Calendar of Events

Take advantage of the afternoon breezes in Northern Nevada with a do-it-yourself mobile you create in The Shop. Using available tools and materials, you can create a mobile that will dance and sway in the wind. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to create your own mini polar habitat, full of natural wildlife and tundra flora. Using cardboard, clay, and other materials, visitors can design their own ecologically accurate diorama. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents/caregivers are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to create your own mini polar habitat, full of natural wildlife and tundra flora. Using cardboard, clay, and other materials, visitors can design their own ecologically accurate diorama. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents/caregivers are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to create your own mini polar habitat, full of natural wildlife and tundra flora. Using cardboard, clay, and other materials, visitors can design their own ecologically accurate diorama. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents/caregivers are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Decorate for the holidays with an ornament you create in The Shop. Choose from a variety of materials, including fresh pine bows, to create your version of a festive holiday decoration. What you make is yours to keep to decorate your home or give as a holiday gift! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this…

When the weather outside is frightful, a cozy sweater can be so delightful. In this Spark!Lab Smithsonian invention activity, you can use fabric and a variety of other craft materials to design a sweater just in time for the winter season. Can you design the latest fashion trend, or invent a sweater with a novel new function? Try what you create on a mini mannequins to see how it fits. What you create is yours to keep, however the mannequins…

Decorate for the holidays with an ornament you create in The Shop. Choose from a variety of materials, including fresh pine bows, to create your version of a festive holiday decoration. What you make is yours to keep to decorate your home or give as a holiday gift! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this…

When the weather outside is frightful, a cozy sweater can be so delightful. In this Spark!Lab Smithsonian invention activity, you can use fabric and a variety of other craft materials to design a sweater just in time for the winter season. Can you design the latest fashion trend, or invent a sweater with a novel new function? Try what you create on a mini mannequins to see how it fits. What you create is yours to keep, however the mannequins…

Decorate for the holidays with an ornament you create in The Shop. Choose from a variety of materials, including fresh pine bows, to create your version of a festive holiday decoration. What you make is yours to keep to decorate your home or give as a holiday gift! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this…

When the weather outside is frightful, a cozy sweater can be so delightful. In this Spark!Lab Smithsonian invention activity, you can use fabric and a variety of other craft materials to design a sweater just in time for the winter season. Can you design the latest fashion trend, or invent a sweater with a novel new function? Try what you create on a mini mannequins to see how it fits. What you create is yours to keep, however the mannequins…

Visit The Shop to create a beautiful and functional device to harness the power of the sun. Using wax paper, tissue paper, and a variety of other materials, you can create a sun catcher that looks like stained glass. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to create a beautiful and functional device to harness the power of the sun. Using wax paper, tissue paper, and a variety of other materials, you can create a sun catcher that looks like stained glass. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

When the weather outside is frightful, a cozy sweater can be so delightful. In this Spark!Lab Smithsonian invention activity, you can use fabric and a variety of other craft materials to design a sweater just in time for the winter season. Can you design the latest fashion trend, or invent a sweater with a novel new function? Try what you create on a mini mannequins to see how it fits. What you create is yours to keep, however the mannequins…

Visit The Shop to create a beautiful and functional device to harness the power of the sun. Using wax paper, tissue paper, and a variety of other materials, you can create a sun catcher that looks like stained glass. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

When the weather outside is frightful, a cozy sweater can be so delightful. In this Spark!Lab Smithsonian invention activity, you can use fabric and a variety of other craft materials to design a sweater just in time for the winter season. Can you design the latest fashion trend, or invent a sweater with a novel new function? Try what you create on a mini mannequins to see how it fits. What you create is yours to keep, however the mannequins…

Visit The Shop to show off your skills in sculpture and get creative with air dry clay. Using clay carving tools and acrylic paint, you can create a decorative relief tile with a three-dimensional effect. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to show off your skills in sculpture and get creative with air dry clay. Using clay carving tools and acrylic paint, you can create a decorative relief tile with a three-dimensional effect. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to show off your skills in sculpture and get creative with air dry clay. Using clay carving tools and acrylic paint, you can create a decorative relief tile with a three-dimensional effect. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

We’re embracing this icy season at the Discovery! Take your pick from a variety of bright and sparkly materials in The Shop to create something that dazzles. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

We’re embracing this icy season at the Discovery! Take your pick from a variety of bright and sparkly materials in The Shop to create something that dazzles. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

We’re embracing this icy season at the Discovery! Take your pick from a variety of bright and sparkly materials in The Shop to create something that dazzles. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep. Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

To accompany the opening of the 2026 Olympics spark!lab will have shaping shoes. an activity that focuses on the functionality of shoes and recognizing them as an invention. Using a cardboard shoe base, tape, ribbon and other decorative materials visitors can make a shoe that is brand new, or create a new design prototype while focusing on what its function will be. Please note: This activity includes access to tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged…

To accompany the opening of the 2026 Olympics spark!lab will have shaping shoes. an activity that focuses on the functionality of shoes and recognizing them as an invention. Using a cardboard shoe base, tape, ribbon and other decorative materials visitors can make a shoe that is brand new, or create a new design prototype while focusing on what its function will be. Please note: This activity includes access to tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged…

To accompany the opening of the 2026 Olympics spark!lab will have shaping shoes. an activity that focuses on the functionality of shoes and recognizing them as an invention. Using a cardboard shoe base, tape, ribbon and other decorative materials visitors can make a shoe that is brand new, or create a new design prototype while focusing on what its function will be. Please note: This activity includes access to tools and materials that can be dangerous if used improperly. Parents are encouraged…