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 Sunday, January 1 

• Vacation Week (continued)

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Monday, January 2

• NEW! First Friday Nights Free

  • OPEN LATE & FREE ADMISSION 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Friday, December 6

• Martin Luther King Jr. Day

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Monday, January 16

February

• NEW! First Friday Nights Free

  • OPEN LATE & FREE ADMISSION 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Friday, February 3

• Presidents' Day/ Vacation Week

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Saturday, February 18 - Sunday, February 26

March

• NEW! First Friday Nights Free

  • OPEN LATE & FREE ADMISSION 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Friday, March 2

April

• Good Friday & NEW! First Friday Nights Free

  • OPEN 9 AM until 8:30 pm
  • FREE ADMISSION 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Friday, April 6

• Easter Sunday

  • CLOSED Sunday, April 8 

• Patriot Day/Vacation Week

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Monday, April 16 - Friday, April 20 

 May

• NEW! First Friday Nights Free

  • OPEN LATE & FREE ADMISSION 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Friday, May 4

• Memorial Day

  • CLOSED Monday, May 28 

June

• Summer Hours Begin

  • Monday, June 18 - Sunday, September 2
  • 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 Free Friday Night Fun of the Summer

  • OPEN until 8:30 PM! EVERY Friday night starting Friday, June 22 - Friday, August 31.  Free admission begins at 4:30 PM

July

• Independence Day

  • CLOSED Wednesday, July 4

August

• Final Free Friday Night Fun of the Summer

  • OPEN until 8:30 PM! EVERY Friday night starting Friday, June 22 - Friday, August 31.  Free admission begins at 4:30 PM.

September

• Labor Day

  • CLOSED Monday, September 3

• Spruce Up

  • Tuesday, September 4 - Monday, September 10
  • 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 11
  • 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

• Rosh Hashana

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Monday, September 17

• Yom Kippur

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Wednesday, September 26

 October

• First Friday Nights Free (School Year Series begins)

  • OPEN LATE & FREE ADMISSION 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Friday, October 5

• Columbus Day

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Monday, October 8

• Halloween

  • OPEN until 1 PM Wednesday, October 31

November

• First Friday Nights Free

  • OPEN LATE & FREE ADMISSION 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Friday, November 2

• Election Day

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Tuesday, November 6

• Veterans Day

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Sunday, November 11
  • Observed OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Monday, November 12

• Thanksgiving Eve & Day

  • CLOSED Wednesday, November 21 & Thursday, November 22

• Thanksgiving Weekend

  • OPEN 9 AM - 4:30 PM Friday, November 23 - Sunday, November 25

December

• First Friday Nights Free

  • OPEN LATE & FREE ADMISSION 4:30 PM - 8:30 PM Friday, December 7

• Pre-Vacation Week

  • OPENS EARLY 9 AM (CDM) & 10 AM (SDM) until 4:30 PM Tuesday, December 18 - Sunday, December 23

• Christmas Eve & Day

  • CLOSED Monday, December 24 & Tuesday, December 25

• Vacation Week

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

• New Year's Eve

  • OPEN 9 AM - 3 PM Saturday, December 31