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- EIN 06-0740527
- (203) 372-3521
- 4450 Park Ave Bridgeport CT 06604-1015 USA
- www.discoverymuseum.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Arts & Culture, Children & Youth, Museums, Natural History & Natural Science Museums, Science & Technology Museums, Youth Development
Mission: The discovery museum strives to engage, excite, and educate young learners through experiences and programs that inspire wonder and ignite creativity as the foundation for a lifetime love of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) learning. The museums core audience is young learners ages 5-14 who connect to us with their teachers and classmates during the school day or by themselves or with their families, mentors, or social groups after school, on weekends, during school vacations or in the summer. We provide a hardy portfolio of stem learning experiences including; unmediated gallery-based exploration of stem focused temporary and permanent exhibits; over 80 unique onsite and offsite mediated demonstrations and learning labs; a challenger learning center space exploration simulation; planetarium shows; unique grant-funded school-museum science learning partnerships; and an engaging 7-week summer stem learning program.
Programs: Educational and guest services programs: develop and deliver high-quality informal science programming supporting current national and local science education standards. Support classroom teachers to achieve their science learning goals through in-house, outreach, and professional development programming. Act as a resource to enhance science literacy among our visitors and community at large.