How many children's museums are there in the United States?

461 children's museums file a Form 990 with the IRS in the United States.

Children's Museums

Children's Museums nonprofits in the U.S.

Organizations that develop and maintain educational exhibits that are structured for the size, interests and intellectual capacity of young children. Childrens museums are participatory and allow visitors to interact with the exhibits (touching, exploring, manipulating), and many offer organized lessons for groups of school children that focus on one or more of the exhibits. NOTE: See also A57, Science and Technology Museums, for other organizations with substantial activities and collections for children. 461 children's museums file a Form 990 in the United States. Together they report $786 million in revenue and hold $2.6 billion in assets. Browse the largest below, or drill in by state. Also called Youth Museums.

The largest are Childrens Museum Of Indianapolis Incorporated, Childrens Museum Of Manhattan, and Omaha Childrens Trust.

Organizations

461

Total revenue

$785.6M

Total assets

$2.6B

Largest children's museums

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Top 100 by revenue · 461 children's museums nationwide

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Organization	State	Revenue	Assets
Childrens Museum Of Indianapolis Incorporated Indianapolis	IN	$84.4M	$502.9M
Childrens Museum Of Manhattan New York	NY	$40.1M	$154.7M
O Omaha Childrens Trust Omaha	NE	$22.9M	$22.7M
The Da Vinci Discovery Center Of Science And Technology Inc Allentown	PA	$21.6M	$79.4M
Children'S Museum Of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh	PA	$15.3M	$36.4M
Children'S Museum Inc Houston	TX	$14.3M	$62.3M
Stepping Stones Museum For Children Inc Norwalk	CT	$13.8M	$14.7M
The Children'S Museum Of Denver Denver	CO	$12.5M	$30.3M
Miami Children'S Museum Inc Miami	FL	$12.3M	$29.8M
Explora Science Center & Childrens Museum Of Albuquerque Albuquerque	NM	$12.0M	$14.5M
The Childrens Museum Boston	MA	$11.9M	$75.7M
Minnesota Children'S Museum Saint Paul	MN	$11.8M	$44.6M
Please Touch Museum Philadelphia	PA	$11.4M	$35.9M
The Magic House St Louis	MO	$10.8M	$37.2M
The Epc Museum Dba La Nube El Paso	TX	$10.5M	$87.2M
San Antonio Children'S Museum San Antonio	TX	$10.2M	$50.1M
The Baltimore Children'S Museum Inc Baltimore	MD	$9.7M	$26.2M
Oregon Center For Creative Learning Medford	OR	$9.1M	$20.4M
Bay Area Discovery Museum Sausalito	CA	$8.5M	$18.6M
Austin Childrens Museum Austin	TX	$8.5M	$13.0M
Chicago Childrens Museum Chicago	IL	$7.8M	$14.8M
Mcwane Science Center Birmingham	AL	$7.6M	$12.4M
Brooklyn Children'S Museum Corporation Brooklyn	NY	$7.5M	$11.1M
Childrens Museum Of Richmond Richmond	VA	$7.3M	$13.3M
Long Island Children'S Museum Garden City	NY	$7.2M	$5.0M
Kidspace A Participatory Museum Pasadena	CA	$6.8M	$13.7M
E Experience Children'S Museum Erie	PA	$6.6M	$18.5M
Omaha Childrens Museum Inc Omaha	NE	$6.6M	$7.6M
San Jose Children'S Discovery Museum San Jose	CA	$6.6M	$24.6M
Childrens Museum Of Tampa Inc Tampa	FL	$6.6M	$5.1M
Moco Kidsco Inc Bethesda	MD	$6.3M	$10.7M
Edventure Inc Columbia	SC	$6.3M	$9.9M
M Madison Childrens Museum Foundation Inc Madison	WI	$6.3M	$4.5M
Mississippi Childrens Museum Jackson	MS	$6.1M	$35.4M
The New Childrens Museum San Diego	CA	$6.1M	$20.1M
Great River Childrens Museum St Cloud	MN	$6.0M	$20.5M
Discovery Childrens Museum Las Vegas	NV	$5.9M	$44.5M
Howard County Children'S Center Inc Nashville	AR	$5.7M	$4.6M
Dupage Children'S Museum Naperville	IL	$5.7M	$12.1M
Imagine Childrens Museum Everett	WA	$5.5M	$37.8M
Creative Discovery Museum Chattanooga	TN	$5.4M	$23.6M
Kohl Children'S Museum Of Greater Chicago Inc Glenview	IL	$5.1M	$20.4M
Pretend City The Childrens Museum Of Orange County Irvine	CA	$5.0M	$17.1M
Hands On Children'S Museum Olympia	WA	$4.8M	$6.5M
T The Maryland Book Bank Inc Baltimore	MD	$4.8M	$929K
Discovery Center Museum Of Rockford Inc Rockford	IL	$4.7M	$7.5M
Childrens Museum Of Sonoma County Santa Rosa	CA	$4.7M	$8.4M
Explore & More A Children'S Museum Buffalo	NY	$4.6M	$11.8M
Ann Arbor Hands On Museum Ann Arbor	MI	$4.6M	$11.4M
Louisiana Childrens Museum New Orleans	LA	$4.5M	$44.9M
Modesto Childrens Museum Inc Modesto	CA	$4.5M	$9.3M
Children'S Museum Of The Upstate Inc Greenville	SC	$4.4M	$30.6M
Greentrike Tacoma	WA	$4.4M	$5.9M
Association Of Childrens Museums Inc Arlington	VA	$4.2M	$3.3M
The Rabbit Hole Kc North Kansas City	MO	$4.1M	$14.3M
Discovery Museums Inc Acton	MA	$4.1M	$12.5M
Golisano Childrens Museum Of Naples Inc Naples	FL	$4.0M	$17.0M
Kidstream Camarillo	CA	$3.9M	$6.6M
Kidsquest Children'S Museum Bellevue	WA	$3.9M	$9.3M
Madison Childrens Museum Inc Madison	WI	$3.8M	$16.4M
The Children'S Museum Of Atlanta Inc Atlanta	GA	$3.8M	$8.4M
Over The Rainbow Butterfly Garden Inc Flagstaff	AZ	$3.5M	$1.2M
Childrens Discovery Center Honolulu	HI	$3.5M	$12.5M
Northern Virginia Science Center Foundation Fairfax	VA	$3.5M	$31.0M
Children'S Museum And Theatre Of Maine Portland	ME	$3.3M	$14.2M
Discovery Gateway Children'S Museum Salt Lake City	UT	$3.3M	$3.4M
Great Explorations Inc Saint Petersburg	FL	$3.0M	$2.6M
Museum Of Childrens Arts Oakland	CA	$3.0M	$581K
The Children'S Museum Of Memphis Inc Memphis	TN	$2.9M	$11.5M
The Sleepy Cat Farm Foundation Greenwich	CT	$2.9M	$1.8M
The Building For Kids Inc Appleton	WI	$2.8M	$4.4M
The Children'S Museum Of Cleveland Cleveland	OH	$2.8M	$5.1M
Tucson Childrens Museum Inc Tucson	AZ	$2.8M	$6.2M
Fort Kids Fort Smith	AR	$2.7M	$3.5M
Providence Childrens Museum Providence	RI	$2.7M	$2.9M
Betty Brinn Children'S Museum Inc Milwaukee	WI	$2.7M	$2.4M
Childrens Museum Of Southern Minnesota Mankato	MN	$2.5M	$5.7M
Jasmine Moran Childrens Museum Foundation Inc Seminole	OK	$2.5M	$26.2M
Louis J Koch Family Children'S Museum Of Evansville Inc Evansville	IN	$2.5M	$4.3M
Childrens Museum Of The East End Bridgehampton	NY	$2.5M	$4.9M
Florida Children'S Museum Inc Lakeland	FL	$2.4M	$17.8M
San Diego Childrens Discovery Museum Escondido	CA	$2.3M	$2.8M
Santa Fe Children'S Museum Inc Santa Fe	NM	$2.3M	$6.9M
Childrens Museum Of The Lowcountry Charleston	SC	$2.3M	$4.8M
Staten Island Childrens Museum Staten Island	NY	$2.1M	$5.4M
Jackson Hole Childrens Museum Inc Jackson	WY	$2.0M	$3.3M
Lincoln Childrens Museum Lincoln	NE	$2.0M	$9.5M
The Works Bloomington	MN	$2.0M	$3.2M
Childrens Museum Corporation Of Rutherford County Inc Murfreesboro	TN	$2.0M	$5.5M
Lynn Meadows Discovery Center Gulfport	MS	$2.0M	$5.7M
Iowa Childrens Museum Coralville	IA	$2.0M	$3.8M
Children'S Museum Of Eau Claire Inc Eau Claire	WI	$1.9M	$12.8M
C Children'S Museum Of The Mov Inc Parkersburg	WV	$1.9M	$13.4M
Discovery Center Of The Southern Tier Binghamton	NY	$1.9M	$2.6M
Nido & Mariana Qubein Childrens Museum High Point	NC	$1.8M	$28.1M
The Children'S Museum Seattle Seattle	WA	$1.8M	$895K
The Delaware Childrens Museum Inc Wilmington	DE	$1.8M	$1.7M
Sierra Nevada Children'S Museum Truckee	CA	$1.8M	$6.2M
The Childrens Museum Of New Hampshire Dover	NH	$1.8M	$4.6M
Childrens Museum Foundation Corp Springfield	IL	$1.7M	$4.9M

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Public data from IRS Form 990 e-file & Business Master File. A 990 shows how an organization is run and funded — not its real-world outcomes. Figures are presented without evaluation; we do not rate, score, or rank organizations. · philanthropy.org