Children's Museum
| Address: | 300 Congress St, Boston, MA, 2210 |
| Phone: | 617-426-6500 |
| Email: | info@BostonChildrensMuseum.org |
| Website: | http://www.bostonkids.org/ |
| Price: | Adults (16-64) $10, Seniors (65+) $8, Children (2-15) $8, Children (under 2) $2, Children (under 1) Free |
| Discounts: | Discount available with Boston Explorer Pass Admission included with Go Boston Card |
| Hours: | M-Th 10am - 5pm, F 10am - 9pm, Sa-Su 10am - 5pm |
| Season: | Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. |
Boston Children's Museum is a children's museum in Boston, Massachusetts, dedicated to the education of children. Located on Children's Wharf along the Fort Point Channel, Boston Children's Museum is the second oldest children's museum in the United States. It contains many activities meant to both amuse and educate young children.
The museum is housed in a renovated industrial building. A large glass elevator provides access to the upper floors of the museum. (The elevator was once located outside the museum but is now located inside after the 2006-2007 expansion and renovation). The ground floor houses the museum's admissions area, a gift shop, and an Au Bon Pain outlet (previously McDonald's). Outside, a large deck overlooks the Fort Point Channel and Boston Harbor and hosts the landmark Hood Milk Bottle. The Hood Milk Bottle is an ice cream stand and snack bar located on the Hood Milk Bottle Plaza in front of Boston Children's Museum. It has been located on this spot since April 20, 1977, when Hood shipped the bottle by ferry to Boston on a voyage it called the "Great Bottle Sail." The structure is 40 feet (12 m) tall, 18 feet (5.5 m) in diameter and weighs 15,000 pounds. If it were a real milk bottle, it would hold 58,620 gallons (221,900 L) of milk.
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