Top 20 Places to Take Kids in and around the Mid-Cities

2026's Best Places for Kids in the Mid-Cities!

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2026 Top 20 Places to Take Kids

Mid-Cities

 

Top 20 for Dallas

Top 20 for Fort Worth

1. Animal Connection Experience at Fritz Park 2. Dallas Zoo 3. "My local library" 4. Perot Museum of Nature and Science 5. Reunion Tower 6. Dallas Arboretum 7. Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary 8. Chuck E. Cheese 9. Dallas Museum of Art 10. Children's Aquarium at Fair Park 11. Broadway Dallas 12. SEA LIFE Grapevine 13. Six Flags Over Texas 14. African American Museum of Dallas 15. Altitude Trampoline Park 16. Great Wolf Lodge - Grapevine 17. Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center 18. Ripley's Believe It or Not - Grand Prairie 19. Topgolf Dallas 20. Urban Air Trampoline & Adventure Park Arts Educator: North Texas Performing Arts Farm Attraction: Yesterland Farm Festival: McKinney Arts in Bloom Indoor Play Center: LEGOLAND® Discovery Center Dallas - Fort Worth Museum: SEA LIFE Grapevine Aquarium Nature Center: Heard Natural Science Museum & Wildlife Sanctuary Outdoor Fun: Reunion Tower Performing Arts: North Texas Performing Arts Sports Educator: Dallas United Crew Sports Team: Frisco RoughRiders STEM Educator: Henry B. Tippie National Aviation Education Center

1. Fort Worth Zoo 2. River Legacy Nature Center 3. Cheeky Monkeys 4. Fort Worth Botanic Garden 5. Fort Worth Museum of Science and History 6. "My local library" 7. Alley Cats Entertainment 8. Bass Performance Hall 9. Grapevine Vintage Railroad 10. Log Cabin Village 11. Perot Museum of Nature and Science 12. Acton Nature Center 13. Adventure Kids Playcare 14. Altitude Trampoline Park 15. Arlington Museum of Art 16. Explorium - Denton Children's Museum 17. Fort Worth Aviation Museum 18. Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge 19. Golf Center of Arlington 20. Kimbell Art Museum Arts Educator: Stage West Theatre Indoor Play Center: Cheeky Monkeys Fort Worth Museum: Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Nature Center: River Legacy Nature Center Outdoor Fun: Water Works Park Performing Arts: Casa Mañana Sports Educator: Game on Arena Sports Sports Team: Dallas Mavericks STEM Educator: River Legacy Nature Center

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