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Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 8, Discovery Place will be open: Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday: 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday: noon – 5 p.m. Currently undergoing a $31.6 million... more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Discovery Place appointed seven new board members to the Museum’s board of trustees. They include Jeanne Brayboy, William Clyde, Ph.D. of Queens University of Charlotte, Suzanne Freeman of... more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- As Discovery Place enters the most intensive phase of renovation, the Museum is implementing a limited-time, price reduction on general admission. Admission to Discovery Place is $7 per person for visitors... more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Guests can dive into the world of underwater exploration when SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure drops anchor at Discovery Place on Saturday, July 4. The Museum’s newest exhibition comes directly from... more

Effective Tuesday, May 26, admission prices to Charlotte Nature Museum will increase to $6.00 for general admission. “The operating costs of the Museum have increased which impacts our ability to continue to provide... more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Speedway Children’s Charities (SCC) will donate $200,000 to Discovery Place KIDS-Huntersville in sponsorship of the I Can Move area of the children’s museum set to open in... more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Did you know that the average fresh food item on your dinner table travels 1,500 miles to get there? And that eating locally helps fight global warming? Or that by using a recycled-handle toothbrush,... more

Discovery Place, one of the top hands-on science museums in the nation, today released the Museum’s tourism economic impact figures for the recent exhibition, A Day in Pompeii. The total tourism economic impact,... more