Children's Museum of Art, Kaohsiung City — Attraction in Kaohsiung

Very disappointing. The museum looks wonderful on the pictures. The art exhibition about human-animal relations is well curated and conceptually rich. But what is the point of having a beautiful children's art museum if you don't allow kids to be kids, and if you have so many rules that people get scared? No bags, no shoes, no running, no loud talking, no touching the art works, no entry to an empty playing space for a child who is supposedly "too tall"... Just dozens of zealous guards scolding kids and their parents for breaking rules, destroying all the fun. What pedagogy is this? I want my kids to learn that art is interesting and fun. Museums like this are totally counterproductive. Stay away if you don't want your children to think museums are oppressive places that serve to...

PROS:

FREE 🆓 Lots to do for an almost 3 years old Friendly staff members 👏 Bathroom on site

Right when you walk in, there's a huge "sand box".

We spent most of time on the first room on the left, and on the big "toys" at the end of first floor.

There is a station with different sizes wooden blocks and pieces for building, another one for drawing, one for puppets and some other ones.

The green piano was really cool, when pressing the keys, it plays the glasses on the wall.

TIPS:

Can't bring crawling animals(babies) to the sand box area 🤣( see image for details) If you kid is like mine, be prepared to stay there for ever. Nice...

Amazing place to bring your kids. First off, it's FREE! So doesn't get much better than that. There's 2 levels of with a host of different experiences for kids to get into. The bottom floor has a cool experience focused on architecture where kids can build houses, play with shapes and tons of other things... Too much too mention. Outside on the first floor there's more things to play around with like maps, sound machines and freehand chalkboards. We spent about 2 hours here and still could've stayed longer. Our...