The Discovery Museums
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The Discovery Museums is a children's museum in Acton, Massachusetts
, United States
. Established in 1982, the Children's Discovery Museum and the Science Discovery Museum share a 4.5 acres (18,210.9 m²) campus.
Water Table, Bessie's Play Diner, the Rainbow Room, the Safari Room, Sensations, S.S. Discover, and the Train Room. Former exhibits include the Chain Reaction Room, the Dinosaur Room, and Grandma's Attic.
The Science Discovery Museum permanent exhibits include Earth Science, Inventor's Workshop, Rubber Ball Music Wall, Sea of Clouds, and Solar Storms to Radio Waves.
designed by E. Verner Johnson & Associates. It has 8200 ft2 of floor space.
Acton, Massachusetts
Acton is a suburban town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States about twenty-one miles west-northwest of Boston along Route 2 west of Concord and about ten miles southwest of Lowell. The population was 21,924 at the 2010 census...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Established in 1982, the Children's Discovery Museum and the Science Discovery Museum share a 4.5 acres (18,210.9 m²) campus.
History
The Children's Discovery Museum was founded in 1982 by Donald B. Verger, a math teacher and naturalist. The Science Discovery Museum opened in 1988. An additional parcel that increased the campus size by half was purchased and a new master plan was commissioned in 2008.Permanent exhibits
The Children's Discovery Museum permanent exhibits include the Assabet RiverAssabet River
The Assabet River is a small river about west of Boston, Massachusetts. The river is long. The , headquartered in West Concord, Massachusetts, is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, protection, and enhancement of the natural and recreational features of the Assabet River and...
Water Table, Bessie's Play Diner, the Rainbow Room, the Safari Room, Sensations, S.S. Discover, and the Train Room. Former exhibits include the Chain Reaction Room, the Dinosaur Room, and Grandma's Attic.
The Science Discovery Museum permanent exhibits include Earth Science, Inventor's Workshop, Rubber Ball Music Wall, Sea of Clouds, and Solar Storms to Radio Waves.
Buildings
The Children's Discovery Museum is housed in a 3-story Victorian house, built in 1880, that has 3500 ft2 of floor space in ten rooms. The Science Discovery Museum is housed in a purpose-built postmodern buildingPostmodern architecture
Postmodern architecture began as an international style the first examples of which are generally cited as being from the 1950s, but did not become a movement until the late 1970s and continues to influence present-day architecture...
designed by E. Verner Johnson & Associates. It has 8200 ft2 of floor space.