Find Things to Do with Kids
Family fun comes in many fascinating forms and surprising spots in Buffalo Niagara! Whether it’s watching polar bears romp in their way cool pool at the Buffalo Zoo, taking a spin on the new Buffalo Heritage Carousel or watching a packet boat be built at the Longshed at Canalside, or getting soaked on a summertime excursion on a Whirlpool Jet Boat Tour there is always something to do.
Buffalo is For Families
For more family fun in Buffalo, consider blurring the line between learning and fun at the Buffalo Museum of Science, taking in a kid-friendly production at the Theatre of Youth, climbing aboard a historic WWII ship at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park, sparking your kids’ curiosity and imagination at Explore & More – The Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Children’s Museum, or going for a Pirate Cruise on the Spirit of Buffalo, Buffalo has got the answer to the perennial vacation question, “What are we going to do today?”
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Open your child’s imagination at our children’s museum
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Family Fun at Tifft Nature Preserve
Get outdoors and experience the wild side of Buffalo
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Take a ride on the Buffalo Heritage Carousel
A historic carousel finds a new home at Canalside
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Find Anything & Everything at Vidler’s 5 & 10
Spend hours shopping in this haven of happiness
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Making memories that will last a lifetime
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Family Fun at the Buffalo Museum of Science
Here’s a science lesson: learning can be fun!
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An old school candy shop fills visitors with joy
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Nobody does charbroiled hots like Buffalo
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Lions? And tigers? And bears? Oh my!
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Heart pounding excitement high over Buffalo
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Find Things to Do with Kids
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Explore & More – The Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Children’s Museum
130 Main Street
Buffalo, NY 14202
(716) 655-5131
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Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum
180 Thompson Street
North Tonawanda, NY 14120
(716) 693-1885
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