The Bangor Children's Museum

No matter how many times you return to the Bangor Children's Museum your children are entralled. From pretending to drive a semi-trailer truck to making paper, they never seem to tire of the variety of activities there. Everything is "hands on" fun and there is plenty of space for children to run from activity to activity. There is a real motorcycle for them to sit on and pretend to drive, a climbing wall, a "Goodnight Moon" room, a puppet theater where they can make their own puppet shows, a very realistic tug boat with a cargo belt that will keep them running for hours, a "Charlotte's Web" farm, complete with a huge Wilbur for the kids to climb on and a pretend diner that seems to draw young and old. Somebody was very creative in designing the pretend food! On the bottom floor there is a beaver house at the base of a tree that has a magnetic pull on kids. They can climb into the beaver house or climb up the inside of the tree that looks out over a water feature that is irresistible to kids. They can make dams of their own along the flowing water and float little plastic boats down the river. A few words of advice though; don't come on a Monday because they're closed, and don't come if you're in a hurry. There is so much fun just waiting to happen here--all it needs is your kids! The Bangor Children's Museum is located at 74 Main Street in downtown Bangor. They can be reached at 207-262-7200. Admission is $7.50 for adults, free for children under the age of 1 year. Although there is no cafe or restaurant on the premises, there is a room available for picnics and vending machines are available. For an up-to-date calendar of events, visit http://www.mainediscoverymuseum.org/content/4031/Calendar_2/