Best Fun Places For Kids In Minneapolis Near Me

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4worldlovers: The huge, award-winning creative play area at Hyland has something for the young and the young-of-heart. The structure includes platforms, hexagonal climbers and slides up to 50 feet long. There is also a section designed just for children under five or those with disabilities. Climb, swing, hang and slide to your heart's content!

The play area is located within Hyland's Recreation Park Area, which also includes a visitor center with limited concessions, restrooms, a fireplace and cross-country ski rental in winter.

Explore the different levels of the Hyland Play Area in this virtual tour.

Find printable maps of the park on the Hyland Lake Park Reserve page.

4worldlovers: As Minnesota's privately owned largest indoor park, Good Times Park brings the outside playground feel inside.


With over 25,000 square feet of space there is plenty of room to explore. Our play spaces including a playground, basketball court, jumping pillow, soccer field and numerous others will keep kids busy for hours.

To play at the park day passes or memberships can be purchased online or at the door. Purchase provides an entrance code to enter the access controlled facility.

4worldlovers: Our committed Party Pros are ready for your child's big day. We're here to help you with your party every step of the way, from the moment you book your party at our indoor play center to the moment you are thanking your guests for attending. You should anticipate exciting kids games for them during the whole party, and a hassle-free day for you. Book your private party for you and your invited guests and celebrate all the birthday fun for your child's birthday!

FUN: Our indoor playground, jam-packed with awesome inflatables, is a fun place for kids.

EASY: We make kids birthday parties effortless for you so you can join in on the bounce house fun.

PRIVATE: Parties that come together, stay together, so you'll have the entire fun zone just for you!

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A hands-on engineering and design museum for kids and their grown-ups.

We make engineering fun with hands-on activities, real tools, and everyday materials!

Engage your kids in science and engineering camps at The Works Museum!

The Works Museum provides family engineering activities, all the supplies needed, and orientation for volunteers.

Host your party at The Works. Create an unforgettable day for your birthday child!


Enjoy discovery, laughter, and fun at The Works Museum! There’s a membership that’s just right for you.

Our focus on engineering lets kids be builders, designers and problem solvers - here, they're the engineers. Our mission: To inspire the next generation of innovators, engineers, and creative problem solvers. You can help!

Please note: The Museum will be closed the month of September for cleaning and the installation of a new exhibit.

The Experience Gallery is open Thursdays & Fridays 9 a.m. – 5 p.m., Saturdays 10 a.m. – 5 p.m., and select school release days, and for special events.

4worldlovers: Spend $50 or more at The Crayola Store at Mall of America and receive a FREE* admission ticket to Crayola Experience, now through Sept. 19, 2023! Stock up on Back to School supplies!

Purchase must be $50 or more before tax. Applies to purchases made 8/7/23–9/19/23. Admission valid until 12/14/23. Blackout dates apply: 9/1–4, 10/19–22, and 11/24–26. Valid at select locations only. Not valid on previous purchases.

Discover the magic of color at Crayola Experience! Bursting with more than 25 hands-on activities.

Get a full year of Crayola Experience fun and exclusive perks with an Annual Pass!

Attraction bundles offer passes to multiple attractions at a reduced rate. The more attractions you bundle, the more you save!

You invite the guests, and we’ll do the rest! Crayola Experience will make the day unforgettable for your child and stress free for the parent.

Packages include admission for up to 19 guests plus one free ticket for the birthday child. Fun custom add-ons are also available.

Melt your favorite crayon color into a ring, critter, or even a special character! Just add your favorite crayon color into the machine and watch your crayon melt into a Crayola Experience keepsake!

It’s a creativity mashup with images & textures! You can make out-of-this-world art with crayon characters, mystical creatures, yummy snacks etc. and add them to fun scenes!

Create swirly whirly art at this unique activity. Simply load your favorite crayon color into the machine and watch it drip crayon wax onto your paper as it spins to create spiral art like no other!

"There is always some new activity or pass perk every month that keeps us coming back"

"There is so much more to see and do than we had ever imagined you could do with crayons."

"The color playground was a big hit. We are definitely going to look into the annual passes"

4worldlovers: Through short interactive narratives, this ongoing series presents behind the scenes tours of your favorite outdoor sculptures.

Explore more than 60 sculptures from the Walker’s collection on 11 scenic acres in the heart of Minneapolis. The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is free, open to the public, and is open from 6 am to 12 midnight every day. Enhance your visit using the free Bloomberg Connects app to learn about the Garden’s history and uncover the meaning behind the sculptures on display.

Download the free Bloomberg Connects app to access multilingual content on the Garden’s history, the sculptures on display, and more.

Visitors to the Garden are encouraged to try our fun self-guided Minneapolis Sculpture Garden tour for all ages.

For more information about public parks and trails, please visit the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board.

Help the Walker maintain and preserve the sculptures you have come to know and love with a 100% tax-deductible gift to the Garden fund today! Give now.

Explore two new works in the Garden: Okciyapi (2021), a commission by Twin Cities–based artist Angela Two Stars; and Adam and Eve (2021) by Simone Fattal.

Since opening in 1988, the Garden has welcomed millions of visitors, showcasing works from the Walker Art Center’s renowned collections of modern and contemporary art in the setting of an urban park. The Garden is a partnership between the Walker and the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, a national award-winning park system.

This parkland has seen many changes over time. A landscape shaped by glaciers more than 10,000 years ago, the area was once an expanse of marshland used as a seasonal camp by Minnesota’s first people, the Dakota and the Ojibwe. In the late 1800s, the site held an armory and parade grounds. In the early 1900s, formal gardens and a series of sports fields were established by the Park Board. When the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden opened in 1988, it was one of the first major public/private urban sculpture parks of its kind in the United States.

The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is home to more than 60 outdoor sculptures. Generations of artists from 10 different countries around the world created these artworks. Many of the works are site-specific and made especially for this public park—from the iconic Spoonbridge and Cherry centerpiece to structures that offer spaces for gathering, conversation, or dreaming. Rediscover the Garden’s art and natural beauty through Minnesota’s ever-changing seasons.

What happens when experts from many fields—architects, curators, designers, artists, landscape architects, gardeners, environmentalists, writers, scientists, and many others—come together with community members to reimagine a beloved public space? The result of this multifaceted partnership is a forward-thinking design for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, which was fully reconstructed in 2017. The site features ecologically sustainable water management, a flourishing habitat for plants and wildlife, and creative landscape elements that showcase the artworks in nature. Learn more about how the Garden came to be.

To reconstruct the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden’s north end, the site—formerly a marshland—needed to be considered carefully. Landscape architects worked in partnership with the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization to envision ways that this land might be used to better support the art, plants, and wildlife, while also more responsibly managing stormwater as a resource rather than a waste product.

Improving the park’s sustainability, a fresh meadow filled with native plants and engineered soils helps absorb runoff from stormwater, returning the landscape to a more natural state. This environment is interspersed with three “islands” that showcase contemporary sculptures from the Walker Art Center’s collection.

At the center of the park is an underground cistern, or water collection tank, near the Spoonbridge and Cherry. This feature helps to water the garden and nearby ball fields and also keeps more than 4 million gallons of runoff out of the storm sewers each year, thus reducing pollution in the Mississippi River basin.