
Calendar of Events
Past Events

Special Hours: Closing at 2:00pm
The Discovery will close at 2:00pm on Thursday, September 13, 2018 to prepare for the museum’s annual Educator Night Out. The museum will reopen at 10:00am on Friday, September 14 and resume normal hours.
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Educator Night Out 2018
Stop by The Discovery between 3:00 and 6:00pm for inspiration, collaboration and libations at the museum’s annual Educator Night Out. Open to everyone in the education field, you’ll discover innovative, engaging, standards-aligned ways to bring STEAM subjects into your classroom, as well as new Discovery Labs tied to Nevada K-12 Computer Science Standards. You’ll also learn more about the growing list of dynamic educational programs and resources offered by The Discovery. This fun, FREE event includes: Light bites and refreshments…
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Waste Warriors: T-shirt Tote
Visit The Shop during Waste Warriors to turn an old, worn out t-shirt into a useful tote bag. Bring your own t-shirt, or grab one of ours, and follow the simple instructions to easily transform a tired t-shirt into a tote bag perfect for daily use. 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. Waste Warriors…
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Waste Warriors: T-shirt Tote
Visit The Shop during Waste Warriors to turn an old, worn out t-shirt into a useful tote bag. Bring your own t-shirt, or grab one of ours, and follow the simple instructions to easily transform a tired t-shirt into a tote bag perfect for daily use. 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. Waste Warriors…
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Open Build in The Shop
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, 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.
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Squishy Circuitry
One event on September 23, 2018 at 12:30 pm
One event on September 26, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Explore electricity, conductivity and creativity when you use LEDs and conductive dough to invent wacky light-up sculptures in The Shop. 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: CSI
Discover your inner sleuth when you explore the science that solves crimes. Apply your own wound, pose for a mugshot, create blood spatter artwork, gather evidence from crime scenes, learn the intricate art of an autopsy from the staff at the Washoe County Medical Examiner’s office, and more! Labs, lectures and programming at this Social Science will include: We’ve Got a Bleeder! Create your own wound using a variety of makeup and special effects including fake blood and rotting skin.…
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Squishy Circuitry
Explore electricity, conductivity and creativity when you use LEDs and conductive dough to invent wacky light-up sculptures in The Shop. 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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Squishy Circuitry
Explore electricity, conductivity and creativity when you use LEDs and conductive dough to invent wacky light-up sculptures in The Shop. 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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Visiting Artist: Katy Chandler
Join Visiting Artist Katy Chandler for some fun with mud! Following ancient traditions, but using modern methods, visitors will use clay soil, sand, and straw to make beautiful designs like those seen on the sides of buildings around the world. You’ll use materials gathered from right here in Reno and natural pigments harvested sustainably from rock and soil to create a one-of-a-kind work of art. About Katy Chandler Katy Chandler co-directs the Be The Change Project, a neighborhood-based nonprofit in…
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Open Build in The Shop
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, 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.
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DIY Halloween Decor
An event every day that begins at 9:30 am, repeating until October 5, 2018
Visit The Shop to create spooky decorations for Halloween. Using available tools and materials, you can create festive Halloween decorations that will bring a smile to even the most ghoulish of ghosts. 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 Halloween Decor
Visit The Shop to create spooky decorations for Halloween. Using available tools and materials, you can create festive Halloween decorations that will bring a smile to even the most ghoulish of ghosts. 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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College Savings Day
The Nevada State Treasurer’s Office and the SSGA Upromise 529 Plan invite you and your family to The Discovery on Saturday, October 6, 2018 to celebrate education and the future of our children. Join us at the museum for a day of fun activities meant to inspire and remind everyone to start small, and dream big. Visitors age 17 and under enjoy FREE admission all day long! Adult admission is $12.
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Create Your Own Piggy Bank
As part of College Savings Day, visit The Shop where you can use available tools and materials to create a custom piggy bank to begin your college savings plan. What you build 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.
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Automaton Bats & Ghosts
Visit The Shop to create a festive Halloween automaton. Using available tools and materials, you can create a spooky simple animation machine that combines your artistic and engineering skills! 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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Automaton Bats & Ghosts
Visit The Shop to create a festive Halloween automaton. Using available tools and materials, you can create a spooky simple animation machine that combines your artistic and engineering skills! 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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Haunted Houses
Halloween just wouldn’t be spooky without a haunted house. Visit The Shop to make your own version of the classic haunted house on the hill. Who knows, maybe a Halloween ghost will move right in!? 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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Haunted Houses
Halloween just wouldn’t be spooky without a haunted house. Visit The Shop to make your own version of the classic haunted house on the hill. Who knows, maybe a Halloween ghost will move right in!? 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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Whole Foods Community Giving Day
On Thursday, October 18th, Whole Foods Market in Reno is holding its Community Giving Day and donating 5% of net sales to The Discovery to support the museum’s mission to be the place to experience science. The only thing you need to do to support this fundraising effort is shop—buy groceries, have lunch, grab a coffee or beer, etc. We appreciate your support! Whole Foods Market Reno 6139 S. Virginia Street Reno, NV 89502
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Visiting Artist: Carol Foldvary-Anderson
Get ready to have a hoot of a time when you join Visiting Artist Carol Foldvary-Anderson to make colorful, light plastic air dry owls. You’ll design your owls using various shapes—balls, circles, half circles and snake shapes. Did you know that 240 species of owls exist on our planet, why not one more, yours? About Carol Foldvary-Anderson “Creating beauty and inspiring joy is the essence of what my art represents,” states multi award-winning mixed media artist and arts educator, Carol…
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Open Build in The Shop
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, 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.
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Science Distilled: From research to real life, science takes action
Reno, NV 89501 United States
From inquiry to inspiration: how can science guide on-the-ground, resilient land management practices? From experiment to excitement: can good science really lead to practical stewardship of the land? From data to driven: how can approaches inspire sustainable practices among diverse stakeholders? Come wrestle with these big questions at this exciting Science Distilled event. It takes a special breed of scientist to dedicate his or her life to the most complicated, global, long-term challenges of our time. Wildfire, watershed health, and…
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Felt Voodoo Monsters
One event on October 27, 2018 at 9:30 am
One event on October 28, 2018 at 12:30 pm
One event on October 31, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Boo! Don’t be scared, it’s just the cuddly little voodoo monster you made in The Shop. Using available tools and materials, you can create a cute and snugly monster of your own that’s certain to frighten away Halloween ghouls and goblins. 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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