Indoor activities with children in Kaunas

Do you try to make the most of summer – traveling, having fun, enjoying the fresh air? The cold season, or those days when outdoor activities aren’t an option, shouldn’t be an exception, especially in Kaunas. Although sometimes you just want to curl up at home and not step outside, don’t forget that there are indoor activities with children in Kaunas! So go ahead, because now is the best time to check off this list.

The best time to travel is now. Even if it just means visiting a zoo or a museum. Kaunas certainly doesn’t lack the latter, and with kids, it becomes an even more exciting experience. When visiting a museum, children sometimes ask questions that adults wouldn’t even think of, making it a great educational opportunity for the whole family. In the list of indoor activities with children in Kaunas, you’ll also find more active entertainment and a brand-new attraction in the city.

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1. What to do with children in Kaunas
2. Free entertainment for children in Kaunas
3. Family weekend getaway in Kaunas
4. 10 children entertainment spots in Kaunas
5. The best swimming pool with children in Kaunas
6. Weekend with Children in Kaunas

What to do with kids indoors in Kaunas?

We’ve already visited most of these places, we’re excited to try some, and the ones we really loved – we’ll definitely visit again!

1. CurioCity
2. Zoopark Kaunas
3. Girstutis Swimming Pool
4. Kartlandas
5. Kaunas Zoo Education Center and Exotarium
6. Tadas Ivanauskas museum
7. Jungle Monkeyz Adventure Golf
8. Lithuanian Aviation Museum
9. Science Island
10. Museum of Devils
11. Kaunas City Folk Music Museum Department

CurioCity

CurioCity is the only educational entertainment center of its kind in the Baltic region, featuring 13 different interactive spaces that create the impression of a multifunctional city. Located in Kaunas, at PC MEGA, Islandijos pl. 32, it often attracts young visitors from even the most distant cities in Lithuania. If you’re wondering what to do with kids in Kaunas, head to CurioCity – it’s fun not only for children but also for parents.

CurioCity – is a place where play, education, and active entertainment merge into one unique experience. Here, children can learn about food and then relax while completing tasks above lava, or discover farm work before sliding down a slide. This space simulates real-life situations but presents them in a way that allows little ones to explore the world through play. A spaceship flight into space, an obstacle course over volcanic lava, a rainbow slide, rescuing a burning house, a radio studio, cooking activities, and many other adventures let children not only have fun but also gain valuable knowledge. Every young visitor can freely explore, touch, build, listen, and even destroy – what might be forbidden elsewhere becomes an essential part of the experience at CurioCity!

Zoopark Kaunas

Zoopark – opened its doors in 2017 and became the first contact zoo in Lithuania. It is home to over 100 animals from 17 different species, with whom visitors can establish direct contact – petting, feeding, and observing them up close. This unique space and the interaction with animals have therapeutic properties. It encourages children’s patience, gentleness, and responsibility. Therefore, spending time here is not only a fun activity but also a great educational experience where children will have the opportunity to learn about the animal kingdom.

The animals are well cared for and dearly loved. Professional animal keepers and veterinarians take care of them every day. Zoopark offers educational programs for schools, kindergartens, and camps, as well as the opportunity to celebrate birthdays surrounded by animals, creating unforgettable memories for both children and adults.

You can find Zoopark in Kaunas, at Islandijos pl. 32, in the MEGA shopping center.

Girstutis Swimming Pool

Girstutis Swimming Pool, located in Kaunas, at Kovo 11-osios St. 26, is one of the largest and most modern sports complexes in Lithuania. Girstutis Swimming Pool offers active leisure and recreation, where you can not only swim, visit the gym, but also try group activities.

The pool area features 3 pools: a 50m, 25m, and a recreational pool, along with a water slide and 4 whirlpools. Everyone will find group training sessions in the pool and gym that suit their needs.

Kartlandas

The most fun activity for the whole family – here you can race against each other in a friendly competition and share plenty of laughs. Kartlandas features the largest indoor karting track in Kaunas. Before you start driving, an instructor will provide all the necessary protective gear, explain the rules, and answer any questions you may have. Children from the age of 4 can drive the karts, as special karts are designed for younger drivers. Little ones from 2 years old can ride in a two-seater kart with an adult.

You can also celebrate children’s birthdays here. The biggest karting enthusiasts can join the Kartlandas karting school. Students of this school will not only try to break records and participate in competitions, but will also learn the principles of safe driving and driving culture. They will also learn how to handle a vehicle and how to drive properly. Additionally, by training at the karting track, they will gain experience in managing emergency situations.

Kaunas Zoo Education Center and Exotarium

After more than two years of reconstruction, the Lithuanian Zoo has opened new spaces and introduced new animals. Walking around the outdoor areas of the zoo during the cold season might not be as fun. However, in the renovated zoo, we were fascinated by the Education Center and Exotarium. Here you’ll have a great time, even when it’s freezing outside.

In the Exotarium and Education Center, our kids spent more time than in other exhibits. Here we found not only cozy communal spaces, educational films being shown, but also thematic separate areas with animals. You can enter different climate zones, where you’ll face-to-face with animals – turtles, birds, and reptiles. This area strongly resembles those seen in zoos abroad – it’s great that such modern spaces have been created in the new Lithuanian Zoo.

At the Education Center, the charismatic educators of the Lithuanian Zoo will be waiting for you in the educational classroom. Here, you’ll get to know educational animals, various exhibits, play educational games, and easily and interestingly absorb knowledge about your chosen area. You can also celebrate a birthday here! The Lithuanian Zoo is located at Radvilėnų pl. 21, Kaunas.

Tadas Ivanauskas Museum

The Tadas Ivanauskas Zoological Museum, located in the center of Kaunas at Laisvės al. 106, is one of the oldest and most important natural science museums in Lithuania. This museum is dedicated to the study of animals from Lithuania and around the world. It was founded in 1919 at the initiative of the famous naturalist, zoologist, and professor Tadas Ivanauskas.

The museum exhibits more than 200,000 natural objects – from small insects and mollusks to large mammals and birds. Visitors can view exclusive collections of taxidermied animals, rare specimens of endangered species. The museum also introduces visitors to the lifestyles of various animals, their habitats, and the peculiarities of their adaptation to the environment.

It is a great place for education, especially for children and teenagers who wish to gain a deeper understanding of the diversity of nature. In addition to the exhibits, the museum organizes themed exhibitions, educational activities, and lectures.

Jungle Monkeys Adventure Golf

Finally – the first indoor mini golf in Lithuania, perfectly suited for the whole family! Plus, this mini golf comes with a very cool café. This place is undoubtedly a “must” visit and a fun spot in Kaunas, family-friendly for those with children!

Jungle Monkeyz Adventure Golf consists of two parts: a very nice café and two mini golf courses, each with 9 holes. A total of 18 holes. Both the café and the mini golf courses are set in a jungle-themed environment. We’d give the décor a solid 11 out of 10, as the surroundings and sounds truly take your breath away. The golf courses themselves are designed very interestingly, with no repeating paths. The courses feature many fun obstacles, so the game is not only enjoyable but also makes you want to play again.

You can visit Jungle Monkeyz Adventure Golf at the MEGA shopping center, Islandijos pl. 32, Kaunas.

Lithuanian Aviation Museum

The Lithuanian Aviation Museum (LAM) is an institution under the Ministry of Culture. It collects, preserves, researches, conserves, restores, and promotes the history of aviation and firefighting rescue service equipment.

The museum was established on February 19, 1990, and is located in Kaunas, in Aleksotas, on the territory of the S. Darius and S. Girėnas airfield.

The museum’s collection holds over 20,000 exhibits (including more than 40 flying machines), and the exhibition area spans 4,700 square meters. Large aircraft and firefighting rescue service equipment are displayed on an open 2-hectare outdoor area. The specialized museum library contains around 19,000 publications.

The most popular exhibit is the flying replica of the legendary “Lituanica,” built and constructed in 1982 by the famous aviator Vladas Kensgaila for the film “Flight Across the Atlantic.” The pride of the museum is the Lithuanian gliders and those used in Lithuania, particularly the collection of gliders by Bronius Oškinis.

Science Island

In 2024, a completely new and interactive space opened in Kaunas – Science Island.

Here, there is a 27-meter diameter, 250-ton disc structure, which hangs from just one beam, a permanent exhibition with 140 objects, and one of the most modern planetariums in the Baltic states.

Anyone who wants to fall in love with science or rediscover it, who is not indifferent to learning, discoveries, and entertainment – hurry to Science Island. The space is designed not only for older visitors but also for the youngest ones. Children from 3 to 6 years old, who cannot yet read or write, will experience science through games, colors, sounds, and shapes.

The museum director highlighted 3 levels of the exhibition – from searching for answers, the intersection of technologies and various branches of science, to moral questions and decisions that shape our environment.

The new museum is conveniently located near the Žalgiris Arena at Karaliaus Mindaugas pr. 50.

Museum of Devils

The only Devil’s Museum in the world holds over 3,000 devil figurines. These include works of visual and applied art, souvenirs, and masks from Lithuania and 70 other countries worldwide.

As the collection grew, starting from 1906, it was moved to a separate annex and named the Devil’s Museum. The devils are depicted in various ways, most of them made from wood, stone, and ceramics, while images are painted on silk and canvas.

This museum is worth visiting not only for children but also for adults. You can find the Devil’s Museum at V. Putvinskis g. 64, Kaunas.

Kaunas City Folk Music Museum Department

At the Kaunas City Folk Music Museum Department, you will discover Lithuanian traditional music in a modern and interactive way. Here, you will not only see the old Lithuanian musical instruments but also hear their sounds, play them, or even sing sutartinės karaoke.

You can visit the museum in Kaunas at L. Zamenhofas g.

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