Discovery Room

What You'll See

Located on the first floor just past the Neville Theater, the bright and colorful Discovery Room delights young visitors and families with its array of hands-on learning experiences.

The Discovery Room was developed to provide a distinct area devoted entirely to hands-on history, science, and art activities for children as young as pre-school (although adults enjoy the activities, too!)

It showcases some of the interactive stations selected from prior exhibits produced at the Neville—like Culture Counts: People, Patterns, and Pi (π), and includes a series of 14 Discovery Baskets (each with a theme, such as insects, dinosaurs, or art) with props, books, toys, etc. plus instructional activity sheets.

The newest addition to the Discovery Room is the Dinosaur Mural—T-Rex: A New Generation. The mural was painted by local artist Amy Graff and donated by Marguerite Gardner. The mural depicts a mother T-Rex guarding her nest of eggs. Hands-on interactives such as a T-Rex footprint, claw and tooth accompany the mural.