Marbles Museum

For Adele's birthday we took her to the Marbles Museum in Raleigh.  It really has nothing to do with marbles, except for the big marble wall.  It is an interactive and creative museum for kids.  It was so much fun. We got there around 9:30 am and stayed for 5 hours.  When you walk in there are several "games" that are life size, like chess or connect four that you can play.  Then there is a area called "around town" that has different areas of play that represent different places in Raleigh like Wake Med., the post office, grocery stores and etc.  In these areas you can pretend to drive an ambulance, work in the post office, shop for groceries, fish on a boat, dress up in costumes and put on a "play" on the stage and lots more.   Then there is a "water area", craft table and a very large ship to play on.  Upstairs there are several interactive play areas such as legos, a work shop with tools and wood that you can really saw, hammer, nail and etc.  There is another area for creative movement.   In this area there is karaoke, instruments, dancing, crafts and so much more.  The area that was my favorite was the "japanese school".  It was set up so that you could visit these 5 japanese children's school and homes.  You could go in their "rooms" at home and see what their hobbies were and what they liked to eat.  It also showed there school room, their desks and what subjects they learn.   It was amazing.  

I know I am going on and on but I really thought this place was great and it was only $5 per person (we had to pay for public parking as well and we won't talk about how much that was).  I recommend this museum to everyone.  We plan to go back again soon.  I hope you enjoy the pictures.  

( if you double click in the middle of the pictures it will take you to "bubble share" and you can view them much larger