Things To Do
Things To Do With Kids in Pasadena
Parks, museums and open space that work for younger visitors.
By PasadenaCalifornia.com Editors · Published March 3, 2026 · 7 min read
Brookside Park, Kidspace, the arroyo trails and the gardens south of the city line.
This guide is assembled from the same underlying records that power the rest of the site — the neighborhood profiles, the directory listings and the attraction pages linked below. Rather than repeat that material here, the sections that follow point you to it in the order that makes sense on the ground.
Details change: hours, menus, ticketing and access are all worth confirming with the venue before you plan around them. Where an official source exists, we link to it directly.
Places in this guide
Family
Kidspace Children's Museum
An indoor-outdoor children's museum in Brookside Park beside the Rose Bowl.
Outdoor Activities
Arroyo Seco
The seasonal canyon that runs the length of west Pasadena, with trails from Hahamongna to the Lower Arroyo.
Gardens
The Huntington
Library, art museum and 130 acres of botanical gardens just beyond Pasadena's southeast edge in San Marino.
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