Children's Museum of Virginia 1

If your kid loves choo choo trains, don't turn right as soon as you walk into the museum, or else you won't see the rest of the museum. Trust me. We were stuck in the train room forever. My advice? Turn right and head into the bubble room.

Sounds Around: Enter a soon-to-be-open music store. Learn about the four families of musical instruments. Enjoy playing instruments made from unusual and found materials such as trash cans lids, hubcaps, wrenches and more.The Bubble Room is full of tools to make bubbles of all shapes and sizes, you can even put yourself in a bubble. Seriously.

Grocery store for children. Enter into the faux grocery store and shop for everything on your list and let a cute little tot check you out when you're finished. Have fun shopping or take the opportunity to teach your little one about the store, fruits, and veggies.

Come explore energy and physical sciences through the lens of a fairground/carnival sideshow. At Dr. Forces Traveling Energy Extravaganza, concepts include magnetism, electrical energy, waves, fluid dynamics, and simple and compound machines. I recommend the annual membership and an awesome museum for kids!!