Heat, rain ruin your beach plans? 5 fun indoor things to do around the Palm Beaches

Lianna Norman, USA TODAY NETWORK - Florida
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Has Florida's rainy season put a damper on your beach plans? Stressing about how to entertain your kids on a rainy summer afternoon? Too hot to spend the day outside?

Thankfully, Palm Beach County has plenty of fun indoor activities to keep the whole family busy on summer afternoons that are too hot or rainy to be outdoors.

Here's a roundup of five fun activities you can do indoors around the Palm Beaches.

How much does it cost to go to the Norton Museum of Art?

Norton Museum of Art
Norton Museum of Art

The Norton Museum of Art opened to the public in 1941 and boasts more than 8,200 works throughout its five departments. The museum has a painting from famous abstract artist Jackson Pollock and works from Georgia O'Keeffe and Stuart Davis.

General admission is $18 for adults, $15 for seniors, $5 for students and free for children 12 and under.

The Norton Museum of Art is located at 1450 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach.

How much are Cox Science Center tickets?

Ocean Commotion is June 25 at the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach.
Ocean Commotion is June 25 at the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach.

The Cox Science Center and Aquarium has tons of interactive learning opportunities and is a great way to kill some time with your kids. The center has a "journey through the human brain" experience, aquariums featuring sea creatures of the Atlantic Ocean and the first and only public planetarium in Palm Beach County.

General admission is $20.95 for adults, $16.95 for kids ages 3 through 12 and $18.95 for seniors. Tickets for the planetarium are sold separately.

The Cox Science Center and Aquarium is located at 4801 Dreher Trail N., West Palm Beach.

Does the Bulk Candy Store in West Palm Beach offer tours?

John La Rosa (right, of Coral Springs) takes a cellphone photo of his children Ian and Ava in the tasting room at the end of a Candy Tour at Bulk Candy Store in 2019 in West Palm Beach.
John La Rosa (right, of Coral Springs) takes a cellphone photo of his children Ian and Ava in the tasting room at the end of a Candy Tour at Bulk Candy Store in 2019 in West Palm Beach.

If you're looking for an activity for the senses, taking a tour at the Bulk Candy Store in West Palm Beach could be your perfect rainy afternoon activity.

The big purple and yellow building near West Palm's airport offers free smells and a variety of vintage, unique and international candies that you can sink your teeth into. Their tours cover the history and production of candy and their store has just about any candy you miss seeing in supermarket check-out aisles, from mars bars to candy cigarettes.

The Bulk Candy Store is located at 235 N Jog Rd., West Palm Beach.

Where is the pinball museum in South Florida?

Two attendees enjoy the inaugural Pinball for a Cause gala held last month at the Silverball Museum in Delray Beach. The event raised $15,000 for individuals with autism, Down syndrome and other forms of intellectual and developmental disabilities served by The Arc of Palm Beach County.
Two attendees enjoy the inaugural Pinball for a Cause gala held last month at the Silverball Museum in Delray Beach. The event raised $15,000 for individuals with autism, Down syndrome and other forms of intellectual and developmental disabilities served by The Arc of Palm Beach County.

The Silverball Museum in Delray Beach is not just a museum. The interactive museum is also a retro arcade with vintage pinball machines and arcade games that date back around 90 years, to the 1930s. There's also a restaurant with a full bar and other games like skee-ball and shuffle board.

The Silverball Museum is located at 19 NE Third Ave., Delray Beach.

Is there an arcade with laser tag near West Palm Beach, Florida?

Fun Depot in Lake Worth Beach has over 200 games in their arcade area and will be adding a full service restaurant that will be called Cordial and a 20-lane bowling alley on July 2.
Fun Depot in Lake Worth Beach has over 200 games in their arcade area and will be adding a full service restaurant that will be called Cordial and a 20-lane bowling alley on July 2.

Although go-karting may be off the table for a really rainy afternoon, Fun Depot offers an arcade and laser tag as well. Fun Depot's activities are priced individually, but if you don't want to pay as you play, there's an option to buy a bundle of five activities for $45.

Fun Depot is located at 2003 10th Avenue North, Lake Worth.

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Indoor things to do when it's hot, stormy in Florida: 5 places to go