These Indoor Play Spaces were voted the Bay Area’s 2022 Best of the Best by Bay Area Parent readers. Read the full list of winners here.
Silicon Valley
Gold: Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose. This children’s learning museum includes tons of hands-on exhibits exploring art, bubbles, water, air, natural world, mammoths and more. San Jose. cdm.org.
Silver: Pump It Up. Multiple locations. pumpitupparty.com.
Bronze: Chuck E. Cheese. Multiple locations. chuckecheese.com.
Peninsula
Gold: Rockin’ Jump. Play trampoline dodge ball, try the slam dunk zone and do flips and somersaults. San Carlos. rockinjump.com/sancarlos.
Silver: Movement. Belmont. movementgyms.com/belmont.
Bronze: Pump It Up of Belmont. Belmont. pumpitupparty.com/belmont-ca.
San Francisco and Marin
Gold: Bay Area Discovery Museum. This children’s museum features hands-on exhibits, art studios, camps and classes, and school programs. Sausalito. bayareadiscoverymuseum.org.
Silver: California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. calacademy.org.
Bronze: Acrosports. San Francisco. acrosports.org.
East Bay
Gold: Bumblebee Playspace. This more than 3,000-square-foot indoor playspace is designed for infants, toddlers and preschoolers.Newark. bumblebeeplayspace.com.
Silver: Lawrence Hall of Science. Berkeley. lawrencehallofscience.org.
Bronze: Luv 2 Play. Dublin. luv2play.com.