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Eau Claire Entertainment
Chippewa Valley Family Fun


There is more Eau Claire Entertainment than you ever thought possible. Browse through the many family friendly entertainment venues your Chippewa Valley has to offer.

Be sure to check out Chippewa Valley festivals and other seasonal events as well as Eau Claire theaters for more Eau Claire Entertainment and family fun in those categories!

Venues arranged in alphabetical order:

A-B C-E F-H I-L P-Z

Action City
2402 Lorch Avenue
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715-833-9663
Action City Website

55,000 square feet of Family Fun! Games, rides, sport and food.
Wristband Wednesday 4pm - close. Unlimited play for $20 per person.

Hours:
Sun. - Thurs. 11am - 9pm
Fri. 11am - 11pm
Sat. 10am - 11pm

Beaver Creek Reserve
Cty. Hwy K
Fall Creek, WI 54742
715-877-2212
Beaver Creek Website

Beaver Creek Reserve is a special place where you can share, explore, experience and learn about the rich natural diversity of Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley. The Reserve includes a nature center, butterfly house, observatory, youth camp, nature store, citizen science center, field research station and charter science research school. Entertainment in the great Wisconsin outdoors.

*Check out the website or call for the various hours of operation for each area of the reserve.

Bullfrog Fish Farm
N1321 Bullfrog Road
Menomonie, WI 54751
715-664-8775
Bullfrog Fish Farm Website

Featuring Seasonal Hoots & Happenings, Shorelunches, Occasional Live Music, Group Outings and Educational Tours & by arrangement as well as Bullfrog’s Family Beer & Beverage Garden.

Open casually year ‘round: Thursday – Sunday Noon to 6:00pm Mid May- September with "Week-end Vigor" *Check out the website for specifics and possibly call ahead.

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Children's Museum of Eau Claire
220 S. Barstow Street
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715-832-KIDS
Children's Museum Website

The Children's Museum of Eau Claire is an interactive environment for children and their grown-ups that inspires imagination, discovery, creativity & the love of learning. Visit their website (link above) for a rundown of programs, exibits, summer hours and admission fees. Eau Claire entertainment with an educational twist.


Cabin Ridge Rides
4271 220th Street
Cadott, WI 54727
723-9537 or 723-0960
Cabin Ridge Rides Website

Cabin Ridge Rides is a 400 acre recreational facility offering a wide range of activities from horse drawn carriage rides along Paint Creek or horse drawn sleight rides in the winter. Families can ride through the woods and cut their own Christmas tree. Bonfires, picnics and meals also available. Activities for all size groups of people.

The Chippewa Valley Museum
Carson Park - Eau Claire
715-834-7871
CV Museum Website

One of the best ways to discover the exciting and intertwining stories of Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley; Award-winning exhibits, beautifully preserved historic structures on the grounds, fun activities, a working turn-of-the-century ice cream parlor, and more. Visit their website (link above) for hours of operation and admission fees. Chippewa Valley family fun seen throughout history.

Dells Mill and Museum
E18855 County Road V
Augusta, WI 54722
715-286-2714
Dells Mill Website

The Dells Mill was built in 1864. Augusta had been a town for only 8 years and was just a pioneer community. See for yourself what it was like. The Dells Mill Pond is also a great place to fish all year round. Motorized boats are not allowed.

Hours:
May through October 10am – 5pm
Tour groups should arrange their trip with the mill before they arrive.

Eau Claire Indoor Sports Center
3456 Craig Road
Eau Claire, WI 54701
552-1200
Sports Center Website

Starting September 6th
Saturn Hummer Family Fun Zone
Mondays, Thursdays, Fridays 9-11:30am
Inflatables, riding toys, big parachute games & more!
$2.50/Child, Adults Free

Starting September 7th
Mega Fridays Family Night
Sports, movies, popcorn & more!
Family of 2=$7, 3=$10, 4=$12, 5+=$15

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The Family Resource Center of Eau Claire
2105 Heights Drive
Eau Claire, WI 54701
715-833-1735
FRC Website
Call or visit their website (link above) for hours and program information.

Providing parenting classes, parent support groups, age appropriate play groups, any age open play, in-home visitations, loan library of books/videos/toys and much more. Chippewa Valley family fun in a learning environment.

River Source Family Center
The Family Resource Center for Chippewa County
403 High Street
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
715-720-1841
Call for hours and upcoming activities

Providing parenting classes, parent support groups, age appropriate play groups, any age open play, in-home visitations, loan library of books/videos/toys and much more. Chippewa Valley family fun in a learing environment.

The Family Resource Center of Menomonie
1202 North Broadway
Menomonie, WI 54751
1-715-235-2412
Call for hours and upcoming activities

Providing parenting classes, parent support groups, age appropriate play groups, any age open play, in-home visitations, loan library of books/videos/toys and much more.

Govin's Meats & Berries
Located East of Menomonie between I 94 and Hwy 12/29
715-231-BERRY(2377)
Govin's Website

As well as producing strawberries, pumpkins and natural, farm raised meat, Govin's invites you to come and enjoy the lambing barn. Children of all ages can enjoy seeing lambs nursing and bouncing around their mothers. While you are here you can learn more about these wooly creatures. It may even be possible to witness the birth of a lamb.

Heyde Center for the Arts
3 High Street
Chippewa Falls, WI 54729
715-726-9000
Heyde Center Website


Featuring art shows, theatre and dance, the Heyde Center for the Arts has something for everyone.

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Irvine Park Zoo
Chippewa Falls, WI
Park entrance across from the Chippewa Pool and kitty corner from the Leinenkugels Brewery.

A great outdoor zoo home to bears, cougars, bobcats, buffalo, elk, whitetail deer, monkeys, peacocks, pot belly pigs, donkeys and many more animal friends. Also numerous playgrounds, pavilions and picnic tables as well as a fountain for children (or adults) to play in. The Christams season brings about a spectacular light display in the park.

James Newman Clark Bird Museum
UWEC – Surrounds the Planetarium in Phillips Hall

The museum is open to the public weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. when the university is in session.

L.E. Phillips Planetarium
UWEC - Located at the North end of Phillips Science Hall, inside the Bird Museum
715-836-3148
Planetarium Website

Shows:
Tuesdays at 7pm – For adults and youth – not meant for children under 10.
Saturdays at 11am – Children’s show – Aimed at children ages 2-12.
$2 starting May 16, only $1 until then

Each show presents an entertaining and educational topic and includes information about the current night sky.

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Paul Bunyan Logging Camp Museum
Carson Park - Eau Claire
715-835-6200
Paul Bunyan Museum Website

The museum is open daily from 10 am - 4:30 pm, May 1st until September 30th. The fee is $4 for adults and $2 for children (up to age 17). Joint tickets for the Paul Bunyan Logging Camp and the Chippewa Valley Museum are available for the discount rate of $7 per adult and $3 per child.

UWEC Biology Department Greenhouses
UWEC – Phillips Hall – 5th Floor
Biology Dept. Website

Tours can be arranged by contacting the Greenhouse manager at 715-836-4166.

The Wood Shed - Amish Tours
105 W. Lincoln Street
Augusta, WI 54722
715-286-5404
The Wood Shed Website

Hours:
M,T,W,F, & Sat. 10am - 5:30pm
Thurs. 10am - 9pm
No Sunday Sales - Closed Holidays

Family fun Amish style. Tours available Wednesday through Saturday. Must call for reservation.

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Check back often. More Eau Claire entertainment and family fun added all the time!

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