Ferry and bus: Take the Staten Island Ferry from Manhattan; take the S40 bus at the ferry terminal to the Snug Harbor Road stop.

Car: From the Goethals Bridge (NJ): Take 278 East. Merge onto 440 North via Exit 9 toward Bayonne Bridge. Take Exit 12 towards Forest Ave. Exit ramp leads to Willow Road East (service road). At traffic light, turn right onto Forest Ave, then left onto Jewett Ave. and right onto Richmond Ter. Go three blocks to Tysen St. Turn right on Tysen and continue for one block to Fillmore St. Turn right and enter Snug Harbor. Parking for the museum is immediately to the left of the entrance.

From the Outerbridge Crossing (NJ): Take 440 North to Verrazano Bridge/278 East. Merge onto 440 North via Exit 9 toward Bayonne Bridge. Take Exit 12 towards Forest Av. Exit ramp leads to Willow Rd. East (service road). At traffic light, turn right onto Forest Ave, then left onto Jewett Ave, right onto Richmond Ter. Go three blocks to Tysen St. Turn right on Tysen and continue for one block to Fillmore St. Turn right and enter Snug Harbor. Parking for the museum is immediately to the left of the entrance.

From the Bayonne Bridge (NJ): Take 440 South to Morningstar Rd. Exit. Turn right onto Morningstar, then turn slight right onto Richmond Ter. Go three blocks to Tysen St. Turn right on Tysen and continue for one block to Fillmore St. Turn right and enter Snug Harbor. Parking for the museum is immediately to the left of the entrance.

From the Verrazano Bridge (NY): Take 278 West to Exit 13 towards Clove Rd./Richmond Rd. Merge onto service road. At third traffic light, turn right onto Clove Rd. Continue past Victory Blvd. intersection. Turn right onto Bard Ave. (just before St. Peter's Cemetery). Just before Bard Ave. ends, make a right onto Richmond Ter. Go three blocks to Tysen St. Turn right on Tysen and continue for one block to Fillmore St. Turn right and enter Snug Harbor. Parking for the museum is immediately to the left of the entrance.

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Located at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center on the edge of the harbor, the Staten Island Children's Museum will bring out the explorer and scientist in every child, and is a great spot to enjoy the thrills of being a kid.

This beautiful museum is designed for children of all ages -- from toddlers to tweens. Home to a variety of exhibits, kids can spend the day testing their imagination and learning about the world around them. Children can try on a bug's exoskeleton and crawl through a human size ant hill to find out what it's really like to be a bug. For those interested in bigger beasts, the museum gives kids a chance to hear like a cat or learn what it would be like to work with a seeing-eye dog. Anyone can be Marco Polo in the museum's Great Explorations exhibit where kids can learn about extreme environments, explore a rainforest canopy, dive to the ocean floor, and even ride a dogsled.

Whether you have a toddler trying to learn Spanish or want to try your hand at pottery with an older child, there is always something to do. A perennial favorite is the daily feeding of the museum's animal residents. Visitors can help feed the fish, birds, bugs and guinea pig that all make their home here.

No matter the age of the child, the Staten Island Children's Museum is sure to capture their imagination.

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