Scott wrote < I would appreciate suggestions as to children's museums (and
other venues) that would appeal to young children (ages 2-5) in Washington,
DC and suburban Virginia>
Scott might I suggest that you have a look at the Washington DC DESTINATION
GUIDE that you can access from the front page of GLOBAL MUSEUM TRAVEL at
this address http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/travel1.htm
There are sub-sections on Children's activities, Museum and Galleries &
activities - details for each available by clicking on the title of each
facility. Here is a sample:
* Educational Outings
National Zoological Park, Kidwell Farm at Frying Pan Park, Fort Washington
Park, Potomac Vegetable Farms, Paul E. Garber Facility, Beall-Dawson House,
Marietta House, College Park Airport Museum, Surratt House, Boyhood Home of
Robert E. Lee, River Farm Garden Park, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center,
Clara Barton National Historic Site, Audubon Naturalist Society/Woodend,
National Colonial Farm, Oxon Hill Farm, Fort Ward Museum and Park, Carroll
County Farm Museum, George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Ferry
Farm, Ash Lawn-Highland, Monticello, Smiths Fort Plantation, Colonial
Williamsburg, Jamestown, Yorktown, Virginia Air and Space Center, Woodrow
Wilson Birthplace and Museum, Red Hill Plantation, Balls Bluff Regional
Park, Valley Forge National Historical Park, Hagerstown, MD, Mattaponi
Indian Reservation, Belle Grove Plantation, Naval Observatory, Virginia
Discovery Museum, Frontier Culture Museum, Newseum, Trapezium House, Calvert
Marine Museum, Washington Post (The), Catoctin Wildlife Preserve and Zoo,
Decatur House, U.S. Geological Survey, Art Science and Technology
Institute/Museum of Holography, Historic Michie Tavern, Abrams Delight,
Hampton National Historic Site, Claude Moore Colonial Farm, Way Off Broadway
Dinner Theater, Arlington House/ Custis-Lee Mansion, Washington Dolls House
and Toy Museum, Sully, Alexandria Archeology Museum, Discovery Theater,
Carlyle House, Arlington National Cemetery, Manassas National Battlefield
Park, Potomac Overlook Regional Park, Meadowlark Gardens Regional Park, Bull
Run Marina, Luray Caverns, National Capital Trolley Museum, Friendship
Firehouse, George Washingtons Grist Mill, Waterford, VA, Booker T.
Washington National Monument, Virginias Explore Park
* Fun Days Out
Hains Point, Dinosaur Land, Glen Echo Park, Now This! Kids!, Tobys Youth
Theater, West End Dinner Theater, Rainbow Company (The), Lake Fairfax Park,
Theater-in-the-Woods, Old Town Alexandria, Flying Circus Aerodrome, Wolf
Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts, Hershey, Pennsylvania, Chesapeake
Beach Water Park, Rock Creek Park, Busch Gardens, Montrose Park, Kings
Dominion, Splash Down Water Park, Water Mine Family Swimmin' Hole (The),
Waterworks, Equilibrium Horse Center, Marriott Ranch, Reston Animal Park,
Potomac Cannons, U.S. Botanic Garden, Washington & Old Dominion Railroad
Regional Park, Burke Lake Park, Bluemont Park, Bull Run Regional Park, Cabin
John Regional Park, Upton Hill Regional Park, Cameron Run Regional Park, Red
Rock Wilderness Overlook Regional Park, Water Country USA, Six Flags
America, Natural Bridge,
GLOBAL MUSEUM TRAVEL at this address
http://www4.wave.co.nz/~jollyroger/travel1.htm
best wishes
Roger
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