Children's Museum of South Bend — Attraction in South Bend

This is like a big playroom on steroids. I took my son here for the first time on a first Tuesday of the month, and we stayed for a couple hours and he played the whole time. I mention the first Tuesday because the local zoo comes with some animals for show and tell. I do recommend filling out the waiver online before your first visit, and I also recommend bringing some warmer socks to wear if you’re like me and your feet get cold easily. (It is a socks-only operation. 🙂)

Parking is not great here, so be prepared to park in the street if need be. They do keep the door locked even during open hours, I’m guessing because of...

We LOVE this museum already! Thank you so much for building it for our community. I've arranged two groups for weekend rentals and booked open play spots. It is fantastic fun every time. There is SO MUCH to do and it is arranged really well. My 4 yo is so obsessed with "the new museum" that it's his new favorite local activity. All of our guests have loved it too. There's also a nice baby area for little ones. The volunteers are lovely. The attention to detail is amazing. It is simply fabulous in every way! I look forward to seeing it grow and hours expand so we can...

I am visiting from out of town and brought our two kids there that are 2 and 4. They did have fun and it had some interesting play areas. But I do suggest cleaning up or eliminating some of the clutter. A number of stations that kids would walk up to had too much unorganized stuff and kids just did not play with it because it's overwhelming. The coloring station is a good example. I opened a drawer to look for more color sheets and it was filled with old cut up scraps of paper. No new color sheets could be found easily. Just a suggestion for a...