Here are the 2024 Top Family Favorite Fun & Attractions as voted for by residents in Greater Boston, Massachusetts and throughout New England:
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Amusement Parks
TOP 5
Canobie Lake Park
Maziply Mirror Maze
Puppet Showplace Theater
Santa’s Village
Story Land
WINNER
Story Land
Athletic Clubs
TOP 5
A Mom’s Club
Bayshore Athletic Club
Life Time Athletic
Manchester Athletic Club
YMCA of Greater Boston
WINNER
YMCA of Greater Boston
Birthday Party Resources
TOP 5
Barn Babies Traveling Pet Zoo
Big Joe the Storyteller
Jam Time
Mad Science of Southern MA & RI
Music at the Blissful
WINNER
Music at the Blissful
Birthday Party Venues
TOP 5
Discovery Museum Acton
Einstein’s Workshop
Jam Time
Maziply Toys
Puppet Showplace Theater
WINNER
Discovery Museum Acton
Coolest Place to Take a Tour
TOP 5
Boston Duck Tours
Fenway Park
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Harvard Museum of Natural Museum
USS Constitution Museum
WINNER
USS Constitution Museum
Family Fun Fairs/Festivals
TOP 5
Baby Animals at Strawbery Banke Museum
Duckling Day on Boston Common
Inn at East Hill Farm
Johnny Appleseed Festival
The Farm at Raven Brook
WINNER
Inn at East Hill Farm
Historic Sites & Tours
TOP 5
Boston Public Garden
Freedom Trail
Plimoth Patuxet Museums
Salem
USS Constitution Museum
WINNER
USS Constitution Museum
Indoor Play Spaces
TOP 5
Boston Children’s Museum
Children’s Museum of New Hampshire
Einstein’s Workshop
Jam Time
We Rock the Spectrum – Wellesley
WINNER
We Rock the Spectrum – Wellesley
Kid’s Party Entertainment
TOP 5
Barn Babies
Jam Time
Music at the Blissful
Puppet Showplace Theater
Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys
WINNER (TIE)
Music at the Blissful
Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys
Live Theater & Family Performances
TOP 5
DrumatiX
Music at the Blissful
North Shore Music Theatre
Wellesley Theatre Project
Wheelock Family Theatre
WINNER
DrumatiX
Local Farms
TOP 5
Connors Farm
Mass Audubon’s Drumlin Farm
Natick Community Organic Farm
The Farm at Raven Brook
Parlee Farms
WINNER
Parlee Farms
Museums & Attractions
TOP 5
Danforth Art Museum
Discovery Museum
Museum of Science
New England Aquarium
USS Constitution Museum
WINNER
Discovery Museum
Parent-Friendly Playdate Spots
TOP 5
Children’s Museum of New Hampshire
Discovery Museum
Jam Time
Maziply Toys
Puppet Showplace Theater
WINNER
Discovery Museum
Places for Ice Skating
TOP 5
Bay State Skating School
Duck Pond Boston Common
Jack Kirrane Ice Rink at Larz Anderson Park
The Skating Academy
The Skating Club of Boston
WINNER
The Skating Club of Boston
Summer Resorts for Families
TOP 5
Bayside Resort Hotel
Oceans Edge
Pine Acres Family Camping Resort
Smugglers’ Notch Resort
The Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy, NH
WINNER
The Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy, NH
Winter Resorts for Families
TOP 5
Bayside Resort Hotel
Mount Washington inn
Smugglers’ Notch Resort
Stowe Mountain Resort
The Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy, NH
WINNER
The Inn at East Hill Farm, Troy, NH
Zoos, Aquariums or Nature Centers
TOP 5
Center for Wildlife, Cape Neddick, Maine
Franklin Park Zoo
Mass Audobon, Ipswich River Sanctuary
New England Aquarium
Southwick’s Zoo
WINNER
New England Aquarium
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About the Top Fun and Attractions in the 2024 Boston Parents Paper Family Favorites
Boston Parent’s Family Favorites was born with the idea to give readers in Greater Boston and throughout New England a chance to voice their opinions on their personal ‘Family Favorite’ choices for Fun and Attractions and all kinds of everyday categories. The program has evolved over the years, and hopefully, with a lot of input from our readers, we’ve been able to make it better and better.
The voting for Family Favorites Fun and Attractions is conducted in a two-round process. The first round occurs in the month of February with open write-in nominations for reader’s favorite Fun and Attractions taking place. Write-in nominations continue to be open until the middle of April.
As the nomination period for Fun and Attractions in the first round comes to a close in mid April, shortly after, the second round opens with the top nominee Fun and Attractions being selectable in this final round of voting during the month of April and May. Write-in nominations are no longer available, and voters are open to select their favorite Fun and Attractions from among those that are listed.
The final winners are posted in July.
We hope you enjoy! And we hope you cast your vote next year!
