Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park, Centre Hall Ready for Visitors! The Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia is just wrapping up renovations to this beloved 150-year-old building, so ALL of its wonderful exhibits, both permanent and traveling, will be ready for action. Kids will enjoy the educational play, and parents will love the walk down memory lane — with 25,000 historic toys and games, including a Philly-born favorite, the Slinky. own flying machine or painting their own digital self-portrait. There’s also a Science Theater , art stations, and daily keeper-led “chats” with the Center’s resident otter family. Reading Science Center has more than 50 interactive STEAM exhibits with a range of topics to speak to every kind of kiddo: electricity, light, sound, engineering, motion, and the microscopic world, to name just a few. Be sure to check the Center’s calendar before your visit, so you can be in attendance for monthly “Investigation Station” and Science Storytime. At expERIEnce Children’s Museum in Erie, there are 10 distinct areas to explore, with offerings suitable for stages ranging from baby to middle school. Favorites include the Tinkering Tank (invention), smART Studio (artistic expression), and the Construction Zone (building and creating). visitpa.com expERIEnce Children's Museum, Erie and quesadillas from Roburrito’s. Smorgasbord — a large, buffet-style meal popular in Lancaster County due to the influence of Pennsylvania Dutch culture — is ideal for expanding your kids’ food repertoire. Restaurants like Shady Maple Smorgasbord in East Earl and Miller’s Smorgasbord in East Ronks offer an astounding array of meats, vegetables, cheeses, breads, and desserts for trying new flavors. Or, for a kid-friendly meal that will make everyone in the family feel cultured and cosmopolitan, try Pittsburgh’s Soju . This lively Korean gem serves traditional favorites and modern street food family-style, so everyone can try the Cheese Tteokbokki and Killer Tofu (but still have backup bites). Want to sneak in some learning time? At Allentown’s Da Vinci Science Center , kids can channel its namesake Renaissance man by designing their 93
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