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Best Things to Do in Boston, with kids
New England Aquarium is 95% Kids-Friendly
Children up to 12 can touch rays, watch penguin feedings, and join interactive science stations, all in a stroller-friendly, supervised setting with clear safety rails and staff talks.
Recommended visit duration: 3-5 hours
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Boston Common is 95% Kids-Friendly
Kids up to 12 can splash at Frog Pond, ride the carousel, run in fenced playgrounds, and skate in winter; on-site toilets and a changing station help parents, although traffic edges need supervision.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Boston Duck Tours Prudential Center Departure Location is 92% Kids-Friendly
Kids can toot the quacker and even steer briefly, child tickets cost less, folded strollers stored free, but no restroom for the full 80-minute tour so plan ahead.
Recommended visit duration: 1.5–2.5 hours
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Boston Tea Party Ships & Museum is 90% Kids-Friendly
Kids help dump “tea,” explore bunks, and watch a 3D film, turning history into play; child tickets, elevators, and gift-shop toys help, but ship stairs ban strollers and require supervision.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is 86% Kids-Friendly
Kids get discounted tickets, scavenger-style family labels, weekend drop-in art making, and discovery carts, but fragile art and quiet rooms require close supervision and limit running.
Recommended visit duration: 3–5 hours
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Faneuil Hall Marketplace is 86% Kids-Friendly
Kids can enjoy jugglers, slime workshops, face-painting weekends and casual eats; however, no playground and dense crowds require close supervision for children under 12.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Freedom Trail is 86% Kids-Friendly
Junior Ranger books, playgrounds, carousel, scavenger hunts, and family-priced tours keep ages 6-12 engaged; sidewalks are safe, but the long route can exhaust kids, so build in snack breaks.
Recommended visit duration: 3–5 hours
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Harvard University is 81% Kids-Friendly
Children enjoy the Natural History museum, astronomy nights, and short tours; campus is safe, yet scarce playgrounds and long walking distances require extra breaks and snacks.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is 81% Kids-Friendly
Free admission, seek-and-find cards, Saturday art studio, and stroller access welcome children, but breakable art and quiet rules demand constant adult supervision.
Recommended visit duration: 2-3 hours
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Quincy Market is 79% Kids-Friendly
Kids can watch magicians, pick pizza or ice cream, ride the nearby Greenway Carousel, and splash in fountains; still, dense crowds and uneven stones need constant parent vigilance.
Recommended visit duration: 2–3 hours
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