Calendar of Events

Visit The Shop to create a Guatemalan-inspired worry doll. If your worries are keeping you awake a night, you can tell your worries to your worry dolls and let them do your worrying for you. 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.

On March 22, 2018, we’re asking you to join thousands of Nevadans in supporting your favorite nonprofit organization. During the 7th annual Nevada’s Big Give, you can join together with your fellow Nevadans for 24 hours of philanthropic support. Nevada’s Big Give is one extraordinary day to make a real impact—every donation you make gives The Discovery the chance to win financial prizes while also furthering our mission to inspire by being the place to experience science.   The Terry…

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.

Stop by this hands-on activity to learn about how some rockets carry science tools—not scientists—into space, and how a special kind of rocket called “sounding rockets” can be used for quick, low-flying scientific missions into space. You can build and launch your own air rockets to help imagine the challenges and triumphs of engineering spacecraft and launching them into a specific region of the space above our planet. Activity available 11:30am – 1:30pm

Can you imagine driving an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on the moon? In The Shop, you can design and build your own version of a Mars rover powered by a rubber band. Test, evaluate, and redesign your rover to determine what will work best on the rugged terrain of the Red Planet! 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…

Stop by this hands-on activity to see how scientists can use tools to study the invisible magnetic fields of Earth, the Sun, and other objects in the universe. You’ll learn how the Sun’s magnetic field extends far out into space and sends bursts of magnetic energy across the solar system, while Earth’s strong magnetic field helps protect life on our planet from dangerous solar and cosmic radiation. Activity available 12:30 – 2:30pm

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, 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.

Stop by this hands-on activity to that demonstrates how craters form, and what they can teach us about the history and composition of planets and moons. By dropping objects of various sizes and shapes into a tub full of sand and other materials, you’ll simulate the formation of a meteorite crater, and then study the craters using special tools. Scientists use similar methods to study the geological processes on other planets, moons, and asteroids. Activity available 11:30am – 1:30pm

Stop by this hands-on activity to explore the way the shape of the land and the pull of gravity influence how water moves over Earth. By making unique mountain models from crumpled paper and watching how water moves across them, you can act as an Earth scientist, using your observations to make predictions about the future of our planet. Activity available 11:30am – 1:30pm

It is almost time for A T. rex Named Sue to leave The Discovery. We’re not sure where she’s headed next, but we want to send her off in style, and you can help! In The Shop, we invite you to design and build a launcher to send a toy dinosaur hurling through the air. Using rubber bands and other available materials, you can engineer a contraption that will send your toy dinosaur on an interstellar trajectory. Best of all,…

It is almost time for A T. rex Named Sue to leave The Discovery. We’re not sure where she’s headed next, but we want to send her off in style, and you can help! In The Shop, we invite you to design and build a launcher to send a toy dinosaur hurling through the air. Using rubber bands and other available materials, you can engineer a contraption that will send your toy dinosaur on an interstellar trajectory. Best of all,…

Visit The Discovery after 4:00pm every Wednesday when admission is just $5.00 per visitor! Members and children under age 1 are always free. And best of all, the museum stays open until 8:00pm! The Discovery’s Wednesday discount admission program is presented by Great Basin Federal Credit Union.

Visit The Shop to create a handy easel to hold your favorite family photo. Choose from a variety of materials to create your own version of a photo easel. 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 are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Get ready to make, share, craft and be inspired! At this Social Science you’ll explore a variety of tools and techniques used by Makers to foster creativity, encourage hands-on, collaborative innovation and build community. Labs, lectures and programming at this Social Science will include: Bending Light Explore the art and science of neon sign creation with the experts from Color of Neon. Make Juniper Into Gin Ever wondered how to turn juniper berries into gin for that refreshing gin and…

Visit The Shop to create a handy easel to hold your favorite family photo. Choose from a variety of materials to create your own version of a photo easel. 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 are encouraged to help young tinkerers use the tools and materials safely in this space.

Visit The Shop to create your own piece of thermoplastic art and then watch as it shrinks to size before your very eyes. Create things like earrings, bookmarks, keychains, and more, and learn how this amazing material softens when heated, but hardens when it cools. 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 piece of thermoplastic art and then watch as it shrinks to size before your very eyes. Create things like earrings, bookmarks, keychains, and more, and learn how this amazing material softens when heated, but hardens when it cools. 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 piece of thermoplastic art and then watch as it shrinks to size before your very eyes. Create things like earrings, bookmarks, keychains, and more, and learn how this amazing material softens when heated, but hardens when it cools. 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.

Fused Glass Magnets (3:30pm, ages 6 and up) Make a decorative magnet with fused glass. Visiting Artist Judy Joustra will lead you through the process of fusing pre-melted glass in a variety of shapes and colors onto a mini canvas of white glass. Your beautiful work can then be displayed on your favorite appliance or magnet board. Fused Glass Night Lights (5:30 and 7:00pm, ages 8 and up) Join Judy for an introduction to fusing colorful, pre-melted shapes of glass…