Discovery Center Springfield

Did you know your foam birthday party can have scented foam? Today we tested our mango-scented bubbles, and it went great! The playground still smells like mangos. Book your foam birthday at discoverycenter.org/birthdays/

We want to give a giant thank you to Graddy Real Estate for presenting our newest exhibit, Graddy's Playhouse! Since 2004, Graddy Real Estate has proudly helped more than 5,100 families buy and sell homes across Springfield, Nixa, Ozark, Republic, and the greater Southwest Missouri area. Graddy Real Estate specializes in residential and commercial real estate, estate sales, out-of-state moves, new construction sales, first-time home buyers, townhomes, patio homes, condo sales, nightly rentals, and more. They have been a long-time supporter of the Discovery Center, and we couldn't be more excited to have them helping us with this amazing improvement to Discovery Town.

See Graddy's Playhouse when it opens on May 29 at 11:00 AM!

Happy International Bee Day! We did a hive check today, and our bees are doing well. We'd like to thank Joe Clayton Caperton and Thomas from Barking Dog Tattoo for helping assess our hive's health. We also want to thank The Bee Cause Project for funding our amazing observation hive! Happy Bee Day!

We are so proud to celebrate our first ever Discovery School at the Center high school graduate and our adorable Science Sprouts Discovery School Pre-K graduates!

Our high school grad Eliana joined us in 8th grade as a quiet, introverted student still figuring out where she fit in the world. Over the years, we’ve had the privilege of watching her grow into a kind, confident, and inspiring young mind whose peers look up to her and whose impact can be felt throughout our school community. Beyond being a student, she has helped shape the experiences of our youngest learners through her part-time work with aftercare and after-school clubs. Seeing little ones light up when she walks into the room says everything about the compassion, patience, and leadership she carries with her every day.

At the same time, watching our curious, creative, and energetic Sprouts grow into their little lab coats over the past few years has been such a joy. They’ve asked big questions, made big discoveries, and become more curious and ready to become the next generation of problem solvers. Now they’re more than ready for their next adventure in kindergarten, and we hope one day we’ll be cheering them on at their own high school graduations too.

Being part of a student’s journey from early childhood all the way through high school is something incredibly special. Moments like this remind us exactly why we do what we do.

To all of our graduates: keep exploring, keep questioning, and keep discovering. We can’t wait to see where your journey takes you next!



Shout out to Sacred Photography for our Sprouts photo and Rebekkah A Images for our high school grad photo

We can't wait for you all to see this historic carpet in our building!