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- Nicknamed “The Show Me State,” the state of Missouri is home to 5,500 recorded caves, historical sites, incredible nature, and a wide variety of museums designed as perfect attractions for families with kids to visit throughout the year.
- From the Talking Rock Cavern and the Mark Twain Cave to Fort Osage and the Lewis and Clark Boat House to a myriad of hands-on and interesting children’s museums, there’s plenty for kids to see, do, and be entertained throughout Missouri.
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Get to know life on the American frontier at the Arabia Steamboat Museum
See a collection of historic cars at Auto World Museum
Take a tour of the Bridal Cave and Thunder Mountain Park
Take small kids to the Children's Peace Pavilion
Get up-close to animals at the Dickerson Park Zoo
Admire the Toy Collection at the Field House Museum
Visit the Civil War-era Fort D Historic Site
Check out the 1808 Fort Osage
Feed parakeets or goats at Grant’s Farm
Get up-close to celebrities at the Hollywood Wax Museum Branson
Take a self-guided tour of the Jefferson Barracks Telephone Museum
Kansas City Zoo
Explore the Lewis and Clark Boat House and Nature Center
Take a tour of Mark Twain Cave
Ride the Mark Twain Riverboat
Explore Meramec Caverns
Learn about history at the National Frontier Trails Museum
See wooden boats and doll houses at the National Museum of Toys and Miniatures
See a state-of-the-art educational exhibit at the Pony Express Museum
Go to the St Louis Zoo
Go panning for gemstone at Talking Rocks Cavern
Visit the interactive science museum The Discovery Center of Springfield
Take a tram tour of The Gateway Arch
Take the kids to the Magic House Museum
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