<p>Can anyone suggest anything fun for 10yo and 15yo younger brothers to do on or near Cornell campus while older brother is doing the Cornell Days stuff? Both parents would like to visit, so we're trying to figure out how bringing the whole family would work out.</p>
<p>johnson museum
bowling at the alley on campus
explore the gorges (carefully, mind you)
botanical gardens
eat
there is also a fairly large looking museum downtown (i don’t know the name)
frisbee/catch on the slope</p>
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<p>Thanks, those look good :)</p>
<p>Farmers market too!</p>
<p>There is a nice easy hike to Taughannock Falls (one of the highest falls east of the Mississippi) at Taughannock State Park on the other side of Cayuga Lake. I don’t know if it’s super muddy at this time of year. Also Treman State Park and Buttermilk Falls are very beautiful natural areas.
The Dairy Bar, with homemade ice cream from the Cornell Dairy, or downtown, Purity Ice Cream, on Route 13. I would also try Googling activities in Ithaca. There is some kind of cool kid-oriented museum in town, but I can’t tell you anything more than that. If the weather’s nice, there is a nice playground at Stewart Park at the south end of Cayuga Lake. (just realized your kids may be a little old for the playground.)</p>
<p>Dairy Bar is now closed until 2013 :(</p>
<p>Cornell Plantations is a spectacular place to walk or picnic.
Lake cruises.
Corning Glass Museum is an hour (or so … pls check) away.
If the boys are athletic, watch lacrosse practice – or baseball practice, etc.
The museum downtown (children’s? science?) is supposed to be wonderful. My son did some volunteer work there.
Farmer’s Market, by the lake, a cool experience and a great place to munch/lunch.</p>