Children's Museum of New Hampshire, Peterborough
Address 6 Washington Street Dover, NH Map, Tel (603) 742-2002 Call, Website
This is a spectacular children's museum. You walk into a 6 foot-tall wall of pins that move when you press on them to make a pattern on the other side. Next is a wall of colored shapes that make music when you press them.
Then there's a display on river ecosystems, with a fish ladder and big toy fish you can help swim upstream. There's a room with masks from around the world, a play post office, an area to dig for diosaur fossels, and a yellow submarine you can pretend to drive.
There's a wind tower and foam pieces that with which you make your own "paper airplane", crank it to the top and let it fall in the wind to see how it flys.
They have a unique machine that pits two people against one another to see who can relax the most.
Upstairs is a section for toddlers with tons of Thomas wooden trains, among other things. They have a great little giftshop, too.