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Accessibility
Nursing room for infants available
Visitor tip
The Peace Pavilion is ideal for multi-age sibling groups—recent visitors with children aged 2, 4, and 8 all remained actively engaged throughout their visit. Each room's interactive stations cater to different developmental levels.
Visitor tip
A nursing room is available for infants, making this an accommodating venue for families with very young children. The toddler-specific areas are highlighted in reviews as particularly well-designed and clean.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Children's Museum
- Focus
- Peace education through four core concepts: Peace for Me, Us, Everyone, and the Planet
- Admission Special
- BOGO on 2nd Saturday; memberships from $35
- Highlights
- Interactive exhibits on kindness, empathy, sharing, and working together
What visitors say
Just had my youngests birthday party here. Very great experience! Staff was more than accommodating and very friendly. The museum is welcoming to kids of all ages. It was a blast! Lots of interactive exhibits. Will be visiting again!
We loved our visit to the Peace Pavilion! Our boys aged 8, 4 and 2 all were actively involved in the exhibits the whole time! We stayed almost 2 hrs but could’ve stayed longer. It was really educational and fun. And the price was…
Where kindness meets playtime! The Peace Pavilion is hands-down one of the coolest places I’ve taken my toddler! Every station is interactive, colorful, and teaches kids about kindness, empathy, and peace in a way that feels like pure…
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Did You Know?
- The Peace Pavilion is celebrating its 30th anniversary, marking three decades of peace education programming in Independence, Missouri
- The museum features four progressive exhibit themes—Peace for Me, Peace for Us, Peace for Everyone, and Peace for the Planet—designed to teach peace concepts across multiple scales from personal to global
- The Peace Pavilion offers a BOGO (buy one, get one free) ticket promotion on the 2nd Saturday of each month, making it an exceptionally affordable family destination with general admission pricing
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