EdVenture Children’s Museum

In Columbia, South Carolina, EdVenture is the largest children's museum in the Southeast United States. The only larger children's museum in the world, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, is ahead of it in size. In 2003, EdVenture first welcomed visitors. There are also interactive displays, 2 resource centers, a 200-seat theater, and 8 galleries totaling 92,000 square feet (8,500 m2). The display galleries, laboratories, and visitor amenities take up 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of the entire 92,000 square feet (8,500 m2) space.

Just outside the museum's entrance is a second outdoor gallery space measuring 7,000 square feet (700 m2). There are over 350 different interactive displays spread across 92,000 square feet (8,500 m2) in total. On the first floor of the museum, there is a three-story-tall statue of "Eddie" that kids can climb into to learn about human physiology. Your kids can get inside a scale-model fire vehicle, turn on the lights, and even design their own fire escape route. A dairy and produce farm is located in the opposite direction from the firetruck. Your kids can "milk" a cow here, pick veggies, hop on a tractor, and gather fruits from the trees to take to the store.

Address: 211 Gervais St, Columbia, South Carolina
Official site: http://www.edventure.org/
Phone: +1 803-779-3100
Admission: Children and Adults: $11.95; Under 2: Free; Members: Free
Google rating: 4.5/5.0