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No sewing skills, no problem. Visit The Shop to learn how to create a variety of items including wallets, purses, pillows, pencil holder, and so much more—all without even sewing a single stitch!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Local hertepology expert Dave Boland is making a return visit to The Discovery! This time he’s bringing some of his less colorful friends. Not to worry though, these reptiles exemplify the albino morph, a transformation that turns them into dazzling, nearly colorless examples of their species. Presented with support from the Meyer family and

Embrace the future at Social Science. Explore, interact, and investigate the robotic and drone technologies of the future including flight simulators, a drone dissection zone, Sumo Bots, humanoid robots Baxter and NAO, learn how virtual reality can help control wild fires, and much more. Programming presented in partnership with the Desert Research Institute (DRI), Nevada Advanced Autonomous Systems Innovation Center (NAASIC), and the Reno Robot Club. About Social Science Social Science is adults-only, brain building fun featuring intriguing science demos, clever art…

Put your DIY, or do-it-yourself, skills to the test in The Shop when you use real tools and materials to design, cut, drill, screw and nail your very own home for birds. 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 of real tools and materials 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 Spark!Lab Smithsonian to use a variety of provided materials to invent a new way to save your money. With summer on its way, you can use what you create to store your allowance or lemonade stand earnings!

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During “open build” take your pick of real tools and materials 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.

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During “open build” take your pick of real tools and materials 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.

Take your first circus steps and grow your circus superpowers with Vegetable Circus! Have fun learning circus skills like spinning plates and juggling. Vegetable Circus promotes the benefits of a healthy, active lifestyle and believes healthy eating habits can supercharge each individual to learn, grow and play to their full potential. Join the circus today!

Can you tell the difference between a lizard and a snake? Join herpetology expert Dave Boland for a hands-on look at a variety of animals from the reptile world and learn what makes each of them specially equipped for their environment. Presented with support from the Meyer family and

The Discovery will be open from 10:00am to 5:00pm on Memorial Day, Monday, May 30, 2016.

In The Shop, hands-on gets serious. During “open build” take your pick of real tools and materials 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.