The Woodlands Children’s Museum

I only recently found this place when my son became old enough to walk around and enjoy fun activities. I have been here a hand full of times and I look forward to bringing him here. He loooooves it! It is no where near as big as the one downtown but that’s what I love more about it. Its a neighborhood type place. They have different activities for all ages. We have already booked my sons birthday party here and look forward to working the workers for set up. So far everyone we have talked to that works there is very nice.
The grocery store area is my sons favorite because he loves pushing the little carts around. They have a fire truck with the whole uniform the kids can put on and large seating area for the plays and puppet shows they host.

We have brought our kids here on Saturdays, when there are special activities. My only big issue is with staff at activity stations!
Don’t under estimate a child learning ability. If a child look too young for an activity, don’t exclude them! My daughter is 4 and can do a science project/​activity at a higher level! Don’t discriminate! Your staff is there to guide!
Also, let the child learn as you guide them. Doing the art or activity will only take the fun away.
And smile! Be happy and welcoming.

We are new to the area & have bought an annual pass. My 3 year old loves it. Areas include fire engine, store, house, dress up area/​stage, garden area, water play, train table & imagination building. I like that there is at least one different craft each day. Some things are looking a little worn but it’s generally clean. The staff are young & friendly & engage with your child.
They have a whole host of extras on given days included in the daily admission pass so it is worth checking out what is on when planning a visit. We went to the mad hatters tea party & it was busy but great fun.
You can take a packed lunch and eat at the tables outside or each at the cafes next door & re entry is permitted.
Agree with other reviewers that 2 – 3 hours for a visit, depending on the day’s activities, works well. My son is always excited to visit & most kids seem to be having a good time.

My family had a great time here. My favorite thing about this place is the staff. Everyone was so friendly, informative, and working non-​stop to keep the place relatively orderly – all with smiles! The different areas were really well set up and there was literally and endless supply of stuff to keep my daughter busy. It was big enough not to feel crowded, but not so big that I felt I’d lose her if I blinked. She was cruising/​crawling at the time and had no problems with bigger or smaller kids sharing the space. Cheap to get in, and no money-​sucks after you’ve paid admission. Loved it!

They need to have a limit on the number of people they will allow in a once. Not only were there 2 large birthday parties going on at the same time (20 kids or so each and they were catered), but then of course just general attenders. There were also lots of parents with strollers and gear so there was hardly even room to move. Also, there were older children (10+ years old) play fighting very roughly, using toys to hit each other, and accidentally knocking smaller children around and no parents or staff were doing anything about it. Because there were so many kids there were not enough toys for kids to play with so I hearing «that’s mine» or «he took my banana» or «I want that» and constant grabbing toys from each other. Some of the kids in our group actually chose not to play at all because it was so crowded and the other children were being so rude. I definitely think they needed to do some crowd control or stop letting people in. We will not go back here.

This is a small explore play museum for children. The younger staff members are sweet and nice to the children. The exploring area are fun for the toddlers. It is about a 1 – 2 hour visit which can be repeated frequently. It has a shaded picnic area. The clown act and reader are delightfully age appropriate. We also liked watching the live fish and parakeets. My three year old grand daughter loves each section. Some of the art activities are for the staff as they don’t let the kids do the activity. The lady at the front desk is rude and makes up policy as she goes. I have a year membership and she has been rude each time we’ve attended. I like the museum overall for my granddaughter.

Let me say I’m not comparing this place the Houston Children’s Museum, that wouldn’t be fair. I’m comparing it other similarly priced activities for kids under 12. It was $ 15 for me, a 6yr old, and a 2 year old (great deal). The place is clean and the workers are super nice. Since it is only one story and their are not many tall walls the lines of sight are great, so that you could watch kids in multiple areas at once. You can also leave and come back again the same day which is nice. I highly recommended it for kids 6 and under.

The staff, specifically one of the managers named Ellen, can be extremely rude. My family had been members for over 2 years; my son even having a birthday party there. Last week we took him to play with no issue. Yesterday, my spouse forgot the card and they looked it up in their «system» and said our membership had expired. When I got that text, I immediately sent a photo of our membership card that said it expired in FOUR more months. They insisted that we were wrong, and that IF they had made a mistake regarding issuing the card with a wrong expiration date they would NOT honor it! What kind of decent place makes a mistake and then places the blame on the (up until then) loyal customer??? A BAD ONE! I asked how I was supposed to know when the only info I had to go on was a supposed misprinted membership card, and she said «well I guess it would’ve been on your receipt.» Yes, Ellen, not on do I keep receipts easily accessible for years on end, but I also check them against expiration dates on a regular basis!!! Give me a freakin’ break! She kept interrupting me and I asked her to stop talking while I was talking so that I could get my point across and she cut me off to say «this conversation is over I’m hanging up» and did just that. What a slap in the face! I asked my family to leave and take their business elsewhere where we can be respected by the staff. I’m so disappointed in them that I felt it needed to be shared. This could have been handled so much better: «hey let me comp your visit for today, since we obviously made a mistake, but here’s the paperwork to renew.» Instead they ran us off!

One of our favorite spots to play and explore in The Woodlands! My daughter loves doing the creative art projects they have set up. There are appropriate areas to play for each of my kids age groups 5, 3, and 1.

I love visiting the Woodlands Children’s Museum!!!
On this trip, it was a special day because it was Halloween so they were open from 4−8pm and it was a reduced

We bought a year pass. My child loved it at first. We went in the afternoons during school so it was less crowded. The staff were obviously a little too bored, however, and would take toys away from him and make him cry and were inconsistent with their rules (some days it’s okay to take toys outside a certain ‘zone’, other days it’s not…). I take my child so he can freely explore, not get things taken away from him — at 1 year old he does not understand. Also, other parents let their kids push, hit, and rip toys out of my toddlers’ hands. And I don’t know if/​when they clean things at this place — kids are always sick here. We haven’t been back in a while and not sure if I want to…

I think you mean «toddlers» museum. This «childrens» museum offers nothing to interest ages 6 and up. If I only had my 3 year old I would be thrilled, but if you’re going to call this a children’s museum, expect there to be children of all ages and have something to interest them too. Very disappointed Woodlands.

Hardly a museum but more like really big play area for kids under 7. The facilitators of the projects were hardly engaging.
I brought my 6 year old and I can say that she was probably the eldest child there. They have a big stage area and about 10 dress up outfits the kids can put on and play. A big «house» in the middle of the museum, an art station, water station, small science station (a table), and 2 big play areas for smaller kids (1 for babies and 1 for toddlers).
It’s a good place to take small kids to play for the day. Only $ 5 admission fee for the day and you can come and go until they close.

Cute little museum. Spent 2 hours there. They have big blocks building area, lego table, kitchen play area, several craft tables.

Cleanest, most organized children’s play place I’ve ever been to. Staff was extremely attentive. Great music playing, lots of activities for the little ones, parents were expected to watch their kids and did a wonderful job doing so… so different from California! I loved that they had a art project station also (potato stamping). My son immediately walked away from me and just started playing which rarely happens. He was immediately comfortable in this environment which allowed me to relax also. Highly recommend.

We had my sons birthday 3^rd birthday party here and it was easy but you only had 15 minutes to set up. The facility is low key and nice for kids, but maybe lacked enough activities to keep my son busy for multiple visits. The price is cheap and the staff has been very friendly.

This place is part of the whole wave of «museums» for toddlers that are more like indoor playgrounds (there’s a similar but nicer – and more expensive – one in New Braunfels). You pay $ 5 and the kids run around and build stuff (Legos, giant blocks, arts and crafts) or play with a giant Lite-​Brite or bulldozers in fake sand. Or rice in little sifters. Stuff like that.
It’s not fancy, and it’s smaller than when it was at the Woodlands mall, but all in all it’s a good way to let toddlers kill a couple hours when it’s 100 degrees outside.
I only wish they hadn’t had a Brio train set, because that’s all my son wants to do when he sees one of those. Though he eventually really enjoyed playing with the Legos and the kitchen stuff.
If you are looking for a fancy museum, or if you are hoping to educate or entertain tweens, this is NOT the place for you.
I’m kind of mystified by the disgruntled people saying it wasn’t what they expected. You can see 90% of the place before you pay. Did you intentionally not look around so you could complain later? Or is this more of a snobby thing you are doing?

It’s a non-​profit joint, so I wont bash on it too hard, but Im not sure that you should call it a museum. Its more like a playhouse. They had some tiny areas where they encouraged kids to use their minds, but the setup I find to be a bit unorganized. I mean they had a wall about teeth but in front of it they had a microscope to look at small things and next to it a jumbo size checkerboard. I would only recommend this place for kids 2 – 5.

A simple play place that is cooled for the parents in the summer and hot in a child’s imagination.
As a parent, I love the creative nature of our children and this place allows you the opportunity to let them explore that and socialize with other kids in the mean time.
The cost is minimal at $ 5, its fun to bring your kids play group or cousin visitors here, and you can simply stay back and let them have fun while you supervise from afar.
The staff was friendly to the point that they expect kids to make a mess, be rampant, and overall not worry about much of what they do. They ensure that there is no safety issues while the kids play (eating/​throwing sand/​paint/​toys/​etc.) and let everyone have fun.
There are many things that your kids can do and you should also help them out as well. Lots of learning and fun in this simple place.
Stay an hour or more, the crafts and laughs will last a lifetime.

We took our two sons here over Spring Break because the youngest, who is 6 said that he REALLY wanted to go. I read the advertisement that stated the museum was good for children 7 and under. Well… Not really.
It’s a great museum for children under 5 years of age. The aquarium was nice and the «exhibits» were interesting for the much younger set. The microscope exhibit was difficult to operate (even for adults… lol); however, there were some very neat intro-​into-​science stations for the children to perform basic experiments at.
There is a curious lack of adult seating/benches/stools…which should be present, as the Museum is not very large, so children are easily kept within sight of their adults.
My sons could have fun in a cardboard box, so they enjoyed themselves; however, most of the exhibits were too «baby» for my 6 year old. Again, VERY GOOD for children UNDER THE AGE OF 5.