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Discovery Science Place, Tyler, TX

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Discovery Science Place

Hands-on children's science museum in Tyler, Texas, where kids can explore, build, and play.

308 N. Broadway Ave. Tyler TX 75702 · Tyler, TX

About Discovery Science Place

Discovery Science Place is a children's science museum in Tyler, East Texas. Its exhibits invite young visitors to touch, experiment, and pretend. The museum offers a mock TV newsroom, physics displays, a large indoor cave with an earthquake simulator, a dinosaur fossil dig pit, and a scale model of local Tyler landmarks. The museum also runs field trips, birthday parties, camps, and community events, and it offers reduced admission for qualifying families through Museums for All.

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  • #Tyler

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