About The Discovery Museums

Discovery Museum is a hands-on museum for families that blends science, nature, and play, located in Acton, Massachusetts, United States. After an $8.8M expansion and renovation, the museum reopened in March 2018 as a 16,000 ft2 (1,500 m2), accessible, single-building museum; a 550 ft2 (51 m2) tree house and accessible nature playscape were added to the campus in July 2016. The museum was originally founded in 1982.

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1982

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