About Us

Come experience unique hands-on exhibits, classes, and programs that stimulate your imagination and curiosity. A visit to the Children's Discovery Museum located in Uptown Normal, Illinois creates a sense of wonder that excites the love of learning in children of all ages.

The Children's Discovery Museum is a different kind of museum -- where touching the exhibits is actually encouraged. The exhibits are designed for kids of any age to touch, climb on, climb into, and even take apart and put back together. It's a liberty kids are seldom afforded in a museum -- or anywhere else!

And there's more to the Museum than just exhibits. Click on the links to the above to learn about birthday parties, field trips, educational programming, and more.

Our Mission

The mission of the Children's Discovery Museum is to inspire the love of learning through the power of play.

Our mission is accomplished by providing hands-on exhibits, classes, and programs that actively engage the visitor in experiences that stimulate imagination, curiosity, and wonder.

Visit the History Page for information on our history.

The Children's Discovery Museum's values:
• A safe, fun, inclusive and engaging environment.
• Variety of learning experiences that address all learning styles.
• Flexibility of thought, and adaptability of behaviors, to allow for meeting individual needs and wishes.
• A powerful play experience, and a passionate staff, to assist in the development of the whole child surrounded by healthy relationships, healthy families and a healthy community.

The Museum building itself was built with the health of its visitors and employees in mind. The Children's Discovery Museum was the first children’s museum in the country to achieve LEED Certification.