Top 20 Places to Take Kids in the Ann Arbor - Detroit Area - 2019

Room Escape games are a new, exciting way to challenge your mind and have fun at the same time. Players are locked in a room and must solve riddles, puzzles, and use their own brains to find keys and open locks. Clueless Escape Rooms offers Ann Arbor a premium escape game, now with Four awesome rooms! Visit www.A2clue.com for more information and to book a game.

The Petting Farm is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. We provide visitors with the opportunity to learn about a farm and interact with the animals that live here. Our mission is to serve our community by being a fun and educational place to visit.

Heritage Park is the perfect spot to Play, Explore, and Learn! This 211-acre park includes 4.5 miles of trails for hiking and nature study. Other amenities include picnic shelters, a youth playground, sand volleyball courts, horseshoe pits, and in-ground grills. Also located in Heritage Park are the Visitor Center, Day Camp and Nature Center, Stables Art Studio, Amphitheatre, History Center, Splash Pad, and Riley Archery Range. For rental and year-round program information, call (248) 473-1800.

Offering more than 250 interactive exhibits, the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum attracts over 280,000 visitors of all ages annually who discover the wonder of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. In addition to exhibits and public programming, the Museum offers award-winning distance learning and outreach programming to schools, libraries, and community centers statewide and around the world.

Five distinct attractions at The Henry Ford captivate and inspire more than 1.5 million visitors annually: Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Greenfield Village, The Ford Rouge Factory Tour, The Benson Ford Research Center and The Henry Ford Giant Screen Experience.

Of course, the libraries in the Ann Arbor area are not really ONE place, but MANY places... but it's important to emphasize how valuable libraries are for family learning and fun. The libraries in our area are wonderful about posting their events to the KidsOutAndAbout calendar so you always can get ideas for free things to do with your kids that celebrate education and imagination. KidsOutAndAbout.com takes this opportunity to salute the wonderful children's librarians who serve our community with such dedication. They're proud that locals voted them to the list of the best places to take kids this year!

The MLB team for Detroit, MI. A trip to Comerica Park is fun for the whole family. There is the game to watch, carousel and ferris wheel to ride on, and watch the centerfield wall where a fountain displays liquid fireworks to celebrate home runs.

The 70,000 square-foot Ice Arena contains two ice surfaces with a total seating capacity of 1,200 people. The arena offers concession facilities, locker rooms, lockers, meeting and party rooms as well as, administrative offices. The facility provides both recreational and competitive skating opportunities. Skaters enjoy our youth and adult hockey program, public skating, Learn-to-Skate and figure skating.

TreeRunner West Bloomfield Adventure Park is a premier aerial adventure park located 30 minutes from Ann Arbor. With over 165 exciting obstacles, 22 zip lines, 5 difficulty levels, and 12 different courses, there is plenty to explore! We also have a Junior Park designed for ages 3-7! TreeRunner is designed for all ability levels. Experience our unique courses on your own, or with friends and family! We are the perfect outdoor adventure for Birthday Parties (goodie bags included!), Team Building, Scout Outings, Summer Camp visits, Athletic Teams and Special Events.

Wild Swan Theater is dedicated to producing professional theater of the highest artistic quality for  families and to making that theater accessible to everyone including low income, minority and disabled children through low ticket prices and innovative outreach program.

Detroit’s crown jewel, the Fox Theatre, has played host to some of the biggest names in show business and holds its ground as one of the top-grossing theatres of its size in the nation.

Room Escape games are a new, exciting way to challenge your mind and have fun at the same time. Players are locked in a room and must solve riddles, puzzles, and use their own brains to find keys and open locks. Clueless Escape Rooms offers Ann Arbor a premium escape game, now with Four awesome rooms! Visit www.A2clue.com for more information and to book a game.

At Motor City Youth Theatre our goal is to enrich the lives of youth and facilitate their development of life skills such as problem solving, decision-making and team work through theatre arts. Our programs emphasize team work, respect for differences, and a love for theatre.

The Farmington Hills Nature Center highlights interpretive exhibits reflecting our natural world such as a life-sized animal habitat, a backyard habitat bird viewing area, native fish aquariums, a nature library and activity table as well as a hands-on touch table and Discovery Cove. Nature programs are offered year-round and change seasonally. 

The MLB team for Detroit, MI. A trip to Comerica Park is fun for the whole family. There is the game to watch, carousel and ferris wheel to ride on, and watch the centerfield wall where a fountain displays liquid fireworks to celebrate home runs.

Offering more than 250 interactive exhibits, the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum attracts over 280,000 visitors of all ages annually who discover the wonder of science, technology, engineering, art, and math. In addition to exhibits and public programming, the Museum offers award-winning distance learning and outreach programming to schools, libraries, and community centers statewide and around the world.