Best Museums in Toronto for Kids & Families
18 family-friendly museums with age ratings and parent tips.
Highest rated: Weston Family Learning Centre, Prehistoria Museum & SkullStore Oddity Shop, Mackenzie House. 3 listings are free. 13 listings are indoor. 1 listing is outdoor. Qualified listings include age fit, stroller notes, cost signals, and practical planning tips.
By Kit, KidPaths editor
Reviews family planning details across KidPaths city guides.
This Toronto page currently has 18 qualified listings in museums that passed KidPaths' listing and photo checks. Start your comparison with Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Casa Loma, Hockey Hall of Fame, then use the age, cost and visit-length notes to narrow the list.
3 options are free. 17 options work indoors or in mixed weather. 11 options have confirmed stroller access. 7 picks fit toddlers and 18 picks fit big kids.
Match the museum to attention span, not reputation alone. Toddlers need hands-on rooms and easy exits, while older kids usually want a challenge, demonstration or strong special exhibit.
Top Picks

Weston Family Learning Centre
5 starsThe Weston Family Learning Centre inside the Art Gallery of Ontario is designed specifically for hands-on art making. Kids get to create their own art

Prehistoria Museum & SkullStore Oddity Shop
4.8 starsReal fossils, skulls, and natural oddities are displayed where kids can get close enough to study details. The SkullStore section has the "gross facto

Mackenzie House
4.7 starsThe working 19th-century printing press lets kids see (and sometimes help operate) the actual type of press William Lyon Mackenzie used to print his r

Toronto Police Museum and Discovery Centre
4.6 starsKids can sit in a real police car and turn on the lights and siren. The forensic science exhibits let them dust for fingerprints and examine evidence

Spadina Museum
4.6 starsChildren can imagine life in a grand early twentieth-century home, spot old technology such as telephones and gas lighting, compare family and servant
MuseumsWeston Family Learning Centre
Ages: All Ages
MuseumsPrehistoria Museum & SkullStore Oddity Shop
Ages: Little Kids to Teens
MuseumsMackenzie House
Ages: Little Kids to Teens
MuseumsFreeToronto Police Museum and Discovery Centre
Ages: Little Kids to Teens
MuseumsFreeSpadina Museum
Ages: Little Kids to Teens
MuseumsAga Khan Museum
Ages: Toddlers to Teens
MuseumsCampbell House Museum
Ages: Little Kids to Teens
MuseumsHockey Hall of Fame
Ages: Little Kids to Teens
MuseumsRoyal Ontario Museum (ROM)
Ages: Toddlers to Teens
MuseumsCasa Loma
Ages: Little Kids to Teens
MuseumsBata Shoe Museum
Ages: Little Kids to Teens
MuseumsBlack Creek Pioneer Village
Ages: Toddlers to Tweens
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