The Children's Discovery Museum opens to the public. 1986 Ground was broken for the Science Discovery Museum, a companion museum geared for older children ages 6 and up. The Science Discovery Museum opens to the public. The Discovery Museums encourage children, families, and educators to explore the wonders of science, nature, humanities and the arts by engaging visitors in positive innovative experiences. The Discovery Museums are comprised of a children's museum and a science museum governed by a Board which has community, educational, and business representation on a local and national level.
Exhibits encourage the children's reliance on their own inventiveness and creativity.
The child's natural developmental stages reflecting movement tracking and color recognition, large and small motor dexterity, sequencing and matching activities in reading readiness and math skills, and the role of fantasy in the child's psychological and educational development are emphasized.