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Vote Now for the Top 20 Places to Take Kids in the Capital District

KidsOutAndAbout's annual survey of the best places to take kids in the Albany-Schenectady-Troy area. Voting is live through June 19, 2023.

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This year's Top 20 nominees: Vote above, then use the list below to create your summer bucket list!

"My Local Library"
5 Wits
Adirondack Animal Land
Adirondack Extreme Adventure Course
Adirondack Experience
Adirondack Thunder
Afrim’s Sports
Albany Art Room
Albany Heritage Area Visitors Center & Henry Hudson Planetarium
Albany Institute of History & Art
Albany Ninja Lab
Albany Pine Bush Preserve
Albany Symphony
Albany's Indoor Rock Gym
All 4 Fun Mini Golf
Altamont Orchards
American Italian Heritage Museum and Cultural Center
Amsterdam Mohawks
Berkshire Museum
Billy Beez
Boulevard Bowl
Bounce Around
Bowman Orchards
Capital District YMCA
Capital Repertory Theatre
Central Park Playground in Schenectady
Chuck E. Cheese’s
Ciccotti Center
CMOST
Cohoes Music Hall
Colonie Center
Crossings Playground
Dan's Miniature Golf
Dave & Buster's
Dyken Pond Environmental Center
Ellms Family Farm
Empire State Aerosciences Museum
Five Rivers Environmental Education Center
Flying Deer Nature Center
Forestburgh Playhouse
Fort Ticonderoga
Funplex Fun Park
Get Air Trampoline Park
Gobbler's Knob Family Fun Park
Grafton Lakes State Park
Great Escape and Splashwater Kingdom
Guptill's Arena
Hanford Mills Museum
Hancock Shaker Village
Historic Cherry Hill
Howe Caverns
Huck Finn's Playland
Indian Ladder Farms
Landis Arboretum
Liberty Ridge Farm
Lisha Kill Natural Area
Mac-Haydn Theatre
Maple Ski RidgeMass MoCA
miSci
Mopco Improv Theatre
Moreau Lake State Park
Mountain Ridge Adventure
Mud Creek Environmental Education Center
New York State Museum
New York Zipline Canopy Tours
Olde Saratoga Miniature Golf
OSL Launchpad
Palace Theatre
Park Playhouse
Pirate's Hide-Out Mini-Golf
Players Park Family Fun Plex
Proctors Theatre
Ramblewild
Riverview Orchards
Rollarama Skating Center
Samascott Orchards
Santa's Workshop North Pole, NY
Saratoga Children's Theatre
Saratoga National Historic Park
Schenectady JCC
Schuyler Farms
Schuyler Mansion
Sidney Albert Albany JCC
Sky Zone
Steamer No. 10 Theatre
Thacher Park/Nature Center
The Children’s Museum at Saratoga
The Crossings of Colonie
The Egg
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
The Farmers' Museum
The Fun Spot
The Future of Talent Co.
The Hyde Collection
The Little Theatre on the Farm, Inc.
The Wild Center
The Wonder Room
Times-Union Center
Tri-City ValleyCats
Tumbling Tykes
Up Yonda Farm
USS Slater
Via Aquarium / Via Entertainment
Vischer Ferry Nature & Historic Preserve
Washington Park, Albany
Wilton Wildlife Preserve
World Awareness Children's Museum