If I ever make it to Central Virginia, I am heading straight to Amazement Square/The Rightmire Children’s Museum, an awesome hands-on children’s museum that’s bursting with activities and eco-friendliness. Not only does the museum boast Amazement Tower, the largest indoor climbing structure in the US (four floors high leading up to a rooftop outdoor observation deck, complete with slides, tunnels, and a zip-line), right now they also have an energy conservation exhibit called Watt’s Up? The Energy Around Us. Kids can get their hands on a solar powered model race car; create energy through wind power to turn the lights on a model home; plus explore fossil fuels and other resources that are becoming scarce. It’s way more fun to teach energy conservation than the usual “Don’t forget to turn the lights out!” holler every time they leave a room - then they can play in the tower to get rid of their energy…
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You will love it when you get to amazement square.
We have 3 kids - 7, 5, and 3.\
We love going there.
My son loves the elevator and my daughters love the music and paint room.