We offer a reading corner for children, a nursing room, changing tables in our restrooms and an information bulletin board listing events at OMSI and in the Portland area. We offer a variety of experimental stations to encourage the natural curiosity of our young visitors which builds their developmental skills, promotes endless investigation, surprise and enlightenment. Sandland may well be the most popular area for young visitors to have just that experience. This area offers children a place to play in the sand, with a variety of toys and tools for children to sift, pour, measure, spread and separate, role play, pretend and use their imagination. Children love the chance to watch and touch living creatures, and this is the place to do it.
Discovery space has it's own small menagerie of animals for children to experience up close.
It may be our Walking Sticks from Malaysia and Australia, Zebra Finches, or a tank of fish that young visitors can learn about. We think that water play is a great way for children to experience learning. They can strain, pour, pump, and make bubbles and float objects. Water is an amazing tool for understanding measurement, the weather, and buoyancy. We offer all the toys a child needs for exploring water.