Pretend City Children's Museum
Photo: Ermalfaro · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
🎨 Museum · Irvine
2.5 hours · $$ · Check website for reservations
- 🚗About 50 min driveFrom Arcadia · Parking: Free museum lot
- 🍼Stroller-friendlyFlat surfaces — bring the stroller
- 🌳Lots of shadeRain-OK · Handles heat
- ⏱️Typical visit: 2.5 hoursBest seasons: Spring · Summer · Fall · Winter
A city in miniature: a little grocery store with carts and checkouts, a cafe, post office, hospital, construction site, fire truck and a street with real intersections, a role-play paradise designed for ages 1–6; a 2-year-old can spend an hour in the grocery store alone.
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