Please join us at a Building Discovery Listening Session! We need your opinions as we plan our museum expansion breaking ground this fall. Adults will share input in a traditional focus group format while children are invited to draw, sculpt, create and imagine. Sessions will be held in the Discovery Center Program Room on Thursday, July 18 at 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 23 at 3 p.m. and Wednesday, July 24 at 10 a.m.
Building Discovery Listening Session
Please join us at a Building Discovery Listening Session! We need your opinions as we plan our museum expansion breaking ground this fall. Adults will share input in a traditional focus group format while children are invited to draw, sculpt, create and imagine. Sessions will be held in the Discovery Center Program Room on Thursday, July 18 at 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 23 at 3 p.m. and Wednesday, July 24 at 10 a.m.
Building Discovery Listening Session
Please join us at a Building Discovery Listening Session! We need your opinions as we plan our museum expansion breaking ground this fall. Adults will share input in a traditional focus group format while children are invited to draw, sculpt, create and imagine. Sessions will be held in the Discovery Center Program Room on Thursday, July 18 at 6 p.m., Tuesday, July 23 at 3 p.m. and Wednesday, July 24 at 10 a.m.
Nature Art with Muvane Museum Mobile Art Lab
Join the Mulvane Museum’s mobile Art Lab at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, July 19th for STEAM-inspired art projects on the patio at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center! Explore nature painting by using paintbrushes made from things found in most backyards, or make leaf and flower prints using natural pigment. Get inspired by the many artful patterns and colors already existing in nature. All sessions lead by Stacy Ash, Art Education Coordinator for the Mulvane Art Museum.
Regular admission applies, which is $9 for children and adults, $8 for seniors, and free for infants under 12 months and Discovery Center members. Admission also lets you play all day at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center with over 15,000 square feet of indoor educational exhibits exploring science, careers, art, building and more, plus a 4.5 acre certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom.
Check out https://kansasdiscovery.org/events/ for more serious fun!
Nature Art with Muvane Museum Mobile Art Lab
Join the Mulvane Museum’s mobile Art Lab at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, July 19th for STEAM-inspired art projects on the patio at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center! Explore nature painting by using paintbrushes made from things found in most backyards, or make leaf and flower prints using natural pigment. Get inspired by the many artful patterns and colors already existing in nature. All sessions lead by Stacy Ash, Art Education Coordinator for the Mulvane Art Museum.
Regular admission applies, which is $9 for children and adults, $8 for seniors, and free for infants under 12 months and Discovery Center members. Admission also lets you play all day at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center with over 15,000 square feet of indoor educational exhibits exploring science, careers, art, building and more, plus a 4.5 acre certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom.
Check out https://kansasdiscovery.org/events/ for more serious fun!
July 3 Early Independence Day Celebration!
Join us for an early Independence Day celebration on Wednesday, July 3 at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center! March along in our musical Independence Day Parade at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
Admission for all retired and active duty military personnel and their dependent family members is free on July 3 courtesy of our friends at BriggsAuto.com. We’re celebrating another year of support for the BriggsAuto.com military discount that saves 10% on admission for military families everyday. The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3 but is closed on Thursday, July 4.
Regular admission applies, which is $9 for children and adults, $8 for seniors, and free for infants under 12 months and Discovery Center members. Admission also lets you play all day at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center with over 15,000 square feet of indoor educational exhibits exploring science, careers, art, building and more, plus a 4.5 acre certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom.
Storytime with Author Dayonne Richardson
Join us for a storytime and visit with Kansas City-based children’s author Dayonne Richardson on Saturday, August 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center.
Dayonne Richardson is a local children’s book author and educator. Since 2020, she has released two children’s books: “I Told the Storm” and “Our Gift Grace”. Following the release of both children’s books she has gone on to create the accompanying book characters Emry & Grace plushies. As an enthusiastic business owner of Mirror Mirror Books LLC her desire is that her readers will always see themselves in anything she writes or creates. She understands the mirror matters!
This activity will take place inside Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books, an exhibit in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. The exhibit delves into the events, people, and themes of the civil rights movement through children’s literature and will be open at the museum until August 11, 2024.
Regular admission applies, which is $9 for children and adults, $8 for seniors, and free for infants under 12 months and Discovery Center members. Admission also lets you play all day at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center with over 15,000 square feet of indoor educational exhibits exploring science, careers, art, building and more, plus a 4.5 acre certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom.
Check out https://kansasdiscovery.org/events/ for more events.
Juneteenth Celebration
We’re celebrating Juneteenth at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 19. At 1 p.m., Daisy Karimi will read The Juneteenth Story: Celebrating the End of Slavery in the United States by Alliah L. Agostini, illustrated by Sawyer Cloud. At 2 p.m., local artist Dané Shobe will lead a children’s illustration workshop. Both activities will take place inside Picture the Dream: The Story of the Civil Rights Movement through Children’s Books, an exhibit in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. The exhibit delves into the events, people, and themes of the civil rights movement through children’s literature and will be open at the museum until August 11, 2024.
That morning, please consider attending the 4th Annual Juneteenth Freedom Day Parade starting at 11 a.m. in downtown Topeka. Get full details of the parade and more fantastic family Juneteenth events at http://www.tffjc.org/
Regular admission applies, which is $9 for children and adults, $8 for seniors, and free for infants under 12 months and Discovery Center members. Admission also lets you play all day at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center with over 15,000 square feet of indoor educational exhibits exploring science, careers, art, building and more, plus a 4.5 acre certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom.
Check out https://kansasdiscovery.org/events/ for more serious fun!
Chalk Paint with Muvane Museum Mobile Art Lab
Join the Mulvane Museum’s mobile Art Lab at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, June 14 for STEAM-inspired art projects on the patio at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center! Make your own chalk paint from safe household items and create beautiful abstract contour drawings on the concrete inspired by Rita Blitt images. All sessions lead by Stacy Ash, Art Education Coordinator for the Mulvane Art Museum.
Regular admission applies, which is $9 for children and adults, $8 for seniors, and free for infants under 12 months and Discovery Center members. Admission also lets you play all day at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center with over 15,000 square feet of indoor educational exhibits exploring science, careers, art, building and more, plus a 4.5 acre certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom.
Check out https://kansasdiscovery.org/events/ for more serious fun!
Chalk Paint with Muvane Museum Mobile Art Lab
Join the Mulvane Museum’s mobile Art Lab at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Friday, June 14 for STEAM-inspired art projects on the patio at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center! Make your own chalk paint from safe household items and create beautiful abstract contour drawings on the concrete inspired by Rita Blitt images. All sessions lead by Stacy Ash, Art Education Coordinator for the Mulvane Art Museum.
Regular admission applies, which is $9 for children and adults, $8 for seniors, and free for infants under 12 months and Discovery Center members. Admission also lets you play all day at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center with over 15,000 square feet of indoor educational exhibits exploring science, careers, art, building and more, plus a 4.5 acre certified Nature Explore Outdoor Classroom.
Check out https://kansasdiscovery.org/events/ for more serious fun!