Myseum - Fun Indoor Playspace For Kids

Myseum Summary

In my quest to find fun things to do with the kids around St. Louis, I brought them to Myseum over winter break during one of those days when my wife was working and I needed to do something with them all day.

It's a bit of a hike. It's 20 minutes from our house, and you could be driving about 25 minutes outside the city to get there. But it's not terribly expensive. Each kid is around $11, and parents get in for half price. That's cheaper than the main hours of Magic House, as a point of reference, so you save a little money right there.

Walking in, you get hit with this big warehouse vibe. It's dark. The lighting isn't great except near the front windows, where natural light comes through.

We went during the holiday stretch after Christmas, and there was literally only one staff member at the front desk checking people in, and that was it for maybe 50 kids running around the place.

So you're not going here for fancy amenities or attentive service. You're going here to kill two or three hours with your kids to let them burn off energy.

And that's exactly what we did.

The main attraction when you first walk in is the speed slide. You climb up through maybe three levels of kid-sized climbing zones, then you shoot down this slide that has a miles-per-hour radar gun at the bottom. Kids go flying down at 10, 15, maybe 20 miles per hour. It's pretty fun watching them try to beat their own speed records.

My five-year-old was scared the first time going up. But once he did it, he was totally fine. He did it on repeat for a while. My other son has loved it since we started coming here 5 years ago.

The other big thing that most kids love is the foam noodle forest. It's this sea of pool noodles set up vertically like a hidden forest that you can get lost in.

My five-year-old had to hold my hand the whole way through, or he would have genuinely gotten lost in there. But it's fun. Older kids can play tag or Marco Polo while weaving through the noodles.

They also have a giant inflatable bounce house. Nothing fancy on it. No slides or obstacles. Just a big bouncy surface for jumping around.

One of the cooler things they do is a Tesla coil experiment once an hour. They turn on this big Tesla coil that makes your hair stand up, and they show the kids how static electricity works. Pretty fun if you time it right. Just make sure you hit it on the hour.

Now here's the trick. If you go back past the little kid area and past where the party tables are set up, there's actually a whole additional section. I completely forgot about this until my nine-year-old remembered and ran back to check it out.

And honestly, the back section has some of the coolest stuff.

They have this green screen with a UV shadow effect. Whatever shadow you cast on the screen stays for about 3 or 4 seconds after the lights go off. You can create these really cool shadow patterns by moving around in front of it with your kids.

We spent 20 or 30 minutes just making different shapes and patterns.

There's also an adjacent area where you can draw on the wall with UV light. You use your phone camera or a special light pen, and you can draw designs that only show up when you turn off the lights. My younger guy had a ball with that.

They also have a room of optical illusions. You know those exhibits where two objects look like different lengths, but they're actually the same? They've got maybe a dozen of those kinds of visual tricks.

There's a stuffed animal petting zoo where kids can set up their own exhibits in little cages. Not to mention a fossil dinosaur area.

The place feels kind of small when you first walk in because you immediately see the big slide and bounce house. But you have to remember to explore around back through the foam sea into those additional areas. That'll easily buy you another hour.

So I'd say it's a solid two-hour spot. Front area for an hour, back area for another hour.

There's also a small area up front for toddlers. I've taken both my kids there when they were younger. It has a little train set and some climbing toys. It's not professionally put together, but it's a decent little space for the under-five crowd.

Myseum Things To Do

They probably have a dozen to twenty different exhibits you can rotate through:

• The speed slide with radar gun (the main attraction)
• The pool noodle forest
• Giant bounce house
• Tesla coil demonstration (once per hour)
• UV shadow screen in the back
• UV light drawing wall
• Room of optical illusions
• Stuffed animal petting zoo
• Fossil and dinosaur area
• Magnet walls
• Toddler play area with trains
• Various other small science experiments and displays

The key is to explore the entire space. Don't just hang out in the front area and leave. Make sure you venture back past the party tables to find the hidden exhibits.

Myseum Details And Info

Kids are about $12 each. Parents get in for half price.

It's located in a strip mall, right across from a Starbucks and Home Depot. So if you're dropping kids off for a birthday party, you can grab coffee and kill time nearby.

I've been to a couple of birthday parties here. The kids run around like mad, and Myseum does a good job with the food and setup.

Expect minimal staffing. When we went, there was only one person at the front desk. The place isn't fancy. It's a big warehouse with dim lighting and a DIY feel. But kids don't care about that stuff.

Plan for two to three hours if you want to hit everything.

Parking At Myseum

Parking is super easy. It's in a strip mall lot with tons of spaces. You'll have no problem finding a spot.

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