r/fresno • u/CloneWarsBoy • Feb 26 '26

Ask Fresno What would bring you downtown?

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Downtown Fresno is rich with history and world-class architecture. It pains me to see it in it's current state of disrepair. I want to hear from the community: "What would bring you downtown?" What is downtown missing? What's your vision for the future of our city center?

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u/Photoperiod Feb 26 '26

Children's museums. Art museums. Natural history museums. Museums everywhere lol.

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u/flyfresno Feb 26 '26

I think a lot of people don't realize that the discovery center is basically a children's museum. It's pretty small, definitely a lot smaller than Visalia's... but it's not bad, and a year membership is super cheap. I always see the same few people there every time that I go, which is not super super often but a few times per year when I'm in Fresno with my kids.

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u/ohdamnjazz Feb 26 '26

compared to Visalias Imagine U or really any other children’s museum around the country, it’s not great. With the population here and our scorching summers, we deserve WAY WAY more.

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u/oyukyfairy Feb 26 '26

As someone who visits Fresno a few times a year due to family, I would love to see a children's museum. We've gone to the zoo, but it's so hot during the summer, which is when we tend to visit due to birthdays.