It’s Maker Space Spring Break at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center! Join us from Monday, March 11 to Saturday, March 16 for daily maker space activities. Discover pop-up surprises all week including food trucks, sensory play, and dance parties! Also check out the nationally traveling XOXO: An Exhibit About Love & Forgiveness to explore feelings through facial expressions, words, movement, art, and other hands-on activities.
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 and special space for babies and toddlers to explore.
Visit out https://kansasdiscovery.org/events/ for more events.
Visual artists Aisha Imani Sanaa and Vivian Bluett are designing an art image that highlights unity, community, change, and a better future for children and families. This image will be transformed into an interactive wall-sized puzzle as part of our summer exhibit honoring the 70th Anniversary Brown vs. Board of Education.
Want to get involved and share your thoughts?!
Stop by the artists’ design ideation station at the Discovery Center on Thursday, March 7th from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tell the artists what future you dream of and want to live in. Share your thoughts about equity and unity in our community! The artists want the installation design to reflect the thoughts, hopes and ideas of local youth.
Regular admission applies, which is $9 for children and adults, $8 for seniors, and free for infants under 12 months and Discovery Center members. Museums for All admission for families receiving WIC or EBT is $3 for children and adults up to four people. 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 and special space for babies and toddlers to explore.
Visit out https://kansasdiscovery.org/events/ for more events.
Work and play with real engineers from Bartlett & West at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center on Saturday, February, 24. The engineers will guide small scientists in a tallest tower compention from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The sky’s the limit as you compete against others to build the tallest skyscraper from wooden KEVA Planks. Can you break the Discovery Center record of 11.25 feet? This program is part of National Engineers Week at the Discovery Center! It’s a week that’s sure to spark little minds and gear them up for learning and fun.
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!
Work and play with real engineers from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center on Friday, February, 23. The engineers will guide small scientists through Code & Go Robot Mouse programming and process engineer relays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This program is part of National Engineers Week at the Discovery Center! It’s a week that’s sure to spark little minds and gear them up for learning and fun.
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!
Work and play with real engineers from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center on Friday, February, 23. The engineers will guide small scientists through Code & Go Robot Mouse programming and process engineer relays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This program is part of National Engineers Week at the Discovery Center! It’s a week that’s sure to spark little minds and gear them up for learning and fun.
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!
Build, roll, engineer! Build a roller coaster at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center on Tuesday, February 20 at 10 a.m. Design your own roller coaster using special track and support structures. Send a wooden ball speeding and looping, but be sure to stay on track! This program is part of National Engineers Week at the Discovery Center! It’s a week that’s sure to spark little minds and gear them up for learning and fun.
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!
Every act of kindness connects us to others. Join us at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center on Saturday, February 17 at 10 a.m. to construct a kindness chain as a beautiful representation of kindness. Add a kind word, thought or deed and see our chain grow!
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!
Every act of kindness connects us to others. Join us at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center on Friday, February 16 at 10 a.m. to construct a kindness chain as a beautiful representation of kindness. Add a kind word, thought or deed and see our chain grow!
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!
Join us to make sweetheart slime with your valentine as part of weekly sensory playtime at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center on Wednesday. February 14 at 10 a.m. with Erin Forstein. Sensory playtime is designed for children learning to use their senses to play, explore, create, and investigate.
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!
Do you love collages? So do we! Use a variety of materials to make a red collage at the Kansas Children’s Discovery Center on Tuesday, February 13 at 10 a.m.
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!
