Reading with Raptors | June 10th, 2023 at 11AM Learning about wildlife with HawkWatch, there will be story time, live animals and more! This event lasts for 45-60 minutes, all kids interested in learning about birds are welcomed. This session will be held at the Kem And Carolyn Gardner Theater in Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum, […]
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Creating for our community – Craft a Bee with Miriam
Craft a Bee with Miriam | May 27th at 10:30AM-2:30PM Celebrating World Bee Day and our integrating community by creating with our local artist – Miriam Gutierrez This event is free with admission. Kids all ages are invited. Your creation will be contributed to decorate our mural, you may bring your finished piece home, too! […]
HawkWatch Bird Show – Reading with Raptors
Reading with Raptors | May 13th, 2023 at 11AM Learning about wildlife with HawkWatch, there will be story time, live animals and more! This event lasts for 45-60 minutes, all kids interested in learning about birds are welcomed. This session will be held at the Kem And Carolyn Gardner Theater in Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum, […]
STEAM Learning Lab – Ice Cream in a Bag
Happy Pioneer Day! Let’s celebrate by making this tasty dessert and do a fun science experiment.
STEAM Learning Lab – Simple Machines
Today we are learning about simple machines. Simple machines are devices with few or no moving parts that make work easier. Without the help of simple machines, a lot of the things we do would be much more difficult!
STEAM Learning Lab – Healthy Frozen Treats
Summer in Utah is warming up fast! A great way to beat the heat is with a cool and yummy treat! This is a fun way to get your kids into in the kitchen to help you make something healthy and delicious. You can you use many different kinds of fruit and fun molds, so get creative and stay cool!
STEAM Learning Lab – Bee Hotel
Do you know that 90% of bees are solitary bees? Unlike Queen Steve and her hive, solitary bees live alone out in the wild. Solitary bees don’t make honey, but they are responsible for pollinating a majority of wild plants and 30% of agricultural crops.
STEAM Learning Lab – Bee Rockets
Today we are going to make objects fly with air pressure! Air takes up space, just like all matter, and when it pushes on something it can have a big effect! Here at Discovery Gateway Children’s Museum, we can see this happening in the ball tubes in our Pollinator. The plastic balls are heavier than air, but the air can still push them through the tubes by putting pressure on them.
The Night Before Halloween
Class Name Tuesdays | 11 am, 12, 2 & 3 pm Become a master storyteller and develop your child’s critical thinking skills during this class. Class for children 18 months – 3 years. Parents must remain with their child during entire session. Sign up to participate at the Information Desk. Limit 12 students per class.
Bumble Bee Bash!
Join us for our annual fundraiser, the Bumble Bee Bash! This family-friendly event offers fun, food, drinks and of course play!
Special Guest: Wasatch Beekeepers
Our friends from the Wasatch Beekeepers will be buzzing into the museum to teach and answer questions about beekeeping!
Bee Day | Special Guest: Wasatch Beekeepers
The flowers are blooming, and the bees are back! Join us for a celebration of the bees’ return and their big Bee-Day! Our special guests, the Wasatch Beekeepers, will be here to welcome back the Live Hive honey bee colony with a fun day of buzzworthy activities, including naming the Queen bee and giveaways!
Discovery Gateway Presents the Annual Community Bee Award to Salt Lake County’s Erin Litvack
Discovery Gateway’s leadership staff, and the members of the executive committee of the board, have chosen to honor Deputy Mayor of County Services and Chief Administrative Officer for Salt Lake County Erin Litvack with the 2018 Community Bee Award.
Discovery Gateway’s 7th Annual Bumble Bee Bash
Children’s Museum inspires children to imagine what they can “bee”come with a family-friendly fundraising event on September 23 from 5 – 8 pm.
Discovery Gateway’s 6th Annual Bumble Bee Bash
Children’s museum celebrates 10 years at its Gateway Center location with a fundraising event to benefit low-income and at risk families.
