I came today for the first time with my grandson who is 4 years old. Not only he, but I was in awe too! I can honestly say this place is best kept secret in Idaho! I cant believe I didnt know about it even I am always searching for some new places for my grandson! I am not going to spoil your visit, you have to see it to believe it, I can honestly say WELL DONE AND THANK YOU!

This place is so great. My kids have a blast when we go and the price affordable.

I was really excited when I found out the museum was opening because it was the first one in the area. My children absolutely loved it and we chose to get a pass because of the daily admission prices. We went quite frequently but after a year my 5 year old started to lose interest. Some of the exhibits are definitely better than others. My kids loved the grocery store, pizza parlor, interactive video games, baby chicks, Dinosaurs and train table the most. I definitely think with time and more funding it will be really awesome! Thank you for entertaining my children.

Everyone is required to wear masks but while we were there, a boy around the age of 5 or 6 was audibly sick. He was coughing non stop and although he had a mask, he was not wearing it over his nose or mouth. COVID or not, they should have asked them to leave as it was extremely obvious that he was unwell.

Attended a fundraiser tonight. Great time supporting a great place. I would recommend bringing your children here for a fun adventure.

I love this place! So much for children to do indoors and outside areas. If youre looking for activity for mind and body this is the place to be. Fantastic

I couldnt rate this places highly enough. Such a fun experience for my daughter! They always have new activities and story times going on. Worth every single penny!

Wow, what a great place to take the kids! Extremely interactive with a very local feel. Each area and theme is sponsored by one or more Treasure Valley businesses. Displays are always changing too. This is definitely a place I would recommend getting a season pass! You won’t regret it!

Staff is great. My kids had fun.

Absolutely fantastic place for kids! I have a 2 and 4 year old and they both had a wonderful time. There is a ton of things to play with and it is all educational to boot. Highly recommended. We got a year pass so we can go all we want.

We love this place. We have a pass and its definitely worth it. I take my kids about once a week. My two year old never gets bored!

Very fun and educational for kids. Even had fun there as an adult!

We got to visit the museum today for the first opening week. My little loved it, spent 1.5 hours and could have spent double that. Dentist, vet, constructon, exercise, garden, reading, bank, cave, toddler, train, space ship, trader Joes, plane, pizza, and a pirate ship areas. Some exhibits were more engaging than others for my two year old. The cave and space ship had very little to interact with but the other areas were awesome. He loved shopping and making pizza and digging in the dirt. I hope in the future they have an area with climbing like a tree house or more crawling like in the cave but longer. Stool in the bathroom for littles to use the sink. We will definitely be back

We ended up getting a membership here and come almost once a week. Our son (3.5) loves it. There is lots to do and see. They change things up a bit so there are new things. It was a great place to host the 3 year birthday party also.

The Childrens Museum of Idaho is a great place for kids to learn about all different aspects of life, from food service and shopping to banking, veterinary science, farming and agriculture. Its a great place for kids to let their imaginations run away with them. Lots of creative things to do and play with are scattered all around the museum. They offer single or family memberships too which is awesome. We use ours almost weekly.

This place is amazing! I wish we had found it sooner. My daughter was a bit overwhelmed as she wanted to play with everything. Theres so many different activities and themes!I also loved how clean everything seemed to be. And it was definitely organized. There was a room where kids could do various projects and it looked to have a schedule as well. So depending on the day and time you could have your child participate in a project.Definitely will come back!

Lots of fun! I like how all the sections are separated.

We love this place! The kids I watch always enjoy how much there is to do here. But if you dont have a full afternoon its hard to get through it all which is great because then they want to go back and dont ever get bored of it! I highly recommend it and the price isnt to bad for what you get out of it

Really awesome play place for toddlers but... Quite a bit overpriced. Charging for parents is ridiculous. And when you charge for parents, at least dont ask them to clean up the mess too. My advice to the owners- should really take a look at Jabbers in Nampa and see what they charge and also note that Jabbers pick up after your kids too and provide parents with leather couches and coffee. The amount of activities was really great but I feel like the staff there are really up-tight church moms or something.

Not for older kids, should have actual artifacts and more educational experiences for older children, not what I consider a museum

This is my toddler’s favorite place to go! She finds something new to explore every visit! You can tell so much thought went into every exhibit and the staff is friendly and inviting!!

I came here with my almost 19 month old son for a touch-the-truck event, and decided to go through the museum too. I was blown away. Such a wonderful place for kids! We will be back!

Great place for kids to learn and have fun!

Spent time with the grandkids. Great time there! Thank you supporters.

My 3 year old likes going here. There are good exhibits and completely hands on of course. It is pretty small though and you can get through the whole place in about an hour or two. Dont expect to spend anywhere near the whole day.

Amazing for kids. Great sections, including a toy train section, grocery store, pizza parlor, craft room, and outdoor area. My kids could have spent many hours here. If I lived in Idaho, I would get a membership in a heartbeat. A cant miss if you have young kids.

Great time, my kids always Love it

Super cute and fun place to take your kiddos to be entertained for a few hours. The membership is definitely worth it in my opinion. I will say that I took my 3 year old and my 7 month old on a Friday afternoon and it was crazy busy and a little overwhelming for my son. I really appreciate how it is educational and offers many different hands on exhibits. The little classes (we went to a slime making one) they put on every so often are fun too!

This is a great place for kids. Our toddler up to our 10 year old had a blast! There are different themes areas for them to explore like a pirate ship, an airplane, a rocket, a farm, and more.

This place is so great for young children! My kid will spend hours here if we could. Each room is unique and encourages exploration and curiosity. They can explore in a safe, air-conditioned, fully enclosed place. They have a store, pizza parlor, train room, reading room, dentist, construction area, veterinarian clinic, farm area, cave, pirate ship and outdoor space. Its crazy!

I was so appalled at how dirty this place is. You can tell that they haven’t mopped in a very very long time. The dirt was caked onto the floor outside the “cave” part and through out the entire building. In the room with the activity table, there was purple sticky stuff all over the table and sticky milk type residue in the crevices of the couch in there. And the bathroom was so foul. The smell was bad enough but there was dirty toilet paper all over the floor and sink counter. No staff had obviously been in there all day to clean up. This place is also not very baby friendly even though they allow babies in. They have a toddler designated area but no gate attached to the fence surrounding it so it’s very hard to let your baby play when they’re constantly trying to get out.I only saw two employees, the lady that takes admission and a young girl that just walked around.No one is actively cleaning like most play gyms I’ve been to. I also expected this place to be more of a museum and less of a play gym. If you want to go to a nice and clean play gym go to woodland kids. We left maybe 10 minutes into being there.Response to owners reply:The dirt on the ground was dirt not cement. You could push it around with your foot. Cement doesn’t move. And maybe add come deeper cleaning to the corners of the construction exhibit and the creases of the couch because there is food in there. And your building isn’t big enough for me not to notice the other employees unless they weren’t in uniform. Instead of arguing with your customers, show some humility and gracefully apologize for how disgusting your facility is and make those changes. You’ll burn through customers with that attitude and soon you’ll be out of business.Thank you for the response. I definitely will not be coming back.

The grandkids had such a great time! Thanks for entertaining them for 2-3 hours, even though it was raining and we couldnt go to the outdoor area... That was a bit if a disappointment, but we will be back for sure. One suggestion...I think you should allow at lease one adult in for free when you have 2 or more kids youre having to pay for to get in.

Our 4 year old loved it and had a great time in his first time around. They had a few neat areas, but there wasnt a lot of educational material as youd expect to see in a museum.Also, the $24 pricetag for two parents to take a toddler seemed a little excessive. Probably wont be back due to the cost/value ratio unless the adult pricing changes or we have a large group of young children.

Its a cute little museum. Ive always lived in big cities with giant children museums but for being in a smaller town its a good size. $8 per person age 2 and up. They keep it tidy and I like that they have a curtain in the locker room for nursing.

Amazing place for toddlers! We spent 2 hours here and they never stopped playing!

This place was fun for our 3 and 1 year olds. But the fact that 2 and under is free and adults have to pay $8 (just as much as kids) is insane. I get that they want parents in interact. But it’s also nice for your kid to play on their own and gain independence. Also it’s ok for my kids to make friends with the other kids playing, and me, a parent not be all over the equipment with my child. There are other indoor play/explore places that don’t charge parents.

Great place to let your kids have fun and learn through play

Amazing place! So fun & interesting. Kept the toddler happy for over 2 hours. Cheap price too!!!

Im not sure how this is w Museum.... I think it is just tax related or whatever. Some cut back from being a museum.It is fun and always packed.

This museum kept my three daughters happy and entertained for several hours. I like how they change out the theme very often and i have never seen them repeat a craft ot guided activity. Its definitely geared for kids under 12 years

Kids had a great time. Was expensive to take the whole family. Disappointed they don’t have a “last hour of the day” type discount. It’s the best museum the treasure valley has to offer but falls short in so many ways compared to other children’s museums in other cities we’ve been to. Once again kids under 8 had a fabulous time and we were there for 3 hours but will only be a once in a while trip due to price.

Halfway between a kids play space and an interactive museum. Very enjoyable exhibits that kept a 4 & 6 year old engaged for about 2 hours

Clean and interesting, interactive play.

My family visited the new Childrens Museum of Idaho a few weeks ago for the first time and my two boys LOVED IT! My boys (ages 2 & 6) enjoyed the many different areas of the museum. They enjoyed the farm, construction area, dentist, animal hospital, pirate area, cave, reading nook and multiple other areas. They also really loved making their own pizza in the Idaho Pizza Company area! It was great as a parent to be able to have my kids be safe, while also having fun and learning. We will definitely be back!

My 3 and 5 year old loved it! Such a great fun play for imaginative play and playing pretend! The items were actually a lot more organized than I expected. It was insanely busy but the kids still were able to take turns pretending to be at the bank shopping at trader joes making pizzas or milking the cows!

My almost 4 year old loved this place! If I wasnt pregnant right now I would have signed up for a year membership. If you plan on visiting this childrens museum 5+ times a year it is worth getting the membership. At least for a small family. 2 people are included for the membership. Im sure they have larger options as well.

There was so much fun stuff to do here and my toddler loved every second here. His favorite was the pizza restaurant and he keeps wanting to go make pizza even though we dont live in Idaho!

I have always wished for a place like this to exist! It was nonstop fun for my two toddlers. They spent hours exploring, asking questions, and creating. Just when you think youve seen everything, you turn a corner and theres more! It is worth the drive to Meridian.

It was ok, however, when I had attended a meridian committee luncheon and heard about this place, I had imagined something a bit more interesting and more interactive. Some of the stations are ok some are lacking entirely. Cheap quick fun I guess.

Super cool place to take kids. I would say age range is 2 to 8. Little spendy unless you do memberships and plan to go offten

This place was super fun to take our toddler. They have alot of local themed play areas, like an Idaho Pizza Company, Vet Clinic, Bank, and other local stores. They offer special classes and presentations, and it does get kind of busy inside and hard to play once a few people show up.

Great place to take young children. I would say best for ages 2-6 yrs

It was great for my 3 year old. Lots of hands on different stations. Admission for adults is pointless your just standing around watching your kids play.

Its great for a rainy day, and for imaginitive play. You have to pay for adults as well as children because they are promoting adults to play along side the children. No food or drink allowed. There are stations with props to play in different settings: shopping at trader Joes, make pizza and salad at Idaho pizza, pilot an airplane, play in a spaceship, play with trains on a large raised train track, play house, pretend you are gardening and milking cows on the farm, be a veterinarian, projected games onto the floor to stomp on, outside the kids can pretend they are fishing or in the wild west. My kids could have stayed the entire day, but I was exhausted after a few hours

The Childrens Museum is a blast. My two and a half year old loves it and the different areas kept her (and my husband) entertained for hours. They have crafts and read alouds and other various activities as well in the Community Room on weekdays. They also offer a military rate, which we appreciate!

Its different than what I expected. I was hoping for more science hands on stuff and instead it is a lot of community simulation activities. However, my daughter did enjoy the gardening and Trader Joes display. This is great for 3-5 year old kids who have imaginative play. It was very busy on Saturday. I look forward to seeing the outdoor exhibits this spring.

Its fun, but not nearly as comprehensive as some others weve visited. But a good start!Trader Joes has a great display.

This is such a great place for kids!! My kids, 2 and 6, never want to leave! There is seating so I can nurse my 3 month old while entertaining and keeping an eye on my other two. There are so many hands on learning things that parents get to he involved with and help kids learn about all sorts of things. The staff is amazing and accommodating and the owner is one of the sweetest ladies I have ever met. We are so lucky to have this in Idaho. They just opened their doors and it is amazing what they have already have accomplished!! My kids and I will be regulars.

We’re members and we love this place!

Kids love it and there is a lot of fun activities to do. Best for younger kids. $8 is a little steep, especially for parents.

Absolutely filthy. The floors havent been mopped in a long time. Bathrooms had trash everywhere. Whole place reeked. I want my money back.

Fun hands on stuff! We all loved the Trader Joes and Idaho Pizza Company sections.

We were familiar with Portlands Childrens Museum, and were really excited the Boise area had gotten one. We were VERY pleased with the Childrens Museum of Idaho. It is definitely not as big as Portlands, but it has over a dozen really cool exhibits. Our 14, 11, and 8 year old kids all had a great time. We look forward to going back.

Cool exhibits, but its kind of a bummer that adults pay full price to get in when the just sit and watch. HOWEVER, with a season pass, its totally worth it! My kids (3 and 5) really cant get enough of this place! They can play for hours and then they beg to come back the next day.I have to say though, my kids favorite parts about coming here are the story/learning times. Often they include an art project. My kids LOVE them! The staff member who does them is always very attentive and keeps all the childrens attention. They love it and learn so much. Its the little extra touches like these, that make this place such a good place to visit in my opinion. I highly recommend it!

Great place for little ones! Ages 0 - 5 would benefit the most but is open for kids of all ages. Always clean and super fun.

Amazing place for kids to explore the wonders of being an adult. The various areas like the Trader Joes, Bank, and Veterinary Hospital are my kids favorites. The always have events going on. Such a wonderful place for the family.

My kids LOVED this place! They never got bored and we were there for 3 hours!!

Staff is rude to kids. One employee yelled and blamed our child for doing something he did not do. Multiple people agreed he did not to what she accused him of. Staff walks around hovering. If you dont want exhibits to be used, why have a kids museum? Wont be returning. Not worth the $ either.

A fun place to take your kiddos to. My kid is 3 and he enjoyed it. A really big place with lots of actvities both indoors and outdoors. It had an educational aspect to it. Also wheelchair accessible also for those that need it. Definitely worth checking out.

A great place to take the grandkids! There are several interactive features for all age groups up to 11 yrs old. We were there for 3 hours! I will definitely return on my next visit to Boise.

Fun place for kids we took our 16 month old and he had an absolute blast

Wonderful place to take your kids :) took us 3 1/2 hours to get through everything.

Absolutely wonderful place!! We took our kids for my sons 3rd birthday and they had the best time. So much to do and very educational. They didnt want to leave!

Pretty neat place! Granddaughter could have stayed all day!!

Man what can I say! My kids love this place! My 4 and 7 year old sons have so much fun whenever we come here. The airplane and pizza shop really excite my kids each time we go. I definitely recommend this place for anyone who has children.

My kids loved it and it was affordable for how much fun they had

This place is an absolute gem here in the Treasure Valley. Took our 3.5 y.o. to this multiple time now and she loves it! Great environment and plenty of grown up things for kids to do and feel like adults! Super fun!

I took four children ages 4,5,6, and 7. They absolutely loved it. We spent 2 hours there and could have stayed longer! Lots to do and explore. Well organized! The children move from station to station and can stay at each one as long as they desire....then they can go back. I would highly recommend this place. Just what our city needs!

We love this place so much we go there at least twice a week the staff is so nice and helpful and I just wish people would remember to clean up after themselves it’s not the staff’s job it’s our job to teach our kids to clean up after themselves

We brought our Niece and Nephew here and they absolutely loved it! There are so many hands-on things the kids can do including dressing the part! Our Nephew didnt want to leave. Definitely recommend!

Location was clean and the staff friendly. Took my almost 9 year old son and 4 year old daughter. Most of the areas are intended for the 5 and under crowd, with a couple appealing up to 7 or 8 years. My daughter loved the grocery store and pizzeria, since she could engage in great pretend play. My son was bored out of his mind, aside from playing a bit with the trains. $8/person seems like a lot to spend for my daughter to make pretend salad and pizza. Would be worth the punch card price if you have toddlers plan to go multiple times.

The kids love playing here. The storytime and craft were great.

Had a great time at the museum!!! My 3.5 year olds and 14mo old had a blast!! Not sure why there are so many negative reviews. Sure, it’s a new place so there are a few kinks to work out, but that’s to be expected! Lots of different stations and rooms for imaginative and real life play. So excited that we now have a children’s museum here! The only bummer was that while no food or drink was allowed in the Museum, there wasn’t a designated area to eat and drink or a place to buy food and drinks. Kids need to take breaks for snacks and water, but there was nothing. Definitely will be going back though!!!

We love our annual membership to the museum. The workers are polite and friendly. The toys are in good condition. The restrooms are clean. The membership is a good value.

The Children’s Museum is a great organization dedicated to helping kids interact and learn. Kids in the 4-8 yo range especially will have a great time playing with the interactive exhibits.

Always a fun and exciting place to visit. The educational interactive exhibits were a hit with young and old alike. We appreciated the Military discount too.

My grand children loved it! My 3 and 5 year old didnt want to leave. The staff was kind and gentle, while encouraging cleanup and also showing them ways to use the exhibits. Excellent!

The museum is well organized and clean. The displays are fun and engaging and the props are in good condition. We’ve gone twice in the last two months.My child has a great time when we go until we go to the bathroom. A children’s place should have children’s toilets and sinks. Small children can’t get themselves on the toilets or sit on the toilets without touching the seat with their hands. Then they can’t wash their hands because the counter is too tall, even with the one step stool they’ve put in there.

The Childrens Museum of Idaho will be open on December 2, 2018! Yes, there is a bit of dust now but please come back and visit in December. You will not be disappointed! The care and attention to every detail is just amazing!

Great place for kids

Great for kids under 6yr. My 9yr played but not a lot of interest without friends. It was clean, well designed and great staff. Parents supervise their own children.

My grandchildren had a good time. I hope to see it expand as time goes on. I noticed that most of the volunteers were walking around just observing what kids were doing. Their time would have been better spent by wiping down surfaces with sanitizer as they were walking from exhibit to exhibit.

Great for young kids wish you could bring drinks inside but probably difficult with the young ones

So many great engaging activities to do with my son here!! We love it

My kids loved the grocery store and that’s all that seemed to make this place stand out. For us. I would of had a better time if the 2 lady’s walking around weren’t repeating at 4:40 that they’re closing and that we have to pick up and leave. If you don’t want to pick up after the children (which is what was intended for) why make a business for children that’s going to be messy. I’m sorry you have to stay 30 minutes after when there’s 3-4 able to do it. I have never been to a business that’s telling me to leave every 30 seconds. Beyond rude. Definitely $24 not worth spending for the 35 minutes we were there.

Fun place for kids. Nothing exciting but the kids will enjoy their time there. My son enjoyed the aquarium in the lobby more than anything inside.

Great indoor place for kids with lots of interactive activities! (Outdoor was closed due to rain) the kids seem to love it and we spent several hours there until the fun was ruined.The behavior that was displayed to us as well as a couple other children by the Executive Director and her second hand person was appalling.These two are certainly have no understanding when it comes to children at PLAY. They also do not understand the very basics that go into customer service!Myself & 2 other adults attended and we had 4 children under the age of 5 with us.The kids were actively playing with the toys in the room when the executive director walked in and acted as though her heart had stopped. She could not believe “the mess” that the room was and walked around berating children and parents to their faces saying they needed to pick up the room. The adults in the room stepped in and said they had planned to pick up the room, just as we had with all of the other rooms we played in today. But there is no sense cleaning up and putting away toys that kids are actively using and playing with. The director then went on to still berate the parents saying they need to keep better watch of their children so that they don’t make a mess at all. (Again clearly she is in the wrong business if she doesnt understand how children play they aren’t a Fischer Price commercial) and when parents tried to explain this we were just met with scowls, dirty looks & rude comments/excuses on why we should be better and that they are allowed to be upset because we “would not believe how many messes they have to clean up in a day” (Again, not a customers problem). The secondhand person then began cleaning up the room while huffing and puffing and making a scene about how hard it is. (Toys that were being played with and parents were no given a chance to pick up said toys, one dad told his son he had stop playing with the toys so he could give them to the lady who was cleaning up.) The executive directors face and attitude was not that of a person who enjoys knowing or being around children in any sense and does not understand basic communication. So your kids will have a great time so long as you don’t have to deal with the ED and her protege. 4.5 stars would have been given if we hadn’t been disrespected at the end.

My two boys had so much fun! So many interesting hands-on activities, it kept them busy for hours. They’re already asking to go back.

So New. So many different thinks for the kids, have nothing but good ckean fun. Staff is helpful and they take care of the activity areas well.Cool place.

This place is amazing, with a huge variety of play-items to cater to all sorts of interests kids might have. They do story time and crafts as well. My only complaint is that they charge the same admission price for adults as for children (not sure why, adults dont use any of the toys), and it ends up being very expensive even for only one child.