washington, "Father" George Rapp and the Harmonists from Germany, Mennonites, and so much more! Come discover the big history of this little town.

Beaver Area Heritage Museum              Beaver, Beaver County

Voted one of America’s best local museums, featured in People Magazine and attracted 20,000 visitors!

Created by the renovation of a 90-year-old freight station formerly owned by the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, the Historical Museum opened in 1998 to great acclaim. It received “Best Local History Museum” Award from the American Association of State and Local History. The Museum features important,

Da Vinci Discovery Center                                          Allentown, Lehigh County

Beehives, robotic dinosaurs, 'still' images of the Orion Nebula taken by the Hubble Space Telescope and a life-sized, gyroscope-style ride . Kids will love it, and they will definitely learn something. Win - win. And for the wee ones. . DaVinci Discovery Center has a "Little Learners Lab".