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Art Museum Scavenger Hunts in Washington DC: The Ultimate Family Guide

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Family completing an art museum scavenger hunt at the National Gallery of Art

Standing in front of a 400-year-old Rembrandt with a bored eight-year-old tugging at your sleeve is a very specific kind of parenting challenge. Washington DC has some of the finest art collections on the planet, almost all of them free to enter, and yet getting kids to actually look at the art rather than just … Read more

Science Museum Scavenger Hunts in Los Angeles: A Complete Family Guide

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Family exploring the Space Shuttle Endeavour exhibit at the California Science Center

Los Angeles doesn’t get enough credit as a science museum city. Between a retired space shuttle, a tar pit still bubbling in the middle of the city, and one of the country’s most respected natural history collections, LA has more hands-on science content packed into a few square miles than most families realize. A scavenger … Read more