San Diego Children's Discovery Museum - Escondido, California

Klint J.

A really fun place for children. Perfect for ages 2 to 8, or maybe even a little older depending upon their attitude.

Not very large, but plenty of activities to explore and learn from. Most very young children are too young to grasp the science concepts at each station, but they will receive some didactic experience with the forces and grow in curiosity and understanding.

It has most stations that other regional discovery centers have, it’s just a much smaller facility - which is perfect for small children with short legs:-).

Reading nook
Aquarium
Outdoor xylophone
Outdoor stage
Wind tunnel
Large Lite brite
Nature exhibits
Magnet and Metal Ball drop
Plenty of building stations
Large low chalk board
Etc…
All my younger kids loved it.

Not for teens! Perfect for young children.

v P.

A perfectly sized museum and center for kids to learn and have hands-on fun activities.

This museum is divided into two areas: indoor and outdoor. The indoor area has sections and setups to do pretend grocery shopping, understand some physics principles around fluid dynamics and gravity, learn about money (financial center), pretend kitchen area, pretend laundry area, learn about common bugs and insects, etc. There is also an enclosed and safe play area for toddlers (2 and younger).

The outdoor area also has a variety of activity sections. They have sand boxes to let kids do some fossil finding, flowing water to do some gold mining / search, plant sections explaining various veggies, compost center to play around with worms, gardening section, obstacle course , pollination center and an enclosure with a pet turtle. They also run sessions where kids can make their own fossils.

Overall a great place to spend time with little kids and educating them on some of the common activities and things around us.

To top it all off, the staff is super nice and the place has ample free parking. Definitely a place to visit.

Sarah M.

Great for younger kids, my 10 year old thought he would be board, but got into it!

Jackie P.

My daughter had my granddaughter's 6th birthday party there and it was a great venue and all the kids loved it and had a fantastic time! My daughter went together with another friend's mother to share the costs. Both girls birthdays are about a week apart. It worked out wonderfully!!
The museum closes to the public at 4:30 and opens for the party from 5pm to 9pm.

Joanne Y.

A small museum, but full of really fun toy exhibits like a water canal, ball rolling “coaster” and big flower wheels, things you can find rarely in other childrens’ museums.

jyoti G.

It was a good experience. My kids enjoyed it a lot. A lot of activities are there to enjoy. We got a 50% discount on tickets so its worth it . We paid $23 for 4 people. Otherwise it's $11.50 for each .

Olivia P.

Visiting from out of town and came across the Children's Discovery Museum and so glad we did. Took my 21 month old daughter and we had the best time. The tidal pool little kid area was so nice to break away from the bigger kids and play, plus the real fish aquarium was a lot of fun to watch and see. We enjoyed the life size Lite Bright, the huge water table, and so many more kids stations. All the staff was incredibly kind and welcoming and showed us around. Would definitely recommend to locals as well as those visiting San Diego and surrounding areas.

Diana D.

My daughter loves it here !!
We go every time we can.
We love the activities and every play area.
Best part we pay $2 dlls each with the WIC program!! 🙏🏻