Lied Discovery Children's Museum, Interactive children's museum in Downtown Las Vegas, United States

DISCOVERY Children's Museum occupies a 58,000-square-foot, three-story building next to The Smith Center in downtown Las Vegas. It was formerly called Lied Discovery Children's Museum and opened in its Symphony Park home on March 9, 2013. Exhibits are hands-on, with stations children operate themselves rather than screens.

The institution was founded in 1984 through collaboration between the Junior League of Las Vegas and the Allied Arts Council. It opened to the public in September 1990 and has grown into a major educational center.

The museum welcomes 250,000 visitors annually, offering educational programs that integrate science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics through hands-on activities.

The museum sits next to the Smith Center and is fully wheelchair accessible for all visitors. You can find detailed information about planning your visit and facility features on the website discoverykidslv.org.

The museum's name changed with its move: the Lied Discovery Children's Museum opened in the 1990 Las Vegas-Clark County Library building, and the renamed DISCOVERY Children's Museum opened on March 9, 2013, in the Donald W. Reynolds Discovery Center in Symphony Park. The $50 million project drew $43 million from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation, with the museum raising the remaining $7 million.