**Full Disclosure: I attended a preview event. All opinions are my own.
Photo Credit: Colleen from San Antonio Mom Blogs
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to play my way through San Antonio’s newest children’s museum – The DoSeum – which officially opens on June 6. With over 26,000 square feet of indoor space and 39,000 square feet of outdoor space, there is so much to do!
About The DoSeum:
The DoSeum will be a fun and fascinating place where kids can create, make, build, invent, discover, think, dream, do. The DoSeum will be a laboratory for children and a gathering place for parents, teachers, caregivers and the community. Beyond its walls, The DoSeum will help San Antonio become recognized for innovative ideas in early education.
The unique, interactive exhibits you won’t find anywhere else in the U.S. include:
- Baxter the Robot – Baxter is the only interactive robot in a children’s museum in the country.
- Puppet Parade – Kids use their bodies to control and interact with the larger than life creatures projected on the wall in front of them.
- Musical Staircase – Each step features a musical note and light which produces a very fun and ever evolving musical score. It was designed by Remo Saraceni.
- Knee Deep – Kids use their feet to explore unexpected worlds of different proportions. They will gain perspective on how their actions relate to the natural systems of our world.
- Not Your Typical Treehouse – Designed by Attie Jonker, the treehouse will be a free-standing 26-feet high structure. It will be wheel chair accessible.
- Viewport to Papalote Museo del Niño – Kids in the Explore gallery will be able to connect with kids from a children’s museum in Mexico City via video monitor.
Other exhibits you’ll find at The Doseum:
- Sensations Studio
- Little Town
- Innovation Station
- Spy Academy
- Imagine It!
I can’t say I have favorites because the entire children’s museum is a blast but if I had to pick one. It would be the reading space in the Imagine It! exhibit. If I had the space, I’d add something similar in my home!
I was able to experience each space, but I was basically running through. If you are taking kids with you, get there early and plan to stay all day. Maybe even buy a pass and spend ample time at one exhibit every time you go.
Admission:
- Youth under 1 year of age: Free
- Visitors: $11
*For the safety of all our visitors, all children must be accompanied by an adult 18 years or older, and all adults must be accompanied by a child 10 years or younger.
Free & Reduced Admission
- Military: Active duty military personnel will receive $1 off admission. Please bring a valid military ID to redeem discount. Tickets must be purchased in person at the front desk.
- Educators: Teachers and educators will receive $1 off admission with valid educator’s ID. Tickets must be purchased in person at the front desk.
- H-E-B Free Family Night will continue beginning in September and will be offered twice a month!
- Members enjoy FREE admission year round.
The DoSeum will have an in-house cafe, featuring healthy, kid-friendly meals and snacks to help families turn a visit into a day of adventure. You can also bring your own snacks to enjoy in the outside spaces.
Good news! You no longer have to pay to visit the San Antonio Children’s Museum! The DoSeum offers 240 free parking spaces.
When you visit The Doseum, plan to …
I love your photos! Let’s make a date to meet up at The DoSeum this summer. 🙂
Thank you! Meeting sounds like a great plan!
Oh how fun! My two would have a blast there. Especially in the Spy Academy section!
This looks like a great place to take the kids and at a great price, too! I know I’d definitely be there on those super hot summer days when everyone needs to get out of the house for a bit.
I love Children’s museums. You can spend all day there! Looks like a very nice location and great price too!
Wow – that place looks awesome! I need to take the kids to our children’s museum over summer break.
What a fun place to learn! I just love the name of your museum. I am curious, what do they do at the HEB store?
HEB is a local grocery chain. At the store, they can use pretend cash registers, be the checker or customer, see what different kinds of fruits and veggies look like, etc.
Wow! This looks like an amazing place where I would love to spend time as much as my girls would! I love all the vibrant colors and how inviting and easy to navigate all the exhibits are. One of our favorite children’s museum here in LA is KidSpace. We had a yearly membership forever when the girls were younger. Best way to keep them entertained 🙂
This looks like an awesome museum and I love that they have some different discounts. I think my boys would have a blast there!
This is a really neat place! I think my kids would really enjoy it.
This looks like such a fun museum to take kids to! I wish we lived a lot closer to Texas to be able to take advantage of such a great museum.
This looks like so much fun! I wish we were local because it would be a great place to take the kids to learn and play.
So cute! I love children’s museums, so much to explore and do!
Now this is my kind of museum! I hated visiting museums with my kids that were heavy on the reading and light on touching. I really think that kids need to see, touch, and play to learn. Very cool!
The boys love going to the kids museum here, maybe we should include them when we head that way! Sounds fabulous!
Sounds interesting. I will be bringing my 1yr old grandson and 7yr old granddaughter. Will post how our visit to the doseum went when we visit.