The Children's Museum of Southwest Louisiana — Local services in Lake Charles

There’s something for every child at the children’s museum. We have one criteria for any children’s museum, does it get our kids to participate, is it interactive and are my kids learning as much as they are having fun? The Children’s Museum here in Lake Charles does just that. We have been to bigger places from Milwaukee to Houston to Los Angels to Orlando but the one thing they all have in common is getting our children’s imagination going, having them see things differently and having a hands on experience as they interact with other kids in their kids community. The exhibits here in Lake Charles are great. Teaching kids about the oil industry through play, wearing coats and hard hats at the plant, or relaxing and fishing off the boat / pier. One son’s favorite is the car race track and another’s is the swimming noodles run through. One of my favorites is the running railroad diorama upstairs. The kids always are asking to come back, a great place to bring them when Mother Nature isn’t...

I went along with my daughters school field trip and was immediately met with a strong moldy smell when we walked in. The baseboards and bathroom fixtures were caked with build up and really the whole place needed ripping up and replaced as I am not sure it could be cleaned. The bathrooms were not convenient for a mother who needed a changing station, the third floor had no changing table and the first floors changing table blocked the bathroom entrance and stall occupants completely when in use. They had some cute areas but truly need a new building or layout. I've been to many children's museums across the US and this was in the bottom for sure. Wish they would improve because the...

This was one of the neatest children's museums I've been to, and we move a lot! There are 3 floors of fun. I took kids nearly every age from 15 months old to 8 years old and they all found something to enjoy. We spent 2.5 hours and they weren't bored. I still had to do the time count down to leave and almost drag them out. It was educational for the older kids and exciting (yet still safe) for the 1&3 year olds. We went in the afternoon on a week day and we were one of only 2-3 other families there. The place is large enough with enough to do that we felt nearly alone. Definitely worth the money no matter how much time...