Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center

Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center Learning Through Play, Every Day in Every Way — at Clinton, Iowa’s Children’s Museum! and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown.

The Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center, an independent children's museum in Clinton, Iowa, is a non profit 501(c)(3) organization in existence since 1993. It was founded to honor Felix Adler, a native to Clinton and a famous Ringling Bros. The Discovery Center is run by professional staff and hundreds of volunteers. They depend on support through charitable contributions and sponsorships. Gen

erous donors provide the critical funding to ensure the children’s museum meets its mission to offer all children and their families educational programs, hands-on exhibits, and special community events.

Not only do we have Funtime Friday & Saturday this weekend, we also have two outreach events as well!On Sunday, June 7, ...
06/01/2026

Not only do we have Funtime Friday & Saturday this weekend, we also have two outreach events as well!

On Sunday, June 7, join us as we have 🙂TWO Discovery Center "On The Go!" events -
1.) ⚾️From 1:30 to 3:30 PM, we'll be at NelsonCorp Field providing free balloon art and armpainting during the Clinton LumberKings baseball game.

2.) 🎶From 5:30 to 7:30 PM, join us at the Riverview Park Bandshell for the Clinton Symphony Orchestra Pops Concert. Before the concert and during intermission, we'll have instruments on hand to play and try

Come enjoy all of the fun happening in Clinton!




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Come and join our awesome friend and Discovery Center volunteer Junior Miss Clinton County 2026 - Mackie Malli, as she t...
06/01/2026

Come and join our awesome friend and Discovery Center volunteer Junior Miss Clinton County 2026 - Mackie Malli, as she teaches us about the importance of our vision.

Funtime Friday & Saturday is a weekly program held at the Discovery Center, and is free with regular museum admission. For upcoming program themes, please check under the "Events" tab on our page, along with our website under "Programs & Special Events."




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Super duper fun at Clinton LumberKings stadium today as Discovery Center 🎈brought balloon art and 🎨arm painting! We even...
06/01/2026

Super duper fun at Clinton LumberKings stadium today as Discovery Center 🎈brought balloon art and 🎨arm painting! We even got to hang out with the GM himself!🙂👍 DC will be "On The Go" @ Clinton LumberKings every Sunday home game⚾️😃⚾️😃⚾️




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It was matching 🎨arm painting day at the Discovery Center! ❤️🤍💙 What a fun birthday party🎂 Downtown Clinton, IowaVisit...
05/30/2026

It was matching 🎨arm painting day at the Discovery Center! ❤️🤍💙 What a fun birthday party🎂



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It's time to make some live music for this week's Funtime Friday & Saturday!Our awesome friend Jenny Doyle, who is also ...
05/26/2026

It's time to make some live music for this week's Funtime Friday & Saturday!

Our awesome friend Jenny Doyle, who is also a local musician, will be here to teach us the ways of music. And, we'll have some instruments on hand to play with.

Funtime Friday & Saturday is a weekly program held at the Discovery Center, and is free with regular museum admission. For upcoming program themes, please check under the "Events" tab on our page.

Address

332 8th Avenue S
Clinton, IA
52732

Opening Hours

Wednesday 12:30pm - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Telephone

+15632433600

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