A LAUNCHPAD

FOR SCHOLASTIC

ACHIEVEMENT

OPENING

APRIL 2026

WEDNESDAY - SUNDAY

10AM - 5PM

Admittance

$10

Under 12 Months: Free

A Journey

through

Imagination

Interactive Learning Zones

Exhibits

Step into a place where curiosity leads the way and learning feels like an adventure. At the Discover! Children’s Museum, kids can create, build, and explore through interactive exhibits designed for touching, playing, and discovering. Every visit fuels imagination, builds confidence, and inspires kids to ask, “When can we come back?”

Green Screen Studio

In the Green Screen Studio, children can step into exciting new worlds and create their own stories using digital media magic. This interactive experience encourages creativity, storytelling, and confidence while introducing kids to modern media technology and visual arts.

Dinosaur Discovery Zone

Step into the role of a paleontologist at the Dinosaur Discovery Zone, where kids can uncover fossil replicas hidden beneath sensory materials. As young explorers carefully excavate their discoveries, they practice observation, patience, and problem-solving while learning about prehistoric life and how scientists study the past.

Interactive Floor Projector

Jump, stomp, and watch the floor come alive! The Interactive Floor Projector responds to children’s movements with bursts of color and light, creating a playful environment where kids build coordination, balance, and cause-and-effect understanding while staying active and engaged.

The Discover! Lab

Future scientists will love exploring the The Discover! Lab, where they can investigate specimens with magnifying glasses and microscopes. This hands-on space encourages curiosity about the natural world while helping children develop observation skills and learn how scientists explore and classify what they discover.

Tracks & Transportation

All aboard! At Tracks & Transportation, children can send trains rolling along a winding track through tunnels, bridges, and busy stops along the way. As they guide trains through the railway and imagine where each journey leads, kids explore how transportation helps people and goods travel from place to place. This hands-on play encourages storytelling, cooperation, and curiosity while helping children develop coordination, creativity.

Illumination Station

The Illumination Station lets kids create glowing masterpieces using colorful pegs on illuminated panels. As they design patterns and pictures, children explore color, creativity, and pattern recognition while strengthening hand-eye coordination and fine motor skills.

Animal Care Center

Animal lovers will feel right at home in the Animal Care Center, where kids can care for plush animal patients using tools like an exam table, X-ray light board, and play sink. As they diagnose and treat their furry friends, children develop empathy and communication skills while learning about animal health and basic biology.

The Market Place

At The Market Place, kids can shop, sort groceries, and ring up purchases just like in a real store. This imaginative space helps children practice counting, sorting, and early money skills while building confidence, independence, and social skills through role-playing and teamwork.

The Music Room

The Music Room fills the museum with sound and rhythm as kids experiment with instruments from around the world, including drums, piano, and xylophones. Making music helps children build memory, pattern recognition, and listening skills while encouraging creativity and cultural exploration.

Toddler Woodlands

Our cozy Toddler Woodlands  is designed especially for our littlest explorers (ages 0–3). In this safe and colorful space, babies and toddlers can crawl, stack, sort, and discover through play with soft building blocks, puzzles, sensory toys, and early learning activities. As children explore, they build confidence, coordination, language skills, and social connections while caregivers join in the fun and strengthen those early bonding moments.

Brick Builders

In Brick Builders, kids can let their imaginations run wild as they design and construct creations using colorful LEGO® bricks. Whether building towering cities, speedy vehicles, or something entirely new, children can experiment, invent, and bring their ideas to life one brick at a time. As they build, kids strengthen problem-solving skills, spatial reasoning, and creativity while practicing patience and collaboration with friends and family.

Birthday Parties & Rentals

Celebrate at Discover!

Looking for a unique place to celebrate? We offer rentals for family celebrations, homeschool groups, and of course – birthday parties, complete with hands-on exhibits and unforgettable interactive fun.

Our party packages include:

  • Museum admission up to 16 guests

  • Private party room access

  • Kitchen / sink in-room
  • Tables / 16 chairs


COMING SOON!

Reservations

Visit Us

Wednesday - Sunday

10 am - 5 pm

Last admission at 4:15PM

Closed Mondays, Tuesdays & all federal holidays

Adults & Children (12 months+)

$10.00

Children under 12 months: Free

Address

415 N Pearl Street
Centralia, WA 98531

Parking

Street parking is available daily. Additional parking is available in the Bethel Church parking lot, except on Sundays.

Located on the south end of the Bezos Learning Center 

plan your visit

Amenities

Free parking


Hydration station

Free Wi-Fi throughout the museum


Become a Member of

Discover!

Discover! offers annual memberships so families can enjoy the Museum year-round! Become a member online or at the Museum’s front desk. All memberships and gift cards purchased online are delivered digitally to the email provided at checkout.

  • Unlimited free admission for a full year
  • 10% off all party rentals

$84

Annual Family Membership
for 2 People

Membership covers one adult and one child (ages 0-17) living in the same household.  Add an additional member for $25 each.

Become a Member

COMING SOON!

$168

Annual Family Membership
for 4+ People

Membership covers two adults and two children (ages 0-17) living in the same household.  Add up to four additional members for $25 each.

Become a Member

COMING SOON!

  • Memberships may not be used for school group visits. All memberships and gift cards are non-refundable.

What's New

Name the Discover! Dinosaurs

February 24, 2026

Everyone needs a name, right? And right now at Discover!, we have three dinosaurs who are still waiting for theirs!

Meet our newest prehistoric friends at the Museum and help us decide what names truly match their big, bold, dino-sized personalities. Are they fierce? Silly? Adventurous? Gentle giants? You tell us!

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