Gilbert House Children's Museum

"We’ve visited our fair share of children’s museums as parents of 6 kids, but this is one of the most interactive and unique places we’ve ever seen! All of our kids, from kindergartener to college student were engaged and had a great time exploring. The Erector set structure is huge and fun for all ages, and our boys loved the sand pit and mammoth skeleton area. All of the kids worked to create experiments in the creativity center and then tested their creations in the engineering test lab. The green screen room was another favorite. Highly recommend this museum!"

"I have fond memories coming here as a kid and recently brought my own children for the first time. We were not disappointed! We spent 4 hours exploring what each house had to offer and playing outside. I’ve been to many different children’s museums and this one is one of the best! Some of our favorite rooms were farm to table, the craft area, and the veterinarian clinic. I was surprised that there wasn’t tiered pricing based on age, but honestly the admission was well worth it for the amount of time we spent there. Will definitely be back!"

"The outside park area is being remodeled and closed until late summer. Our children enjoyed playing in all of the themed rooms. Their favorites were the bubble room and the fort building room. Unfortunately there aren't any elevators so the second floor of two buildings is not wheelchair accessible."

"We love this place! We have been bringing our kids here for many years and they always have new things to do and new improvements. Last time we were here was before the pandemic, so it’s been a little while and I’m so glad they brought the bubble area back! I remember it from when I was little and it was probably our favorite spot. Everything is well maintained and clean even with a bunch of kids playing with stuff. Kids can pretend play for hours and have so much fun. We were kind of bummed that the outside area was under construction, BUT it looks like it’s going to be super cool when it’s done! And there will be places to sit and eat lunch again! We bought a family membership (best way to do it) that also includes OMSI and the Evergreen Aviation Museum, so we are excited to be able to do a bunch of things over the next year!"

"Great place for your little ones to play and explore and learn! There are so many different themed play areas, both outdoors and indoors. Outside there are slides and sand/dirt boxes, steps to climb, forts to duck into, a big mammoth skeleton to examine, and more. Also lots of benches and tables for parents to sit/eat at. Inside there are a bunch of themed rooms incl a farm, a doctors office, outer space, a submarine, an airport, and more. One room has metal walls and a bunch of magnetic ball tracks that can be experimented with. Our little guy loved it. We stayed until we all got too hungry hahaha."