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Best museums in Boston
Family-friendly museums in Boston: hands-on science, art, history, and children's museums, plus their upcoming free days and family programs. Browse 30 family-friendly spots and 26 upcoming events on FamHop.
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Upcoming museums
- Painting with Pencils · Thursday, June 25, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- PVC Creations · Thursday, June 25, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Wonder and Learn: Storytime! · Thursday, June 25, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Painting with Pencils · Friday, June 26, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- PVC Creations · Friday, June 26, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Honey Hunt · Friday, June 26, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Japan Art Hour · Friday, June 26, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Building Empathy · Friday, June 26, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Painting with Pencils · Saturday, June 27, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Conduct Us! Featuring the New England Philharmonic · Saturday, June 27, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Garden Exploration · Saturday, June 27, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Meet The Artist: Soojin Kim · Saturday, June 27, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- STEAM Family Workshop: Paper Circuits (Sign up at the STEAM Lab) · Saturday, June 27, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- STEAM Family Workshop: Paper Circuits (Sign up at the STEAM Lab) · Saturday, June 27, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Painting with Pencils · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Celebrate Strawberry Thanksgiving · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Character Meet and Greet · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- STEAM Family Workshop: Paper Circuits (Sign up at the STEAM Lab) · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- STEAM Family Workshop: Paper Circuits (Sign up at the STEAM Lab) · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- STEAM Family Workshop: Paper Circuits (Sign up at the STEAM Lab) · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- This Generation: Confident- Found Family Portraits · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- STEAM Family Workshop: Paper Circuits (Sign up at the STEAM Lab) · Sunday, June 28, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Painting with Pencils · Monday, June 29, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- PVC Creations · Monday, June 29, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- Painting with Pencils · Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
- PVC Creations · Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Boston Children's Museum Events, Boston
Top-rated museums
- Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Museum · Boston
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- Old State House · Boston
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- Russell Museum of Medical History and Innovation · Boston
- Boston Children's Museum · Boston
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- Museum of Science · Boston
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- USS Constitution · Charlestown
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- USS Constitution Museum · Charlestown
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- Museum of Fine Arts · Brookline
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- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum · Boston
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- MassArt Art Museum · Boston
- Harvard Museum of Natural History · Cambridge
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- Somerville Historical Museum · Somerville
- Commonwealth Museum · Dorchester
- John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum · Dorchester
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- International Paper Museum · Brookline
- Loring-Greenough House · Jamaica Plain
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- Medford Historical Society · Medford
- Larz Anderson Auto Museum · Brookline
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- Cyrus Dallin Art Museum · Arlington
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- Armenian Museum of America · Watertown
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- Dorothy Quincy Homestead · Quincy
- Quincy Historical Society Museum & Library · Quincy
- Charles River Museum of Industry & Innovation · Waltham
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- G.A.R. Hall and Museum of Lynn, MA · Lynn
- Lynn Museum & Arts Center · Lynn
- The Telephone Museum · Waltham
- Waltham Museum · Waltham
- Blue Hills Trailside Museum · Milton
- Rose Art Museum · Waltham
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- New England Pirate Museum · Salem