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Things to do in Palm Springs with kids

Museums, tours & cruises and parks & beaches — 16 places to go with kids in Palm Springs, California. 1 free to enter · most admission $15 to $37. 6 have a verified saving right now.
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Museums in Palm Springs5

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Tours & cruises in Palm Springs4

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Parks & beaches in Palm Springs3

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Escape rooms in Palm Springs2

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Family fun in Palm Springs1

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What’s on in Palm Springs

Within 25 miles of Palm Springs. Dates and wording are each venue’s own.

Free in Palm Springs

3 attractions in Palm Springs get you in for nothing, in the venue’s own words.

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Places with deals in Palm Springs

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Palm Springs offers a striking mix of museums, outdoor attractions, and entertainment venues. The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum displays the history and culture of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, while the Agua Caliente Tahquitz Visitor Center provides access to Tahquitz Canyon, a culturally significant area featuring a seasonal 60-foot waterfall, rock art, ancient irrigation systems, and native wildlife. The Palm Springs Air Museum is a nonprofit living history museum where visitors explore aircraft from World War Two, the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Global War on Terror. For outdoor exploration, Indian Canyons is a park in Palm Springs, and the Moorten Botanical Garden is a privately-owned arboretum where visitors walk a nature trail through more than 3,000 varieties of desert plants arranged in concentrated habitats. Families can also experience the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway, which features the world's largest rotating tram car traveling over two-and-one-half miles along the cliffs of Chino Canyon, or head to Wet'n'Wild Palm Springs, one of America's largest aquaparks, featuring five swimming pools, water slides of varying heights and complexity, jacuzzis, and spa areas for relaxation.

What this list covers

Palm Springs has 16 places to go, mostly museums (5), tours & cruises (4), parks & beaches (3).

15 of them publish an admission price, 14 publish opening hours, 3 have something dated on now, 6 are running a verified saving.

Every figure here was read on the attraction’s own website, most recently on November 1, 2026.

How we know these are real

Savings here are quoted from the attraction’s own website, word for word. This one, for example:

“Please present your EBT card along with your government issued ID to receive the special rate of $5 per person up to four adults.”

Quoted from palmspringsairmuseum.org · checked on

Common questions

How many attractions in Palm Springs are running a deal?
6 of the 16 attractions in Palm Springs currently have a verified saving, covering 10 offers in total. Each is quoted from the attraction’s own website. Examples include Agua Caliente Cultural Museum, Agua Caliente Tahquitz Visitor Center, Indian Canyons. Check each venue’s offer wording and eligibility conditions.
How much do things to do in Palm Springs cost?
Most admission in Palm Springs runs $15 to $37 per person, and 1 place is free to enter. Published prices run from $30 to $189 — $30 at Tiny Toddler Soft Play, $189 at Five Star Adventures Tours, across 2 attractions in Palm Springs that publish their own. Each figure is that venue’s own price line for what it names, which is not always plain admission, and each attraction’s page carries the rest of its rates.
What’s on in Palm Springs right now?
3 attractions in Palm Springs have something dated running, 9 listings between them. Each carries its own dates and the venue’s own sentence, and nothing is listed once its dates have passed.
Is there anything free to do in Palm Springs?
1 attraction in Palm Springs says on its own website that admission is free. We only say free when the venue does, unqualified — a child rate priced at nothing is not a free attraction. Examples include Cornelia White House.
What kinds of attractions are included?
museums (5), tours & cruises (4), parks & beaches (3), escape rooms (2), family fun (1), water parks (1).
Are these deals guaranteed to still be available?
No. Every deal here carries the date it was last checked on the attraction’s own website and a link straight to the page it came from, so you can confirm it before you travel. Prices and offers change without notice.
What's best for a rainy afternoon with young children?
Tiny Toddler Soft Play is an indoor playground designed for children ages zero to eight. For older kids, Escape Room Palm Springs operates seven private escape room games, including Prehistoric Park, where teams retrieve a rare dinosaur egg from a high-tech research facility before security systems fail.
Are there guided tours that show me around the city?
Five Star Adventures Tours offers guided excursions through Palm Springs that showcase the city's celebrity homes, modernist architecture, and historic landmarks. Palm Springs Mod Squad offers guided architecture tours through the desert modern landscape. Drag & Fly Tours Palm Springs offers sightseeing tours hosted by drag performers, combining fact-based storytelling with live entertainment.
Can we explore on our own without a guide?
Riddle Routes offers self-guided scavenger hunts and puzzle games throughout Palm Springs, where visitors navigate town streets using a mobile app to solve riddles, complete missions, and discover local landmarks. The Cornelia White House is a historic home museum built in 1893 entirely from recycled railroad ties salvaged from abandoned Palmdale Railroad tracks.