Museum of Discovery

09/03/2026

This tinkering stuff is serious business. 😎🛠️

Tinkerfest is coming to the Museum of Discovery on September 12, and you won’t want to miss it!

Join us for a full day of hands-on activities and creative challenges that will inspire you to build, experiment, invent, and explore. Bring your curiosity. Bring your creativity. And get ready to make something amazing! ✨

📅 September 12
⏰ 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
🎟️ $15 adults | $13 children
🙌 Museum members get in FREE!

09/02/2026

Our first Day Camp of the year is this Monday! 9/7 from 8am-5pm. 🤓💡

Our hands-on, themed camps are packed with excitement and designed with kids in mind, making them the highlight of any camper’s summer, so why stop there? Each of our day camps is filled with engaging experiments, creative crafts, lively showtimes, museum exploration, and plenty of outdoor play.

Cost per day camp: $85 member/ $95 non-member. Register on our website museumofdiscovery.org

09/01/2026

Tinkerfest is your chance to try something new! 🔨⚙️🎨

On September 12, the Museum of Discovery will be packed with hands-on activities designed to get you building, creating, experimenting, and thinking outside the box. We are grateful to have Baldwin & Shell Construction back as a Tinkefest sponsor this year!

🗓️ September 12
⏰ 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
📍 Museum of Discovery
🎟️ $15 adults | $13 children | Members get in free!

08/31/2026

If you like to learn by doing rather than watching, you won’t want to miss this annual event for the whole family.

08/28/2026

What can you create? 🤔

Find out at Tinkerfest! Join us September 12 for a day dedicated to creativity, curiosity, experimentation, and hands-on fun.

From building and making to exploring and experimenting, Tinkerfest encourages guests of all ages to think, create, and discover something new.

🔧 Tinkerfest
📅 September 12 | 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
📍 Museum of Discovery
🎟️ $15 adults | $13 children
✨Museum Members get in Free!

08/25/2026

📣 MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 📣

Tinkerfest returns to the Museum of Discovery on September 12! 🛠️

Spend the day exploring hands-on activities, meeting makers, experimenting with new ideas, and discovering what you can create when curiosity takes over.

🗓️ September 12 | 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
🎟️ Tickets: $15 adults | $13 children
✨ Museum members get in free!

08/21/2026

Membership has its perks!

Last week, we had the pleasure of hosting the Watkins family for a special Magnified Member Experience! 🔎

The Watkins have been valued Museum members since 2021, and their visit was packed with hands-on fun! They got up close with three of our Animal Ambassadors, unleashed their inner scientists, and even helped with some of our science demonstrations!

We’re so grateful for our members like the Watkins family. We love giving our members opportunities to experience the Museum in a whole new way! 🧡💙

08/21/2026

08/20/2026

As our museum heads into our 100 year, it is great to hear from our community how we have evolved with them! Thank you Dr. Jennifer Ballard for speaking to your experience with the Museum of Discovery (known as the Arkansas Museum of Natural History from 1964-1998) and how your family still enjoys it today.

Dr. Jenn Ballard took several trips to the Arkansas Museum of Science and Natural History.

"That was kind of the predecessor of the Museum of Discovery," she explains. "It evolved over time, but I remember going there as a child. It was one of my family's favorite places to go."

Read more at the link in the comments.