Take the family to enjoy a hands-on learning experience at the Rochester Museum & Science Center. At this science center, you'll see attractions like spectacular laser light shows set to music at the museum's Strasenburgh Planetarium, and films presented on the planetarium's four-story dome. Check out the center's calendar and participate in family activities, classes, and camps.
A natural place for families to enjoy fun is at the Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester. Naturally, everyone in the family will want to meet a bear, talk to tigers and lions, and hang out with a monkey or two. While you're there, don't miss out on one of Seneca Park's zoo-per events and attractions like the Zoobilation, ZooBoo, ZooBrew, and a Night at the Zoo.
The Lilac Festival is one blooming festival. Martha Stewart has been to this 10-day extravaganza held at Highland Park in Rochester, the only one of its kind in North America. Green thumbed festival growers are awe inspired by the magnificent collection of more than 500 varieties of lilacs blooming on over 1,200 bushes.