Calendar of Events

Stop by The Shop on your visit to The Discovery to design and build a hardware robot. Using available tools and materials, you can create your own version of a robot sculpture with specific features or functions in mind. 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.

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During “open build,” take your pick from a variety of materials and use real tools to design and build nearly anything you can imagine. Best of all, whatever you create is yours to take home! 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 the perfect decoration for fall. Using hammers and nails, you can create a autumn-inspired shape to trace with festive fall yarn. Best of all, what you make is yours to take home! 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.

Stop by this quick, hands-on activity to explore how DNA works as a blueprint for life and how your human DNA relates so closely to that of a Tyrannosaurus rex like “Sue!” Activity available 12:30 to 2:30pm.

Visit The Shop to create the perfect decoration for fall. Using hammers and nails, you can create a autumn-inspired shape to trace with festive fall yarn. Best of all, what you make is yours to take home! 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.

Stop by this quick, hands-on activity to explore how DNA works as a blueprint for life and how your human DNA relates so closely to that of a Tyrannosaurus rex like “Sue!” Activity available 11:30am to 1:30pm.

Stop by this quick, hands-on activity to explore how DNA works as a blueprint for life and how your human DNA relates so closely to that of a Tyrannosaurus rex like “Sue!” Activity available 4:30 to 6:30pm.

Stop by this quick, hands-on activity to explore how DNA works as a blueprint for life and how your human DNA relates so closely to that of a Tyrannosaurus rex like “Sue!” Activity available 11:30am to 1:30pm.

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During “open build,” take your pick from a variety of materials and use real tools to design and build nearly anything you can imagine. Best of all, whatever you create is yours to take home! 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.

With LED eyes peering through the darkness of night, these Halloween-inspired light up decorations are sure to be a hit. Using construction paper and light emitting diodes (LEDs) you can create a spooky decoration with eyes that light up in the dark! 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 Discovery on the second Wednesday of every month for Tech!Night, a new program designed to put emerging technology in the hands of museum visitors. Tech!Nights will feature a variety of high-tech tools and techniques, gadgets and games – command a robot, print in 3-D, and even code a new game – happening monthly in Spark!Lab Smithsonian. Specimen Examination During this Tech!Night activity inspired by Mexican-American biologist Lydia Villa-Komaroff, visitors will examine a variety of specimens using a microscope.…

With LED eyes peering through the darkness of night, these Halloween-inspired light up decorations are sure to be a hit. Using construction paper and light emitting diodes (LEDs) you can create a spooky decoration with eyes that light up in the dark! 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.

With LED eyes peering through the darkness of night, these Halloween-inspired light up decorations are sure to be a hit. Using construction paper and light emitting diodes (LEDs) you can create a spooky decoration with eyes that light up in the dark! 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.

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During “open build,” take your pick from a variety of materials and use real tools to design and build nearly anything you can imagine. Best of all, whatever you create is yours to take home! 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.

Just in time for Halloween, visit The Shop to create a tail using a no-sew technique. Choose from a variety of materials to create almost any tail you can imaging—horse, rooster, peacock, even a T. rex! 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.

Just in time for Halloween, visit The Shop to create a tail using a no-sew technique. Choose from a variety of materials to create almost any tail you can imaging—horse, rooster, peacock, even a T. rex! 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.

Put the finishing touches on your Halloween costume in The Shop here at The Discovery. Tap into The Shop‘s library of real tools and materials to create a custom costume only you can imagine. 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.

Put the finishing touches on your Halloween costume in The Shop here at The Discovery. Tap into The Shop‘s library of real tools and materials to create a custom costume only you can imagine. 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.

Stop by this quick, hands-on activity to explore a variety of fossils and understand how the fossilization process works as it did with A T. rex Named Sue. Activity available 11:30am to 1:30pm.

Put the finishing touches on your Halloween costume in The Shop here at The Discovery. Tap into The Shop‘s library of real tools and materials to create a custom costume only you can imagine. 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.

Put the finishing touches on your Halloween costume in The Shop here at The Discovery. Tap into The Shop‘s library of real tools and materials to create a custom costume only you can imagine. 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.