Discovery Space is an interactive children's science museum designed to stimulate curiosity and spark imagination as children learn about the world around them. Families can learn and play together as they explore Discovery Space's ever changing exhibits. Explore how beavers live as you crawl through our Beaver Lodge. Encourage your youngest explorers to discover the fun to be had in the Nest. Or celebrate a birthday with special projects in the Studio.
The night sky is ever changing, and our scientific understanding of its phenomena is constantly evolving. ViewSpace is an internet-fed, self-updating exhibit from the Space Telescope Science Institute, home of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and its successor, the James Webb Space Telescope. It transforms the Discovery Space theater into an ever-changing kaleidoscope of inspiring and educational presentations of the latest and most beautiful in astronomy and space-based earth science.
Grab your tool kit and find out how archaeologists learn about the history of Polynesia by digging up artifacts. What is a poi pounder? How did Polynesians store water?
Use an aerial map of Centre County to locate your home. Use your geographic skills to find a few interesting spots to visit, and learn fun facts about Centre County.
At the edge of our forest is an enclosed area for the very young with fun games, music, and books to awaken young scientists and explorers.
Discover the secrets of our environment. Search for wildlife and uncover the mysteries of nature. Use your imagination and become a black bear, barn owl, or timber rattlesnake in our puppet theater. Make yourself at home in the beaver lodge and learn about the habitat of beavers.
Become a meteorologist for a day. Broadcast the weather and learn to use the “tools of the trade,” try to stop a flood, and learn to fly a plane!
Here you’ll find a variety of permanent and temporary hands-on interactive exhibits that explore the principles of physics, mathematics, electricity, and mechanics. Make a sailboat, then race it against a friend’s, see how a house you’ve built holds up in an earthquake, and snap together electrical parts to complete a circuit.
Explore the depths of our cave and learn about native Pennsylvania bats, and discovery why some rocks fluoresce and others don’t. After you’ve finished exploring the cave, learn about igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks.
