Thanks to generous donors, a new Science Playground is slated to open on July 1, 2023 on the northwest lawn of the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center. The Center broke ground on the playground on May ...

CEDAR RAPIDS — Kids launched pumpkins, made dragon’s breath flames, played with numbers, made snow, learned about the human body, saw molten glass poured at almost 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit and were ...

Getting to play inside of a spaceship is the stuff of childhood dreams. That dream can become a reality for children visiting the McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center in Concord, only this spaceship ...

My 9-year-old was balancing on the spine of a giant Atlantic sturgeon, while his 6-year-old brother popped his head out from behind its gills. A moment later, they were chasing each other through a ...