Celebrate the Discovery Center's 25th Birthday and Dr. Seuss's 108th Birthday on Saturday, March 10 from 11 am – 4 pm atDiscovery Center. SeussCelebration is part of Read Across America, a national program sponsored annually by the National Education Association to encourage reading. Enjoy birthday cake, art projects, outdoor bubble play, bounce house, music, guest readers, black light Zumba & so much more!

In honor of Discovery Center’s 25^th birthday, admission will be only $2 which was the admission price when the Children’s Discovery House first opened in 1987! All activities are included with admission. Please consider bringing a donation of a new or gently used book for Read to Succeed. Overflow parking during this event is available at Holloway High School.           

Twenty-five years ago, Doyle and Cindy Boyd, Joe and Billie Little, and countless other volunteers renovated an old house at 503 North Maple Street to create a children’s museum for the whole community.

The Discovery House opened its doors on March 3, 1987 and celebrates its 25^th Birthday at the DiscoveryCenter on March 10^th, 2012 from 11 – 4 PM. (add activities)

“It was a huge undertaking to locate, purchase and renovate a building,:” said Dr. Joe Little who helped clear rubble from the long-empty house.  “and then the exhibits had to be planned and built.”

“We worked like crazy,” said Cindy Boyd, “No one in town thought we would manage to open in one year’s time. It was a challenge!” 

Billie Little and Cindy Boyd served as early co-directors of the museum and countless other volunteers lent a hand. Over 11,000 children attended the Discovery House in its first year of operation. Congressman Bart Gordon and Mayor Joe B. Jackson were both heavily involved in the collaboration of City, County, State and Federal agencies that resulted in the new Discovery Center at Murfree Spring that opened in 2002.  

“I’m given a lot of credit for starting the Discovery Center,” said CEO Billie Little, “But the community itself should get the credit. Many, many people and businesses, large and small, have contributed their time and treasure because they believe in the value of education for the children of our community.”