Thank you to the Waterville Senior High School Alumni group for highlighting the Children's Discovery Museum in their Featured Local...

We've had so many amazing things happening at the museum in the last few weeks in anticipation of opening, but one of the most colorful...

After many years of planning and fundraising efforts, the Children's Discovery Museum is on the brink of realizing its vision. With the...

After many years of dreaming, the new Children’s Discovery Museum is under construction! The museum has contracted with the local...

Downtown Waterville is now ablaze with thousands of Christmas lights to celebrate the 2023 holiday season. Kaleb Pushard, owner of SkyBox...

by Emily Bessey - Museum Engagement Coordinator There are so many exciting things happening at the Children’s Discovery Museum! A few...

Written by Board Member Serena Sanborn Did you know that the Children’s Discovery Museum sometimes participates in First Fridays? And...

Say hello to Emily Bessey, the newest member of the CDM team! Emily will be joining us as our Museum Engagement Coordinator. I recently...

We are so excited to share the below press release, outlining our most recent partnership with Educare Central Maine! This fantastic...

The museum's exhibit floor will contain many large, permanent structures that were carefully designed and are being crafted to represent...

Earlier this month, Executive Director Amarinda Keys had the chance to attend the Association of Children’s Museum’s InterActivity 2023...

While our Exhibits Hall is not yet open, we thought we’d share our suggestions of kid-friendly and kid-focused activities that happen on...

There's something special about entering a space within a space: a secret cavern in the woods; that cupboard under the stairs in the...

It has been years and years of behind-the-scenes to get us to where we are today. From dreaming up ideas, to hiring partners, designing...

The Children's Discovery Museum is excited to announce a new opportunity for families to host birthday parties! Although the museum is...

Have you ever seen a child climbing a tree, or perhaps swinging on a rope over a river? While it might make some adults nervous, this...

Okay, okay, so we couldn’t pick just 10. Despite our exhibits hall not yet opening, this was a big year for us, including a lot of firsts...

Our last-minute gift ideas

Behind any great nonprofit is a great board and we don’t want to brag, but we feel like we’ve got a pretty stellar one! This week we...

As adults, we usually expect all our activities to have a tangible result. We plant bulbs and expect the flowers in spring, we do laundry...