The Best Indoor Play Places in DC, Maryland, and Virginia

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There’s lots to love about living in the DC area, but extreme weather is NOT one of them.

Luckily, DC, MD, and VA are home to many amazing indoor play places that hit the spot during our hot and humid summers, or when it’s too cold to be outside in the winter. Check out our favorites below that make kid-life in DC incredible!!

National Children's Museum

Discover science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (or STEAM) through hands-on play at National Children’s Museum! Located in downtown DC, the Museum’s interactive exhibits and programs empower innovators ages 0 to 12 to dream of new possibilities.

Big kids will love climbing through the Dream Machine, the three-story, cloud-inspired structure of colorful pods and netting pathways that lead to a thrilling slide; flexing their sports skills in Engineering Games + Play, where they’ll hit virtual home runs and send racecars hurtling towards a photo finish; and so much more. Meanwhile, your littlest ones will explore from the safety of two enclosed, toddler-specific spaces, Little Dreamers and Little Movers.

Hands-on programs, including pop-up learning stations and tinkering activities, complement the exhibits to extend learning. Weekly early learner programs on offer include STEAM Story Time (Thursdays at 10:30 am) and Baby Jam (Fridays at 10:30 am).

Woodrow Wilson Plaza
1300 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20004

Bloombars | Columbia Heights, NW DC

Bouldering Project | Union Market, NE DC

Gymboree | Woodley Park, NW DC

Little Ivies | Palisades, NW DC

Magic Ground | Columbia Heights, NW DC

Museum of the Bible Courageous Pages | L’Enfant Plaza, SW DC

National Museum of American History’s Wegman’s Wonderplace | National Mall, NW DC

National Museum of the American Indian imagiNATIONS Activity Center | National Mall, NW DC

National Building Museum | Penn Quarter, NW DC

National Children’s Museum | Downtown, NW DC

The Lane | Ivy City, NE DC

Bowie Ice Arena | Bowie

Chuckie Cheese | Various

Climb Zone | Laurel

District Jump | Hyattsville

Glen Echo Park Aquarium | Glen Echo

Jolly Yolly Kids | Bethesda

Kids Play Gallery | Gaithersburg

Launch | Capitol Heights

Monkey Joe’s | Germantown & Hagerstown

Movement | Rockville

My Gym | Bethesda

Play ‘N’ Learn | Columbia

Pump it Up | Lanham

Silver Stars Gymnastics | Silver Spring

Sky Zone | Bowie & Gaithersburg

Sportrock | Gaithersburg

The Little Gym | Silver Spring

The Little Towns Playseum | North Bethesda

The Tot Space | Rockville

Zava Zone | Rockville

Alexandria Soft Play Room (Chinquapin Rec Center) | Alexandria

Atomic Trampoline | Leesburg

Beehive Indoor Playground | Woodbridge

Billy Beez | Manassas

Children’s Science Center Lab | Fairfax

Chuckie Cheese | Various

Flight Adventure Park | Springfield

Get Air | Alexandria

Hyper Kids | Alexandria

Jolly Yolly Kids | Fairfax

Kidz Plaza Indoor Playground | Ashburn

Luv 2 Play | Fairfax

Monkey Joe’s | Dulles

Movement | Arlington

Play ‘N’ Learn | Chantilly

Pump it Up | Alexandria

Scramble | Alexandria

SkateQuest | Reston

Sky Zone | Manassas, Springfield, Woodbridge

Sportrock | Alexandria & Sterling

Super, Awesome & Amazing at the St. James | Springfield

The Little Gym | Arlington & Alexandria

Ultrazone Lasertag | Bailey’s Crossroads

Unplug & Play | Montclair

Zava Zone | Sterling

Beehive Indoor Playground | Woodbridge, VA

Billy Beez | Manassas, VA

Hyper Kids | Alexandria, VA

Jolly Yolly Kids | Bethesda, MD; Fairfax, VA

Kidz Plaza Indoor Playground | Ashburn, VA

Luv 2 Play | Fairfax, VA

Monkey Joe’s | Gaithersburg & Hagerstown, MD; Dulles, VA

Play ‘N’ Learn | Columbia, MD; Chantilly, VA

Scramble | Alexandria, VA

Super, Awesome & Amazing at the St. James | Springfield, VA

Zava Zone | Rockville, MD; Sterling, VA

Kids Play Gallery | Gaithersburg, MD

The Little Towns Playseum | North Bethesda, MD

Unplug & Play | Montclair, VA

Atomic Trampoline | Leesburg, VA

District Jump | Hyattsville, MD

Flight Adventure Park | Springfield, VA

Get Air | Alexandria, VA

Launch | Capitol Heights, MD

Sky Zone | Bowie & Gaithersburg, MD; Manassas, Springfield, Woodbridge, VA

Bouldering Project | Union Market, NE DC

Climb Zone | Laurel

Movement | Rockville, MD & Arlington, VA

Sportrock | Gaithersburg, MD; Alexandria & Sterling, VA

Vertical Rock | Manassas & Tysons, VA

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