Past Events
DIY Bubble Wands
Get ready for one of the joys of summer when you create your own bubble wand in The Shop. Using wire and a variety of decorative materials, you can create and personalize a bubble wand to use to send soap bubbles lofting into the breeze! 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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4th of July: Museum Open
The Discovery will be open 12:00 to 5:00pm on Independence Day, Sunday, July 4, 2021. To see what’s happening at the museum check out the complete calendar of events!
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DIY Bubble Wands
Get ready for one of the joys of summer when you create your own bubble wand in The Shop. Using wire and a variety of decorative materials, you can create and personalize a bubble wand to use to send soap bubbles lofting into the breeze! 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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Small Wonder Wednesday
Join us here at The Discovery every Wednesday for a special morning just for families with children 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. Supported in part by:
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$5 Admission After 4pm
Every Wednesday starting at 4:00pm, museum admission is just $5 per visitor! And best of all, The Discovery stays open until 8:00pm! Members and children under age 1 are always free.
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DIY Marble Run
Visit The Shop to build a midway classic. Using available tools and materials, you can build a classic marble run game to challenge yourself or your 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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DIY Marble Run
Visit The Shop to build a midway classic. Using available tools and materials, you can build a classic marble run game to challenge yourself or your 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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DIY Marble Run
Visit The Shop to build a midway classic. Using available tools and materials, you can build a classic marble run game to challenge yourself or your 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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Build a Boat
Visit The Shop to design and build your own version of a nautical vessel. Using a selection of buoyant materials and a variety of tools, you can create a boat and then test its seaworthiness on the waters of The Discovery’s Truckee Connects exhibit. 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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Build a Boat
Visit The Shop to design and build your own version of a nautical vessel. Using a selection of buoyant materials and a variety of tools, you can create a boat and then test its seaworthiness on the waters of The Discovery’s Truckee Connects exhibit. 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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Build a Boat
Visit The Shop to design and build your own version of a nautical vessel. Using a selection of buoyant materials and a variety of tools, you can create a boat and then test its seaworthiness on the waters of The Discovery’s Truckee Connects exhibit. 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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Social Science: Happy Accidents
Per current CDC guidance and Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak’s mandate, face coverings MUST BE WORN by all attendees, regardless of vaccination status, except when actively eating or drinking. Art doesn’t just happen by accident! Science always plays a role. From the centrifugal force of a potter’s wheel, to the hand-eye coordination needed to sketch a nude model, explore the science in art and create your very own masterpieces—no artistic skills required! Due to the popularity of this event, we strongly…
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Build a Boat
Visit The Shop to design and build your own version of a nautical vessel. Using a selection of buoyant materials and a variety of tools, you can create a boat and then test its seaworthiness on the waters of The Discovery’s Truckee Connects exhibit. 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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Build a Boat
Visit The Shop to design and build your own version of a nautical vessel. Using a selection of buoyant materials and a variety of tools, you can create a boat and then test its seaworthiness on the waters of The Discovery’s Truckee Connects exhibit. 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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Build a Boat
Visit The Shop to design and build your own version of a nautical vessel. Using a selection of buoyant materials and a variety of tools, you can create a boat and then test its seaworthiness on the waters of The Discovery’s Truckee Connects exhibit. 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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Do-it-yourself Cookie Cutters
Visit The Shop to use a variety of tools and materials to create your own cookie cutter. Just in time for fall baking season, create a custom-shaped cutter you can use to cut cookies that are distinctly your own. 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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Paint on Clear Canvas
Back by popular demand, paint or draw on the Clear Canvas in Da Vinci’s Corner and then watch as the canvas is washed clean to prepare for the next works of art.
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Labor Day: Museum Open
The Discovery will be open 10:00am – 5:00pm on Labor Day, Monday, September 6, 2021. Be sure to check out the calendar of events to find out what’s happening all summer long!
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Do-it-yourself Cookie Cutters
Visit The Shop to use a variety of tools and materials to create your own cookie cutter. Just in time for fall baking season, create a custom-shaped cutter you can use to cut cookies that are distinctly your own. 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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Do-it-yourself Cookie Cutters
Visit The Shop to use a variety of tools and materials to create your own cookie cutter. Just in time for fall baking season, create a custom-shaped cutter you can use to cut cookies that are distinctly your own. 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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Secrets for Wizards in Training
As part of the annual SPELLBINDERS Festival of Magic, Emmy nominated performer and 2017 Comedy Magician of the Year, Larry Wilson, will astound museum visitors with his science-meets-magic presentation: Secrets for Wizards In Training. Wizards of all ages will learn mind-bending magic and the science that makes it possible.
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Science Distilled: Where there’s smoke, there’s fire
UPDATE: Due to concerns related to COVID-19 and air quality in our region, this event will now be held virtually. Current ticket holders will be contacted by e-mail regarding refunds. From the headlines to the fire lines, it is unmistakable that we are in a new era of intensity and scale of wildland fires. This requires transformative approaches and new tools to help communities co-exist with fire. This Science Distilled event features forward-looking science that is ushering in new understanding…
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Do-it-yourself Cookie Cutters
Visit The Shop to use a variety of tools and materials to create your own cookie cutter. Just in time for fall baking season, create a custom-shaped cutter you can use to cut cookies that are distinctly your own. 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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Do-it-yourself Cookie Cutters
Visit The Shop to use a variety of tools and materials to create your own cookie cutter. Just in time for fall baking season, create a custom-shaped cutter you can use to cut cookies that are distinctly your own. 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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