Come and create, explore, design, and innovate! Whether you are trying something new or expanding on your skills, you'll be a hands-on participant when you take part in one of our exciting programs.
Purchase and make your reservations online now for Discovery World’s featured Events and Programs (see below)! Please see our full list of current programs.
For reservations or more information please call 414.765.8625 or email reservations@discoveryworld.org. All programs are subject to change or cancellation without advanced notice.
May 15 | 5:30pm - 9pm
Members Night!
Join Discovery World as we partner with the Milwaukee Art Museum for our next Members Night on Thursday, May 15th, 2008!
Just announced! Ira Flatow, author and radio host of Talk of the Nation – Science Friday, heard each week on 90.7 WHAD-FM, will be giving a special lecture Catalysts of Creativity – From Movie Stars to Michael Jackson, in the Pilot House. Be sure to check the weekly eNewsletter for more details and registration information.
- Members will receive FREE* parking at Discovery World and dual admission to both museums for the evening.
- Activities include a fish feeding in the aquarium tanks, behind-the-scenes tours of our aquariums, film preview, activity tables, special labs, live presentations in the Innovation Theater, gift shop raffle, double member discount (20% off) in the Gift Shop, and more!
- Sign up a New Member on May 15th and not only will that party be able to participate in the evening, but YOU will receive a FREE parking pass to use at a future visit!
- 10% discount on New Memberships. 15% off for Milwaukee Art Museum members.
*while spaces remain available
May 6 & May 13 | 6pm - 8pm
Graphic Design Seminar
In this seminar you will learn the fundamentals and basics of graphic design. You'll learn specific skills in color theory, composition, typography and page layout. Learn how to critique design in a professional way. This seminar is designed to give you a basic understanding of graphic design and help you start to develop the skills needed to be a graphic designer.
REQUIREMENTS: No knowledge required
May 3 | 4pm
scouts program- webelos engineer activity
You will visit a site currently under construction in our facility, construct a simple electrical circuit, build a catapult and more during this two hour workshop.
*Fulfills most of the Engineer requirements
*Discovery World does not provide actual badge
May 9 | 7pm - 7am
Sleep-In Program
Join us for one of the final sleepovers of the season! Our sleep-ins combine interactive programs and hands-on activities with an action-packed museum visit. Discovery World is yours to explore all night long!
May 17 | 4pm
build a backyard weather station
Using everyday materials, build a set of devices for measuring elements like rainfall, windspeed and pressure. Record your data, track patterns and changes, and be your home's own meteorologist.
Saturdays & Sundays in May | 11:30am
Inland Seas
Join us for this UW-Milwaukee Great Lakes WATER Institute's film.
Tap into the science behind Wisconsin's water-use issues! This short film, written and produced by UWM Great Lakes WATER Institute scientist Rebecca Klaper and filmed by Matt Radcliff, explains everything from aquifers to watersheds, and how they relate to water use in Wisconsin and the proposed Great Lakes Compact.
Showings are open to the public.
May | 11am & 2:30pm
coming to Milwaukee
Every 2 weeks begins a new part of the series.
- Coming to Milwaukee
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April 22 - May 4
- Working in Milwaukee
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May 6 - May 18
- The Best of Times and The Worst of Times
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May 20 - June 8
- Milwaukee in War and Peace and Modern Milwaukee
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June 10 - June 22
All show times are at 11am & 2:30pm daily
April 18 - May 19
Centennial: Steaming through the American Century
Photographs of the S.S. St. Marys Challenger by Christopher Winters
Discovery World staff photographer, Chris Winters, spent five years creating a vivid record of life aboard S.S. St. Mary’s Challenger as she approached the centennial anniversary of her maiden voyage in 2006. A frequent visitor to Milwaukee’s harbor and reportedly the oldest operational freight ship in the world, the Challenger began her remarkable fresh water career on the Great Lakes on April 28, 1906—six years before the launch of the R.M.S. Titanic. Granted unprecedented access to the vessel by her owners, Winters set off on a personal quest to record an old way of life in a new way by focusing revolutionary digital cameras on this revolutionary machine from another century. The photographer and curators at Discovery World have selected a cross-section of definitive images from the Centennial project and its accompanying hardcover book for this show of large-format gallery prints.
Chris Winters is a Milwaukee-based photojournalist specializing in Great Lakes maritime subjects. Smitten with the lore of lake boats and the mythology surrounding the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Winters is a veteran wreck diver, dynamic lecturer on Great Lakes shipwreck history, and a frequent contributor to Great Lakes Seaway Review magazine. His documentary artwork and photography have been exhibited in museums and galleries throughout the region.
FREE to public. Display on Promenade.
May 6 | Noon - 4:30pm
2008 Mother Earth Water Walk
Connecting, Respecting and Protecting our Great Lakes
Who are the Water Walkers?
Led by Mrs. Josphine Mandamin, the lead Water Walk Grandmother and an Ojibwe Quay from the Wikwemikong unceded Indian Reserve on Manitoulin Island in Lake Huron, the Water Walkers are those who are raising awareness about the importance of protecting our sacred water for future generations.
Protecting the Great Lakes one Step at a Time
To demonstrate dedication to protecting our waters, Mrs. Mandamin has organized walks around the perimeters of the Great Lakes each year from 2003-2007.
In 2008, she and her companion Water Walkers will complete the circumnavigation of the entire Great Lakes.
The Event
Discovery World invites you to join others from the Milwaukee community, including students and their teachers from the Indian Community School and Spotted Eagle High School, in welcoming Mrs. Mandamin and the Water Walkers to Milwaukee, and to take part in protecting, respecting and protecting our Great Lakes.
Agenda
Noon
Check in
12:30pm
Opening Circle: Indian Community School student film and performance of a traditional water song.
1:00pm -2:00pm
Mrs. Josephine Mandamin talk and water ceremony.
2:00pm - 2:30pm
Send off of the Water Walkers.
2:30pm - 3:30pm
Reflection Circle: What it means to claim ownership and accept responsibility for the water.
3:30pm - 4:30pm
Closing Circle: Share information, ideas and identify “Next Steps.”
Click here to download information now!
This event if FREE and open to the public.
Regular admission fees apply if visiting all of Discovery World.
May 7 | 9:30am - 4pm
HOMESCHOOL DAY
It's time again! We are geared up to entertain and educate you on the exciting side of science and technology.
Your family will participate in labs, shows, and other activities with other homeschooling families. It's a great opportunity for you to meet other parents who choose to homeschool. Kids will have a great time interacting with others as they participate in educational and fun activities.
Click here to download a full brochure with registration form.
June 13 - 15 |
9:30am - 4:30pm
distant mirror-
lost neighborhood
Did you know that Milwaukee's Juneau Park was once a neighborhood before the 1880s?
Join us for a three-day mini-course to discover a lost neighborhood in downtown Milwaukee using noninvasive archaeological mapping technology
Led by Dr. Meg Wilkes, an international expert in archaeological geophysics, this urban archaeology program will begin to map the buried secrets in one of the city blocks that was leveled for one of Milwaukee's first urban parks.
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June 22 - 28, 2008
Adult Archaeological Expedition-
Crow Canyon Archaeological Center
The Distant Mirror Archaeology Program at Discovery World is partnering with Crow Canyon Archaeological Center in southwestern Colorado to bring a group of adults from Milwaukee to the Center for a hands-on experience in archaeological excavation.