In 1986, the museum was relocated to the Bakery Center shopping mall in South Miami and expanded their facility to 4,000 square feet.

Over the next few years the museum continued to expand in both exhibition space and in attendance, in part due to the community outreach program established in 1987.

The museum reached a peak of 47,686 visitor capacity during this time, and the community outreach program expanded to serve 899,000 people.

In 2000, neighborhood opposition and the threat of protracted litigation caused the Board of Directors of Miami Children’s Museum to seek a new site for the building.

The museum now includes 14 permanent galleries, pre-school classrooms, a parent/teacher resource center, a Kid Smart educational gift shop, a 200-seat auditorium and a Subway restaurant.