Arizona Museum For Youth, Mesa

I liked that the exhibits were interactive, and the children could do activities or touch the art. I also appreciated that there was a seperate section for children under a certain age that needed more hands on and more supervision. Overall, a wonderful experience to the family!

I brought my family including 4 sons ages 6-12 yesterday, mainly to see the Jim Henson exhibit. The admission price was $7 each which includes a $2 surcharge for the Henson exhibit alone which we enjoyed alot actually, however there was only one other small gallery with some writing exhibits that was definitely not worth the $5 base admission price. There is a children's play area that is geared for smaller children (under 4 I believe) but it didn't cater to my slightly-older kids at all. Perhaps a family with very young children would find the museum worthwhile, but our family was expecting alot more overall and we left feeling really disappointed.

This is a great place - very entertaining and informative. The red signs (which mean "don't touch" and the green "please touch") not only help the young ones learn what can and can't be touched in a museaum but still encourage visual interaction. Every few months there is a new exhibit. All of the exhibits have a theme - space travel, dogs, cats, and shapes are a few we remember. All of the items are designed to use one or more of the senses. The interactive displays are so interesting and fun that often I have to drag my children out of there (The day glow/ glow in the dark activities such as the one where the children wore t-shirts with stars and "flew" space ships was one of our favorites). Very much of a learning experience. This is a place where children learn without even knowing it. Its inexpensive and, best of all you'll love it, too. Maybe even more then the children. Give it a shot!