You’ve got nine more days to “Discover the Real George Washington.” That’s because the traveling exhibit is scheduled to end its three-year, cross-country tour May 19 at the Discovery Children’s Museum, 360 Promenade Place. You can hail the chief from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and […]

The brand new Discovery Children’s Museum is a must-see on your next trip to Las Vegas. Re-opened at The Smith Center in Downtown Las Vegas, the Discovery Children’s Museum now has over 23,000 square feet of space and 3-floors full of awesomely cool exhibits that will keep little ones up to the early ‘tween-agers engaged […]

Over spring break a few Recess co-founders rounded up all our collective kids and headed out to the new Discovery Children’s Museum. I was adamant to keep our schedules as full as possible this time around. In retrospect, maybe not the best idea to visit the BRAND NEW CHILDREN’S MUSEUM a week after it open […]

Making our first trip to the new Discovery Children’s Museum in Downtown Vegas during Spring Break probably wasn’t our finest decision. But, in retrospective, we’re thankful for the 20 minutes lined up outside its facade for the moments of stillness it provided. As, once we paid our way and had our hands stamped with Oh […]

Approximately 60 original objects associated with George Washington – including the only surviving complete set of his famous dentures – are on display at DISCOVERY Children’s Museum in the Discover the Real George Washington: New Views from Mount Vernon. The exhibition, which runs through May 19, 2013 goes beyond the iconic image on the dollar […]

Check out the video from Grand Opening Day, March 9, 2013.

With a new Las Vegas location at Symphony Park and new name (it was formally Lied Discovery Children’s Museum), RECESS has high hopes for the Downtown revitalization project!  The new Discovery Children’s Museum is located in the historic Cultural Corridor in Downtown Las Vegas, and I couldn’t be more excited to spend the day there […]

What kid doesn’t want science, art and culture served up with a side of sensory overload? From the very wet “Waterworld” exhibit placed dubiously close to the front entrance, to three generously appointed floors filled with interactive and educational games for kids of all ages, the Discovery Children’s Museum — formerly the Lied Discovery Museum, […]

Clockwise from top, Tessa Maddox plays in the Water World exhibit inside the Discovery children’s Museum during a VIP preview of the 360 Promenade Place facility March 1. Miss Nevada’s Outstanding Teen Ellie Smith plays inside the museum. maddox Mixer experiments with an air tower in the museum. The facility opened to the public March […]