If cabin fever is reaching epidemic proportions in your home and the kids are climbing the walls, relief is just 55 miles away. Since 1988, the Curious Kids' Museum in St. Joseph, Mich. has challenged, educated and amused the region's youngsters. Inside, colorful interactive exhibits, activities and age-appropriate games invite children ages 1 through 12 to learn by discovering and doing. In an age of slick computerization and digital entertainment, the museum's laid-back presentation is a welcome alternative.
Kids explore here at their own pace.
They're not graded. You shouldn't diminish your self esteem in this learning environment. The museum's lower level celebrates the global child through music, art, history, culture and geography. Dinosaurs lurk, volcanoes rumble and earthquakes topple kid-built structures. In the Toddle Farm, children ages infant through 4, accompanied by an adult, can climb a hayloft, slide down a silo or play in the duck pond.