Great Explorations Children's Museum
Great Explorations Children’s Museum is a place where kids can be creative, make discoveries and have fun! Launch a tennis ball to the top of the museum, create art masterpieces, have a party, join a workshop or just hang out in the many hands-on exhibits in the coolest place in St. Pete! Located next to Sunken Gardens. Great Explorations offers a preschool for ages 2-5, birthday parties and other special events, summer camps and field trips. Call 727-821-8992 or visit the website at greatex.org for more information. You also can like the museum page at facebook.com/GreatExKids. It's where education and fun come alive!
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Hours
Monday 10:30 AM–4 PM
Tuesday 10:30 AM–4 PM
Wednesday 10:30 AM–4 PM
Thursday 10:30 AM–4 PM
Saturday 10:30 AM–4 PM
Sunday 12 PM–4 PM
Guest Reviews
5 stars BUT……before I explain how great this place is, I do want to make a couple suggestions. -seeing as it’s a children’s place, I was surprised there was no mothers room for me to breastfeed my little one. One of the employees was kind enough to offer me a party room to use, but it would be nice to have a quiet room to feed and attend to little one. -second thing is that the bathroom was a little unkept. Toilet paper all over the floor & full diaper genie but it did seem like they may have been slightly understaffed that day. Aside from those 2 things though, the place is great!!! Before coming people were telling me how the one is Tampa is so much better and I should just go there and though I have not been to that one yet and I’m sure it’s bigger, this was SO great for my 2 under 3. My toddler loved running around and playing pretend, the playground is so cute and such a fun adventure to climb & my crawler was so happy playing in the under 4 area full of soft play. (Heads up to staff though, I found little chocking hazard legos in that section that I did clean up but probably shouldn’t be in there, obviously a child brought it in but there should definitely be some more checks in there, again it did seem a little understaffed). I felt really safe there too with my children. Toddler would run around but since it’s a big square room with sections, it wasn’t hard to keep an eye on her. All the other kids and parents were nice and respectful as well. Will definitely be coming back & absolutely recommend it!
I've been coming here for many years through all of my 5 children as each one is young. But even my 11 year old had a great time in part because now it's nostalgic.
This place is awesome. We spent few hours and had so much fun. They have a place for younger kids as well which my kiddo loved. It is clean and well taken care of. Super happy to have checked this out
Great for littles with a special play area under 4. My son loved the Lego station!
I brought my baby here to have fun and there were things my baby could play with,like those soft square shapes and trampoline although there was more play yards for bigger kids and sum stuff would be nice for an upgrade but still nice place I like it.
General Information
- Family-friendly
- Hours: Mon. - Sat. 10:30-4, Sun. Noon - 4
Closed on Easter, 4th of July, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and New Years Day
Discounts
- Military Discount
- Senior Citizen Discount
Accessible Features
- Accessible parking
- Wheelchair lift or ramp
- Wheelchair-friendly inside walkways
- Wheelchair Accessible Entrance
- Wheelchair Accessible Parking
- Wheelchair Accessible Restroom
Rates & Times
- Time to Experience Activity: 2 - 3 hours