Cape Cod Children's Museum, Mashpee

Calling this place a museum is definitely misleading. This is a giant playground... Not what we were expecting. Our (nearly) two year old had fun on the playground, but this is not a museum at all. For example the "star fish gully" is a kitchen... Not even a picture of a starfish... Additionally, the capacity is pretty low, 250 for a "museum". It's really a giant room with lots of toys and things to climb on. Having some "educational" toys (dinosaurs with fun facts around the area) in some areas does not make this a museum. If you're looking for a place to kill time and let the young kids (I highly doubt a 9 or 10 year old would like this place, for example) burn off energy.. Then this place is great. If you're looking for something not educational for your kids then look elsewhere..

My son who is 2 really liked the “garden” area as well as drawing on the picnic table. While we were there they had a hamster the children could meet and he really enjoyed holding the hamster. A great way to spend a couple of hours with a small child.