Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo, Palo Alto
Address 1451 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, CA 94301 Map, Tel 650-329-2111 Call, Website
This is a long-standing favorite of our family. It is just the right size for young kids (0-6) and allows them to learn about science and animals while having fun playing, interacting with the exhibits and visiting the animals. It offers a great combination of indoors and outdoors time for the little ones and, just as importantly, is a relatively stress-free experience for the parents! The indoor space is compact and packed with inviting hands-on educational activities and the outdoor area is quaint and fairly shaded, with several cute corners to rest with the kids and little animals such as raccoons, bats, bobcats, owl, ducks, geese, bunnies, snakes, rats, fish, shark, peacock and many more. The indoor exhibits tend to change roughly every 12 months. This is a lost-cost activity as there is no formal entry fee, but they recommend a nominal donation.