Pretend City Children's Museum, Children's museum in Irvine, United States.

Pretend City Children's Museum is a nonprofit children's museum in Irvine, California, built as a kid-sized interconnected city of 17 learning spaces designed by David Rockwell. Its exhibits include City Hall and Lobby, a Construction Site, Emergency Services with a Dispatch Station, a Police Station, a Fire Station, a Farm, a Gas Station, a Trader Joe's Grocery Store, a Health Center with doctor's and dental offices, a Marina, Orange Plaza, Our Home, a UPS Store, an Amphitheater, an Art Studio, a Mind + Body Center, a Sandy Beach, a Restaurant Café and Imagination Playground.

The museum was founded to help children develop skills through imaginative play and role-playing activities. It has grown to offer multiple learning spaces tailored for different age groups.

Each area displays different professions and community roles where children explore various everyday activities through play. This approach helps young visitors understand the adult world and discover their own abilities and interests.

The museum sits in Irvine, California, and is reached by car; families arriving by car have parking on site. The 17 learning spaces are built to child scale, so an adult should stay with younger children as they move between the farm, marina and other areas.

The museum's 17 learning spaces were designed by architect David Rockwell. Children receive employee time cards and clock in at different jobs, getting paid in Pretend City money. The site also runs "Pretend City on Wheels," a mobile field trip program launched in 2007.