Extended Hours & Closings apply to BOTH buildings on The Discovery Museums campus.  Hours (Summer/School Year) specific to the Children's Discovery Museum and the Science Discovery Museum are noted below.

January

• New Year's Day

  • CLOSED Friday, January 1 

• Vacation Week (continued)

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Saturday, January 2 - Sunday, January 3  

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Monday, January 18

February

• Presidents' Day/ Vacation Week

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Saturday, February 13 - Sunday, February 21 

April

• Good Friday
  

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Friday, April 2

• Easter Sunday

  • CLOSED Sunday, April 4

• Patriot Day/Vacation Week

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Monday, April 19 - Friday, April 23

May

• Memorial Day

  • CLOSED Monday, May 31

June

• Summer Hours Begin

  • Monday, June 21 - Sunday, September 5
  • Children's Discovery OPEN 7 days a week 9 AM - 4:30 PM
  • Science Discovery OPEN 7 days a week 10 AM - 4:30 PM

• First Half-Price Family Picnic Friday Night

  • OPEN until 9 PM! every Friday night starting Friday, June 25 - Friday, August 27.  Half-price admission begins at 4:30 PM

July

• Independence Day

  • CLOSED Sunday, July 4

August

• Final Half-Price Family Picnic Friday Night

  • OPEN until 9 PM! every Friday night starting Friday, June 25 - Friday, August 27.  Half-price admission begins at 4:30 PM.

September

• Labor Day

  • CLOSED Monday, September 6

• Spruce Up

  • Tuesday, September 7 - Monday, September 13
  • Children's Discovery CLOSED  for our annual deep, deep cleaning
  • Science Discovery  CLOSED  for our annual deep, deep cleaning

• School Year Hours Begin

  • Tuesday September 14 - Sunday, June 19
  • Children's Discovery OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Tuesday - Sunday  
  • Science Discovery OPEN 1 PM - 4:30 PM Tuesday - Friday, OPEN 10 AM - 4:30 PM Saturday & Sunday 
  • CLOSED Mondays

• Yom Kippur

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Saturday, September 18

October

• Columbus Day

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Monday, October 11

• Halloween

  • OPEN 9 AM - 3 PM Sunday, October 31

November

• Veterans Day

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Thursday, November 11

• Thanksgiving Eve & Day

  • CLOSED Wednesday, November 24 & Thursday, November 25

• Thanksgiving Weekend

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Friday, November 26 - Sunday, November 28

December

• Christmas Eve & Day

  • CLOSED Friday, December 24 & Saturday, December 25

• Vacation Week

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Sunday, December 26 - Thursday, December 30

• New Year's Eve

  • OPEN 9 AM - 3 PM Friday, December 31