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Past Events

$5 Admission After 4:00pm
An event every week that begins at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, repeating until December 31, 2025
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Every Wednesday, beginning at 4:00pm, museum admission is just $5 per person! And best of all, the museum stays open until 8:00pm so there’s plenty of time to explore! Members and children under age 1 are always free.
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Father’s Day Trophies
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Celebrate the favorite father in your life with a trophy you build in his honor. In honor of Father’s Day, visit The Shop to use a variety of real tools and materials to construct a trophy to commemorate the importance of the dad in your life. 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.
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Design a Flag
Reno, NV 89501 United States
A country or city’s flag symbolizes its people, culture, and sometimes its geography. Visit Spark!Lab Smithsonian to use a variety of materials to design your own flag that symbolizes your favorite location, real or imaginary. Using a variety of materials including felt, construction paper, and other colored papers and fabric scraps, visitors can design a flag that represents nearly anything they can imagine. Please note: Spark!Lab offers access to tools and materials that can cause injury if used improperly. Parents are…
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Father’s Day Trophies
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Celebrate the favorite father in your life with a trophy you build in his honor. In honor of Father’s Day, visit The Shop to use a variety of real tools and materials to construct a trophy to commemorate the importance of the dad in your life. 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.
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Design a Flag
Reno, NV 89501 United States
A country or city’s flag symbolizes its people, culture, and sometimes its geography. Visit Spark!Lab Smithsonian to use a variety of materials to design your own flag that symbolizes your favorite location, real or imaginary. Using a variety of materials including felt, construction paper, and other colored papers and fabric scraps, visitors can design a flag that represents nearly anything they can imagine. Please note: Spark!Lab offers access to tools and materials that can cause injury if used improperly. Parents are…
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Summer Hours: Open Mondays
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Monday, repeating until September 1, 2025
Reno, NV 89501 United States
From Memorial Day, May 26 though Labor Day, September 1, 2025, The Discovery adds Monday to the days the museum is open to the public. That’s seven days a week you can build, invent, explore and have fun! We hope to see you here. Be sure to check out the calendar of events to find out what’s happening all summer long!
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Small Wonder Wednesday
An event every week that begins at 9:00 am on Wednesday, repeating until July 2, 2025
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Join us here at The Discovery every Wednesday for a special morning just for young learners ages 5 and under. Hear stories, climb the clouds, create art, and enjoy the entire museum for a full hour before it opens to everyone! Please note: Admission during Small Wonder Wednesday is limited to families with children ages 5 and under only. Visitors with children age 6 and older can visit the museum beginning at 10:00am.
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$5 Admission After 4:00pm
An event every week that begins at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, repeating until December 31, 2025
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Every Wednesday, beginning at 4:00pm, museum admission is just $5 per person! And best of all, the museum stays open until 8:00pm so there’s plenty of time to explore! Members and children under age 1 are always free.
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Invent a Dinosaur
Reno, NV 89501 United States
It’s Gerard, The Discovery’s resident Allosaurus’ second birthday. To celebrate, we’re filling the museum with a ton of dinosaur themed activities like this one! Visit Spark!Lab Smithsonian to invent your own modern-day dinosaur. Using a variety of recycled materials you can create a new imaginary type of dinosaur. Be sure to consider where it will live, what advantages it should have, and any other attributes it might need to survive. Please note: Spark!Lab offers access to tools and materials that can…
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Invent a Dinosaur
Reno, NV 89501 United States
It’s Gerard, The Discovery’s resident Allosaurus’ second birthday. To celebrate, we’re filling the museum with a ton of dinosaur themed activities like this one! Visit Spark!Lab Smithsonian to invent your own modern-day dinosaur. Using a variety of recycled materials you can create a new imaginary type of dinosaur. Be sure to consider where it will live, what advantages it should have, and any other attributes it might need to survive. Please note: Spark!Lab offers access to tools and materials that can…
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Build Your Own Museum Exhibit
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Visit The Shop to use a variety of tools and materials to design and build your own dinosaur exhibit. Learn woodworking skills, safe tool handling, and effective planning when you combine a variety of materials with expert craftsmanship to create a model of a hands-on dinosaur exhibit. Best of all, what you make is yours to keep! 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…
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Gerard’s 2nd Birthday
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Celebrate Gerard’s 2nd birthday with us here at The Discovery! We’re marking the two-year anniversary of the installation of the museum’s Allosaurus cast with a weekend filled with dinosaur activities for all ages. Invent a Dino Using recycled materials and some templates cut from cardboard our visitors will be asked to create a new imaginary type of dinosaur, considering where it would live and what advantages it would have based on whatever they added. ex. “what advantages does having a…
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Invent a Dinosaur
Reno, NV 89501 United States
It’s Gerard, The Discovery’s resident Allosaurus’ second birthday. To celebrate, we’re filling the museum with a ton of dinosaur themed activities like this one! Visit Spark!Lab Smithsonian to invent your own modern-day dinosaur. Using a variety of recycled materials you can create a new imaginary type of dinosaur. Be sure to consider where it will live, what advantages it should have, and any other attributes it might need to survive. Please note: Spark!Lab offers access to tools and materials that can…
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Build Your Own Museum Exhibit
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Visit The Shop to use a variety of tools and materials to design and build your own dinosaur exhibit. Learn woodworking skills, safe tool handling, and effective planning when you combine a variety of materials with expert craftsmanship to create a model of a hands-on dinosaur exhibit. Best of all, what you make is yours to keep! 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…
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Summer Hours: Open Mondays
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Monday, repeating until September 1, 2025
Reno, NV 89501 United States
From Memorial Day, May 26 though Labor Day, September 1, 2025, The Discovery adds Monday to the days the museum is open to the public. That’s seven days a week you can build, invent, explore and have fun! We hope to see you here. Be sure to check out the calendar of events to find out what’s happening all summer long!
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Open Build: Cardboard
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Hands-on gets serious in The Shop! In this material-specific session of Open Build, you’ll use real tools to build nearly anything you can imagine out of cardboard. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can cause injury if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.
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Open Build: Cardboard
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Hands-on gets serious in The Shop! In this material-specific session of Open Build, you’ll use real tools to build nearly anything you can imagine out of cardboard. Best of all, what you create is yours to keep! Please note: The Shop offers access to real tools and materials that can cause injury if used improperly. Parents are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.
Find out more »
Small Wonder Wednesday
An event every week that begins at 9:00 am on Wednesday, repeating until July 2, 2025
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Join us here at The Discovery every Wednesday for a special morning just for young learners ages 5 and under. Hear stories, climb the clouds, create art, and enjoy the entire museum for a full hour before it opens to everyone! Please note: Admission during Small Wonder Wednesday is limited to families with children ages 5 and under only. Visitors with children age 6 and older can visit the museum beginning at 10:00am.
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Family Game Night
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Put your do-it-yourself skills to work in The Shop when you use real tools and materials to create a fun game to play with family and friends. 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.
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$5 Admission After 4:00pm
An event every week that begins at 3:00 pm on Wednesday, repeating until December 31, 2025
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Every Wednesday, beginning at 4:00pm, museum admission is just $5 per person! And best of all, the museum stays open until 8:00pm so there’s plenty of time to explore! Members and children under age 1 are always free.
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Code a Bug
One event on June 28, 2025 at 10:30 am
One event on June 29, 2025 at 12:30 pm
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Dogs are easy to train. Bugs are not. Except for this cute little fella. He always does what you tell him. But can you program him to navigate an obstacle course or perform a specific action? Visit Spark!Lab Smithsonian to find out if you have what it takes to code a bug!
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Code a Bug
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Dogs are easy to train. Bugs are not. Except for this cute little fella. He always does what you tell him. But can you program him to navigate an obstacle course or perform a specific action? Visit Spark!Lab Smithsonian to find out if you have what it takes to code a bug!
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Code a Bug
Reno, NV 89501 United States
Dogs are easy to train. Bugs are not. Except for this cute little fella. He always does what you tell him. But can you program him to navigate an obstacle course or perform a specific action? Visit Spark!Lab Smithsonian to find out if you have what it takes to code a bug!
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Summer Hours: Open Mondays
An event every week that begins at 10:00 am on Monday, repeating until September 1, 2025
Reno, NV 89501 United States
From Memorial Day, May 26 though Labor Day, September 1, 2025, The Discovery adds Monday to the days the museum is open to the public. That’s seven days a week you can build, invent, explore and have fun! We hope to see you here. Be sure to check out the calendar of events to find out what’s happening all summer long!
Find out more »