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The Museum will be open on Tuesday, November 11th for Veterans Day.


Community Gathering Table

Join us from November 10-16, 2025 for the Museum’s inaugural Community Gathering Table week! Experience storytelling, interactive arts performances, and hands-on activities that highlight how different communities connect and make meaning together. All programs are included with admission.

Community Gathering Table
Snowmazing

Snowmazing

The Museum's cherished winter experience, Snowmazing!, is back for its 10th Anniversary! Come celebrate winter wonders while sock skating, building an igloo, or relaxing in our cozy book nook. November 28, 2025 through February 22, 2026. This experience is FREE with paid admission. Get your tickets today!

Play: More Important than Ever for Kids.

Play is vital the healthy development of children, but is increasingly squeezed out of kid's lives. The report from the American Academy of Pediatrics examines the singular opportunity that play presents for the cognitive, physical, social-emotional health of children.

Playspace – Just for 0-3 Year Olds!

PlaySpace is a special experience created just for little ones ages birth to 3 years and their adults to play, discover, connect, and wonder! From cooking up a pretend snack and driving a toddler-sized jeep, to climbing hills and crossing a wobbly bridge, PlaySpace is where very young children learn about themselves and the world around them. Infants and crawlers have a special spot too—a shoes-off area for the very littlest learners and their adults to explore together!

2025 Annual Report

Looking Back to Leap Forward: Celebrating the Legacy of President and CEO Carole Charnow.

Play Survey

2024 Museum Play Survey Results

See the results of the Museum and BostonMoms.com 2024 Play Survey. Thank you to all who took the time to tell us about how your family is playing!

Beyond the Chalkboard

Beyond the Chalkboard

Beyond the Chalkboard is an online resource for learning beyond school. Explore hundreds of science, math, art, and engineering activities using simple, low-cost materials you likely already have.

Online Games

Online Games

Build your own museum, test your memory through matching, create a fun Mad Lib, and more!

Home Activities

At-Home Activities for Kids

View our growing archive of play and learning activities that you can enjoy at home.

Museum Collection

Museum Collection

Come explore our over 100-year-old collection that includes items from all around the world.

This Month in the Art Lab

Japanese House

Age: 6-8 Category: Culture and Identity

Welcome to the Japanese House! Walk down the street, take off your shoes, and step into an authentic two-story silk merchant’s home from Kyoto, Japan. The Japanese House was transported piece by piece from Kyoto and reconstructed here in Boston by Japanese carpenters. Families can explore every corner of the fully-equipped home. Japanese family life, customs, ceremonies, art, architecture, and seasonal events are all highlighted in this fully functional 100-year-old house inside the Museum. This house was a gift to the City of Boston from the City of Kyoto on the 20th Anniversary of their sister city relationship in 1979. Come explore this rare and very special landmark.

Learn more about the Japanese House

Dinos In Space

Age: 4-5, 6-8 Category: Play!

How far can your imagination take you? It’s dinosaurs in space! And it’s just as fun, creative, and silly as you imagine. Enter a space dome and create a landscape for dinosaurs, design a new constellation, send an inter-galactic message, and dress up a dinosaur for a space flight. Start with the question "What if...?" and see where your imagination and creativity go next!

Japanese House Gallery

Age: 6-8 Category: Art

Adjacent to the Japanese House, an authentic 1880s house from Kyoto, Japan, this gallery space explores contemporary stories of Japan, especially of the vibrant and multifaceted lives and expressions of youth. Using art and culture as vehicles, local and international artists, storytellers, and curators co-create a culturally responsive gallery space that invites visitors to build empathy. Shared narratives are authentic and complex, bringing more appreciation to the lived experiences of each individual. Children and their grownups are encouraged to experience imagination and belonging in the Japanese House Gallery. This small space has a large mission!

Learn about the current Japanese House Gallery exhibition.

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