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Central Wisconsin Children's Museum

3.9 (12 reviews)
Closed • 9:00 am - 2:00 pm

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Tiffany L.

This IS a small Children's Museum - BUT, it's not horrible. I spent 11 years in Chicago and more hours than I can count at the Children's Museum there and it is a truly wonderful place, very near and dear to my heart. However, the volume of visitors warrants a much more extravagant type of place. So, I will NOT compare this cute little place to that of a large city. Our daughter is too young to truly enjoy a place like this, but we wanted to check it out anyway. They do have a very cute little area for the little ones where we spent most of our time. They don't have a ton of stuff in there, but it's all developmentally appropriate and nice. Attached to the little "nest" area is a very thoughtful mommy nook to nurse your little ones or read, etc. I must mention that they need to replace those rocking chairs and quickly before a mother and child fall to the ground. They're very wobbly. The rest of the place is geared more for the 2 and up crowd. A little shopping experience, a camping area, a little house, dentist chair, jungle gym and slide area and more. They have a very nice art studio area, too! See photos, I added quite a few. My biggest complaint is that I didn't see any boxes/bags to toss toys in that have been gnawed upon by your little one. Most museums have these readily available and I was a bit disappointed to not see one in the little one's area. I will admit to using our own disinfectant wipes on toys before our daughter played with them. Unfortunately, she did come down with a little cold and I'm pretty sure she picked it up there... nothing to get all bent out of shape over; it's always a possibility at such places. All in all, we were pleased and we would absolutely go back. I think it's a fine and acceptable size for the area. I love where it's located as we had such a lovely day of going to the museum and then walking around the area enjoying the toy shops.

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Huey’s Hideaway

Huey’s Hideaway

5.0(1 review)
56.4 mi

Wow, Medford, nicely done! I grew up in Medford and when my sister and I come back to visit now…read morewith our own kids, there aren't a lot of options for indoor activities when the weather is bad and/or the kids are stir-crazy. I heard about Huey's a year or so ago when it opened and we were finally able to stop in the Friday after Thanksgiving around 10am. For the first 30 min or so, we had the whole place to ourselves after which several other families came to play. Huey's is new, bright, very clean and has great facilities for nursing/restrooms, and activity area for classes/camp activities and birthday parties. There are two floors of play areas with an elevator available for those in need. The size feels just right for the area, not enormous, but certainly big enough for 20-25 kids to play at one time. I can't stress enough the quality of the exhibits/play areas here. Most of the play areas are right on par with large city children's museums. We live in Madison and Cleveland now, respectively, and visit the CMs there and we were both quite impressed with the offerings at Huey's. No, there isn't an enormous, elaborate climbing gym or a water play room here, but that sort of thing would bust almost any budget and - let's be honest - the kids don't care as long as what IS there is fun and new and that is definitely true of Huey's. I love that Huey's isn't trying to copy other places, but rather to highlight attributes of the Taylor County area like agriculture, manufacturing, and the outdoors which are the focus of several exhibits. There are the standard exhibits like grocery store and doctors office which are very well done, but also some great unique ones. Our favorites were the barn/chicken coop area, the fishing pond, dentist office and the hair salon! There is even a great little gift shop area with adorable Huey's merchandise for purchase along with a nice assortment of educational toys and of course SNACKS. There are a couple of small picky things I'd improve: - moving the pretend flower garden lower to the floor since at the age of kids likely to play with this they are too short to reach - fix up the dark room area as some of the exhibits didn't seem to work and the pipe wall was missing several magnets Overall Huey's is a breath of fresh air that you won't find the likes of almost anywhere in Northern Wisconsin. This place is such an amazing addition to my hometown and a high-quality, affordable afternoon of fun for the kids. Definitely recommend making a stop there if you're in town and even driving in from surrounding areas for a day trip; you won't be disappointed.

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

4.7(18 reviews)
30.4 mi

A really beautiful stop both inside and out! The Birds in Art annual exhibit is obviously the fan…read morefavorite, but it's definitely worth a visit even when that isn't going on.

Who knew you could find an outstanding art museum on the way to Northern Wisconsin. My wife had…read morebeen to the Woodson Art Museum a couple of years ago and suggested that we stopped as we passed through Wausau. The Woodson family were rich dudes who are from Wausau and when they wanted to do something with all their money, they turned their estate into an art museum. The main focus of this museum is on birds. Bird drawings, Bird pictures, bird sculptures, the gardens are filled with various sculptures including Birds. The museum is beautiful, the grounds are exquisitely nice. They would be a great setting for a movie or maybe your wedding. But, truthfully, although the paintings and pictures were wonderful after seeing the hundredth picture of birds I knew I had enough. However if you are an aficionado of paintings, sculpture and birds this is a must-see museum. The museum is free and the staff is helpful. I was a little bummed that the museum shop only sold postcards and books. I'm sure if they sold faux paintings and faux sculptures they could make a killing. This museum is highly recommended. If you are in Wisconsin or near Wausau it's worth your time.

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