Discovery Place
Kids love to explore and discover. It can be difficult to visit a new city and find things that will peak their interest, and keep their imaginations from wilting. When traveling to Charlotte, North Carolina, Discovery Place is the perfect hands -on experience for any child looking for adventure. I’m sure this fits the bill of any child’s perfect museum day.
The first things you will notice when you enter the museum are all the enticements you’ll find to touch and explore. The colors are bright, the objects are shiny, and are always at hands level. It’s very hard to find a “Do Not Touch” sign anywhere. There are bubbles being blown, ice cream being made, and hair standing on end by electric pulses. You can hears the laughs and squeals of delight as you explore all 3 levels.
Begin your adventure at Kids Place, if you have young ones 6 and under. Here they will find a place filled with interactive experiences that will entertain and educate. Small kids run from place to place laughing as they play their way into learning. They will spend hours at the water table, tree house, and toddler area, and learn about their senses, health, nature and dinosaurs.
When you continue on you will find the area where kids can learn about our living planet. They will learn about weather patterns, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Kids can even become a meteorologists and broadcast the weather on a TV screen. Discovery Place has an area where sea animals are only a touch away. Aquariums full of fish will capture your child’s attention as they search for Nemo. They can pet sting rays and other sea friends in a hands -on tidal pool.
When you move to the next floor you will discover that Charlotte has a rain forest. Yes, enclosed within the museum is an environment that will give you the experience of going deep into a tropical rainforest. With exotic plants and animals, children will learn how important the rainforest is to the health of the earth. The most popular exhibit at Discovery Place could be Einstein’s Corner. Here, kids will learn how to make frozen ice cream in minutes from liquid nitrogen. They may witness some exploding chemical reactions that will surprise and delight. The instructor volunteers always have time for questions, and they are very well informed on the science of chemistry. Your kids will find this to be one of their favorite parts. Who doesn’t love ice cream and load noises?!
If you visit Discovery Place before January 6, 2008, you can experience the traveling exhibit called Body Works. It an anatomical exhibit of real human bodies where you can observe human anatomy and physiology. The bodies are preserved through a process called plastination. From organs to whole bodies you can explore how the body works, and how the body ages. It’s extremely fascinating and will occupy your family’s imagination for hours.
Lunch and a movie? Don’t miss any of the Imax movies that are being shown in the Charlotte Observer Imax Dome at Discovery Place. With movies ranging from Polar Express (through the holidays), Sea Monsters, and the Human Body, it will be easy to find something everyone will agree on. The Imax Dome is always a smile maker. If you get hungry, mosey on over to the Discovery Place Café. With burgers to pizza you can feed even the most finicky eater. Save room for a frozen treat for dessert.
Need more information? Then you need to check out the website www.discoveryplace.org . This site is very informative and will allow you to purchase tickets to the special exhibits and Imax movies. So bring your children and your sense of adventure, follow the curious to Charlotte, North Carolina and enjoy a day at Discovery Place.
Robin Gardner
Editor at Large
North Carolina Tourist Guide - Charlotte, NC
The first things you will notice when you enter the museum are all the enticements you’ll find to touch and explore. The colors are bright, the objects are shiny, and are always at hands level. It’s very hard to find a “Do Not Touch” sign anywhere. There are bubbles being blown, ice cream being made, and hair standing on end by electric pulses. You can hears the laughs and squeals of delight as you explore all 3 levels.
Begin your adventure at Kids Place, if you have young ones 6 and under. Here they will find a place filled with interactive experiences that will entertain and educate. Small kids run from place to place laughing as they play their way into learning. They will spend hours at the water table, tree house, and toddler area, and learn about their senses, health, nature and dinosaurs.
When you continue on you will find the area where kids can learn about our living planet. They will learn about weather patterns, tornadoes, and hurricanes. Kids can even become a meteorologists and broadcast the weather on a TV screen. Discovery Place has an area where sea animals are only a touch away. Aquariums full of fish will capture your child’s attention as they search for Nemo. They can pet sting rays and other sea friends in a hands -on tidal pool.
When you move to the next floor you will discover that Charlotte has a rain forest. Yes, enclosed within the museum is an environment that will give you the experience of going deep into a tropical rainforest. With exotic plants and animals, children will learn how important the rainforest is to the health of the earth. The most popular exhibit at Discovery Place could be Einstein’s Corner. Here, kids will learn how to make frozen ice cream in minutes from liquid nitrogen. They may witness some exploding chemical reactions that will surprise and delight. The instructor volunteers always have time for questions, and they are very well informed on the science of chemistry. Your kids will find this to be one of their favorite parts. Who doesn’t love ice cream and load noises?!
If you visit Discovery Place before January 6, 2008, you can experience the traveling exhibit called Body Works. It an anatomical exhibit of real human bodies where you can observe human anatomy and physiology. The bodies are preserved through a process called plastination. From organs to whole bodies you can explore how the body works, and how the body ages. It’s extremely fascinating and will occupy your family’s imagination for hours.
Lunch and a movie? Don’t miss any of the Imax movies that are being shown in the Charlotte Observer Imax Dome at Discovery Place. With movies ranging from Polar Express (through the holidays), Sea Monsters, and the Human Body, it will be easy to find something everyone will agree on. The Imax Dome is always a smile maker. If you get hungry, mosey on over to the Discovery Place Café. With burgers to pizza you can feed even the most finicky eater. Save room for a frozen treat for dessert.
Need more information? Then you need to check out the website www.discoveryplace.org . This site is very informative and will allow you to purchase tickets to the special exhibits and Imax movies. So bring your children and your sense of adventure, follow the curious to Charlotte, North Carolina and enjoy a day at Discovery Place.
Robin Gardner
Editor at Large
North Carolina Tourist Guide - Charlotte, NC
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