DISCOVERY Children's Museum is a nonprofit

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in Las Vegas, Nevada. Formerly known as Lied Discovery Children's museum, this , three-story space is now located adjacent to The Smith Center in

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. The Museum sees roughly 250,000 visitors each year.

History

The DISCOVERY Children's Museum was founded by Robin Greenspun and Mark Tratos in 1984. The pair arranged a partnership between the Junior League of Las Vegas and the Allied Arts Council to fund a much-needed nonprofit educational institution in the Las Vegas Valley. In 1985, a bond issued to authorize the building of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library and Lied Discovery Children's Museum, which opened its doors on September 9, 1990.

Relocation

In 2010 the museum announced plans to construct and occupy a new home and larger home in Symphony Park. The total for the Donald W. Reynolds Discovery Center project was $50 million. In August 2010, the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation announced a gift to The Smith Center to pay for the completion of its block in Symphony Park. $43 million of that gift was used to build the Donald W. Reynolds Discovery Center. The museum raised the remaining $7 million needed to complete the project. The new museum opened on March 9, 2013.

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