Ink Interactive Neighborhood For Kids

Super cute place that’s different and unique for kids under 5. Had several pretend play areas that make it look like a tiny town.
Grocery store, beauty salon, bank, garden, and even an infant/​toddler area where I was able to use a nursing room for my 10 month old.
We went as a field trip and it was pretty wild, the kids ran around and it was very noisy but we had a great time and WILL be returning.

I have 4 kids — currently 3, 5, 9, and 10. We love a good trip to Gainesville (about an hour for us) to visit INK. My Littles just love it, and the 9 yo is a mini-​mom, and loves to encourage the Littles to explore with her. The 10 yo is old enough that he gets bored after a little while, so we wouldn’t go for just the Bigs anymore.

This is such a great place to spend the day with young children! They have really outgrown the current facility so I cannot wait to see the new one.

Lots of fun for kids under 9. My daughter is almost 8 and my son is 5 and they had a great time! The museum was clean and family friendly. Lots of imaginary play areas and benches for parents to watch.

This is an AMAZING children’s museum/​play space. It is designed to be a real neighborhood and features numerous store fronts well stocked with actual, working items from local businesses that kids can touch, climb on and play with. It is a bit of a hike from Atlanta (around an hour on the weekend) and the hours don’t allow for any weekday visits (they close at 5) unless you are home during the day. My daughter is almost 5 and LOVED it. We’ll be back soon, this time with a friend so that she can really immerse herself in play. Such a wonderful attraction! Also, if you’re local, the website mentions a toy swap program which sounds great. Hoping to start one here in EAV soon.

I’ve been here twice, but not because I wanted to come a second time. It’s not really a children’s museum — but rather an old office building with the rooms made into different areas. As the reviewer back in 2011 stated — this place is very outdated. The toys and clothes are torn and falling apart. It’s been a year since I was visited the first time and nothing has improved. While the idea of this place is great — just having rooms and no toys to play with, the kids get bored after ½ an hour. I brought their grandmother who sat on a bench the entire time and still had to pay $ 8 for her and myself. Too expensive considering what a dump this place is. Doubt we’ll return again unless I hear of improvement. This place is great for kids who have vivid imaginations that can pretend even without the tangible play toys that could make this place incredible.
Makes me want to open up a REAL neighborhood with all the stuff they’re missing. Such a disappointment. Not worth the money.

I would not recommend this «museum.» When reading about this locale on the internet it seemed like maybe it was set up like the Houston Children’s Museum which is excellent and was great fun for my 2.5 and 10.5 year olds. The cost was $ 24 for the three of us. As soon as I walked in and saw the HOP movie poster that was from April I knew we were in trouble. I tried to keep an upbeat demeanor for my kids because we don’t have money to waste so I was trying to make the best of it. The carpet is filthy and torn, the ceiling bare, and the place smells. Some of the different «rooms» were set up okay but the kids were provided nothing to play with. The rooms that were equipped like the J&J Grocery were left over containers of food that were rinsed out. Hardly any REAL play food. Just boxes and containers that people used at home. Where is all the money from this place going? Certainly not put back into the museum. The different sponsors like North Georgia Medical center should be ashamed that they didn’t provide a couple of hundred dollars to the facility to actually equip the children with something fun to play. Who wants to sit in a dentist chair with nothing else to pretend with. The sad wigs in the «salon» with ½ of the hair pulled out says it all. Then to kick it off there is a station for «Living with Diabetes.» Wow, thrilling for children of all ages. The best part was the «travel agency» just as seen in 1984.
Do NOT waste your money!!!

Love this place. This place is great for kids over the age of 2.5 years. Each room is set up to replicate real life places. Examples include a salon, hospital clinic, classroom, firetruck, airplane station, police car, dress up studio with a stage, grocery store, etc. They also have 2 playground areas and everything is indoors.
I took the 45 minute drive to Gainseville and from Cumming the drive was gorgeous. Very rural with rolling hills and horses and farms. Anyway, we got a bit lost getting there once we got into gainseville, but we eventually found the place.
Admission is $ 8/​person and it was totally worth it. You can also bring your lunches and they have a cafeteria in the back so it was very economical.
I couldn’t get my daughter to leave this place and you can leave and come back. If you have kids and are sick of Imagine It Museum in downtown, then head north! This place will keep them busy for hours!

The above rating is given by my children, not necessarily me. We were in North GA for a week and my kids were crazy with nothing to do. They were in the middle of a major drought and it rained the entire time we were there.
This place was recommended by my mother. It’s somewhat like a children’s museum, but not exactly. They have many areas with different activities, like a grocery store, xray department, hairdresser, etc. They have several larger climbers (jungle gym type structures). There is a fire truck, police car and airplane they can get in. There is also a craft room.
The kids loved it. We were bored after about 15 minutes but we stayed for 2 ½ hours and the kids could have stayed for 8 more!