700A N. Douglass
Malden, MO
573-276-3600

This museum features 22,000 square feet of hands-on exhibits for kids of all ages. Start with a trip through the Bootheel Youth Museum's Children's Village, where you visit a farm store and milk Daisy the cow; climb through the obstacle course; stand inside a giant bubble; follow in the footsteps of some of America's greatest explorers in Making Tracks on the Lewis and Clark Trail; ride a keel boat up the Missouri River; look for bats in Tavern Cave; visit the home of Sacagawea; climb the Rocky Mountains; and spend the winter with Captains Lewis and Clark, at Fort Clatsop.

Visitors experience the museum's many exhibits exploring the worlds of history, math, science, human relations, natural resources and the arts. The purpose of the Bootheel Youth Museum is to foster an unquenchable thirst for knowledge and an insatiable curiosity about life.

Visiting the Bootheel Youth Museum
Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 4 pm
Sunday 1 pm - 4 pm
Closed on Mondays
Closed on most holidays
Admission
A note about accessibility: There is a designated handicapped parking spot but the parking lot is gravel.