Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum

Cause Area

  • Arts & Culture
  • Children & Youth
  • Community
  • Education & Literacy

Location

19 W. Cork StreetWINCHESTER, VA 22601 United States
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Mission Statement

Our mission at the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum is to ignight creativity, spark curiosity, and inspire learning in visitors of all ages by providing a rich variety of interactive, hands-on exhibits and programs that focus on the sciences and mathematics, the humanities, and the arts.

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The Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum features four floors of fun, interactive exhibits to spark the wondor and imagination of both the young and the young at heart. Visitors are invited to sit behind the wheel of a real-life ambulance, get to work in our apple packing shed, identify the plants on our rooftop garden, and stand face-to-face with a full-size triceratops skeleton!

We remain the only children's museum in our fifteen-county region and one of only seven children's museums in the state of Virginia. Since opening our doors in 1996, over a half million visitors have enjoyed the Museum's informal, fun, and play-filled learning environment.

Come visit Tuesday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or on Sundays from 1 until 5 p.m. Admission is $8 per person for everyone ages 2 and older; musuem members enter free of charge. The museum is located at 19 W. Cork Street on the downtown walking mall in Winchester.

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by CAROL SUE J. (2022-01-27 13:34:33.0)
Great mission statement for folks of all ages, especially children. Teen and adult Volunteers can help with many aspects of museum operations, directly or indirectly with children. From simple observation of safety activities to more in-depth teaching of art and sciences, picking up and resetting the floors after play, (great exercise), administrative assistance to the staff, painting and minor repairs, event planning, catering, entertainment, reading programs, summer camp teachers and assistants, tending to live exhibits, (plants, bees, etc.) Helping with evening adult activities, assisting with special needs events in the evenings, and cultivating after school programs. Business partner volunteers could present occasional programs, i.e. pet store could present animal program; dental office - demo on how to care for teeth; fitness center - fun rainy day fitness activities; science department explaining the view through a microscope. Make a teaching offer they can't refuse.
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