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American Helicopter Museum & Education Center

Helicopters kids can actually climb into, parked at Brandywine Regional Airport with a V-22 Osprey out by the museum's own helipad. Open Thursday through Sunday; children under 2 get in free.

Address: 1220 American Boulevard, West Chester, PA 19380

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Science of Archaeology Workshop

kids

Sat, Sep 5 · 1:00 PM–3:00 PM · American Helicopter Museum

Two hours of real field method and excavation technique, minus the Indiana Jones part. Hands on, at the helicopter museum, and yes there is actual digging.

Science of Archaeology Workshop

kids

Sat, Sep 12 · 1:00 PM–3:00 PM · American Helicopter Museum

Two hours of real field method and excavation technique, minus the Indiana Jones part. Hands on, at the helicopter museum, and yes there is actual digging.

Girls in Aviation Day

kids

Sat, Sep 19 · American Helicopter Museum

Hands on STEM stations, aircraft on display, and a panel of people working in aviation and aerospace on how they got there. The ticket includes museum admission, free for members.

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Mercer Museum

Henry Mercer's poured-concrete fortress of a museum, seven stories of tools and trades from before anyone called it 'vintage.' The current exhibition on the Doan Gang — Bucks County's own Revolutionary War outlaws — runs through the end of 2026.

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The Bucks County Children's Museum

Nine thousand square feet of hands-on exhibits built around Bucks County itself, including a Delaware Canal you run by cranking miniature locks to raise and lower the water. Aimed at the 12-months-to-7 crowd, so it's the rainy-Saturday move for a few short years before your kid ages out.

500 Union Square Dr

Wings of Freedom Aviation Museum

Roughly 20 aircraft on display along Easton Road, an F-4 Phantom and a UH-1 Huey among them, with engines, flight gear, and flight simulators inside. Adult admission is $10, and the restoration crew is mid-project on three more planes.

1155 Easton Road