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ACTON, MA – Discovery Museum will host its 3rd annual, grownups-only, “Treehouse Takeover” event in the Discovery Treehouse and Discovery Woods on Friday, June 14 from 6:30pm – 9:30pm.
Guests will enjoy food and drink from local restaurants; live music by The Keith Jacques Experience; and... READ MORE
Bid for Kids auction offers Patriots and Red Sox tickets, golf outings, weekend getaways, and more in support of access programs at the Museum
ACTON, MA - Discovery Museum kicked off its 9th annual Bid for Kids online auction fundraiser on Monday, May 6 at 8:30am at... READ MORE
from The Beacon
by Matt Mallio
Last March, the Discovery Museum, located at 177 Main St., opened its multi-million dollar renovated space to the public. Since then, according to museum officials, the number of museum memberships has more than doubled to about 4,500. The... READ MORE
Acton, MA – On March 1, 2018, the 36-year-old-yet-all-new Discovery Museum opened its doors to a waiting public, after completion of an $8.8M capital expansion and renovation that created a new, accessible, 16,000sf facility. A year later, on Saturday, March 2, more than 250 guests gathered at... READ MORE
Acton, MA – Discovery Museum has announced a $5,000 grant from the Foundation of MetroWest’s Youth in Philanthropy (YIP) program to support the Museum’s Especially for Me program. Especially for Me provides free events for families with children with an autism spectrum disorder... READ MORE
Discovery Museum is pleased to welcome Jose “Joey” A. Rivera and Xuan Kong to its Board of Directors.
Bank is funding the museum’s Community Gallery, a changing exhibit space for traveling exhibits, community events, and cultural presentations
Velocity Engineering Lab exhibit opened in the gallery on Saturday, January 12th... READ MORE
Learn about interactive discovery, why it's important for kids, and how it happens here at the museum. WICN's Steve D'Agostino interviews museum CEO Neil Gordon on "The Business Beat," aired Sunday, January 6th, 2019 on 90.5 WICN radio. Listen now to the 29-minute episode... READ MORE
Popular program offers free access for families of children with an autism spectrum disorder, who are deaf or hard of hearing, or are blind or visually impaired.
ACTON - Discovery Museum has announced 2019 dates of their Especially for Me series of free events for... READ MORE
Published in more than 25 languages, Reynolds’ books include "The Dot," "Ish," "The North Star," "Happy Dreamer," and most recently, "The Word Collector." He also illustrated the best-selling Judy Moody and Stink books, written by Megan McDonald.
Who: Peter H. Reynolds, New York Times... READ MORE
