We were driving away from the Gerald Eddy Discovery
Center during our last vacation when my wife said to me “You know you’ve become
your Father – you’re taking our children to all the same types of places your
Dad dragged you to as a kid.” She winked
at me. “I love that about you and our
kids are going to have great childhood memories when they grow up.”
My Dad always included visits to museums and
historical sites on every family vacation. As a kid, I visited well known places such as Colonial Williamsburg, Gettysburg, and the Smithsonian Museums as well as spots more off the
beaten path such as the Gnadenhutten
Museum & Massacre Monument, Salamanca
Railroad Museum and the Lost
Colony on Roanoke Island. These
educational excursions have instilled in me a lifelong passion for discovery
and learning.
Now that I’m a Dad, incorporating educational stops
in all our vacations has become a family tradition. We’ve visited places with our kids like the Air Museum in Akron, American Museum of Natural History in NYC, Children’s Museum of Pittsburg, the Imagination Station in Toledo, Chicago's Museum of Science & Industry, and even stopped
by the local Sanibel Historical Village
during our beach vacation last winter.
For suggestions on interesting places to visit on your next vacation,
check out the Association of
Science-Technology Centers website, contact the Chamber of Commerce or Tourism Bureau for
the area you are visiting or ask locals for out of the ordinary suggestions. Have a goal of making education entertaining
for your kids on every trip!
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