Welcome to Sandcastles Children's Museum There will be 2 Grand Openings in our new building at 129 East Ludington Avenue! See information below.

Photography provided by Sandcastles Children's Museum

The mission of Sandcastles Children's Museum is to create an environment that encourages and inspires children and families to explore their world, offering hands-on discovery while stimulating creativity, curiosity, the love of learning, cultural awareness, and positive interactions within and among families.

Sandcastles hours for 2011 are as follows:


Mon.-Sat. 9:30-5:00 May 14 through September 3
Fri.-Sat. 10:00-3:00 Sept. 9 through Dec. 17


Admission Information


$4.00 per person - Babies under 1 year free


Annual Family Membership: $75. The annual family membership is a ticket to all the museum fun from mid-May to mid-December. It includes Munchkin Mondays and Thrilling Thursdays (summer) and Playgroup Fridays and Super Saturdays (fall).



Please check out our Program page for the current schedule of events


We had over 15,000 visitors at Sandcastles in 2010!! They represented over 770 zip codes and 5 other countries.