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COURTESY OF AKRON CHILDREN’S MUSEUM
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Akron Children’s Museum
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kron Children’s Museum allows kids to climb, jump, scoop, splash and build—just for starters. There’s a quake table, a wind tunnel, excavation station and marble runs.
Magical Theatre Company, Barberton, is a professional resident and touring company just for kids. Its home is a gem of a restored century-old theater on the city’s main drag.
are cared for according to the highest standards of the American Zoological Association (AZA), of which the Akron Zoo has been a member since 1989. It takes part in the AZA’s significant conservation projects.
F.A. Seiberling Nature Realm, Akron, has three hiking trails, gardens, a suspension bridge and two ponds. A 10,000-square-foot center with exhibits, live animals and presentations allows visitors to touch, listen and learn.
The zoo can be easily navigated in a few hours and is handicapped accessible. For those with sensory processing needs such as autism, it offers special tools and services. Check out its many events such as Boo at the Zoo and Wild Lights.
Akron Zoo sits on 77 acres, 35 of which have been developed into spectacular exhibits and gardens designed to bring visitors close to more than 700 animals. Its new Pride of Africa exhibit has lions, gazelles and more. Its Wild Asia exhibit, with Sumatran tigers and red pandas, opens in 2020. All the animals
McKinley Presidential Library & Museum, Canton, is a multi-faceted tribute to the 25th U.S President, who was assassinated in 1901. It contains his important papers and historical artifacts. The Stark County Story has a life-sized Street of Shops that replicates a town from McKinley’s time. Its Discover World is an interactive
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