Things to see and do
Story Worlds
At the heart of Discover are two floors of magical Story Worlds and a Story Garden. These are immersive, exploratory play spaces where children and their imaginations can roam.
Events and Exhibitions
Immersive exhibitions, storytelling sessions, events and more. Choose your booking date and add events, or start with an event to check availability. The rest of your session can be spent in our Story Worlds and Story Garden. Age ranges indicate what will be appropriate for your child but older or younger children are always welcome to attend.
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Drop-in
Poppy and Sam’s Garden and Story World Trail
Dates: 15 Feb – 27 Apr *
Age guide: 0-8
Duration: 6 hours 40 mins
* All day, pick up a trail sheet from Reception to get started.
Free with your Entry ticket. Grab a trail sheet and embark on an adventure through our Garden and Story Worlds, where you'll meet the delightful farm animals from Poppy and Sam’s Farmyard Tales.
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Story telling
0-3 Storytelling: The Duck Pond
Dates: 28 March – 11 May *
Age guide: 0-3
Duration: 30 mins
* Times Vary
£3.50 in addition to your Entry ticket. An intimate, interactive storytelling for our smaller visitors and their caregivers — featuring sensory objects, rhymes and stay-and-play.
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Exhibition
Monster Funfair
Dates: Open now! *
Age guide: 0-8
Duration: 50 mins
* Every day, times vary
£5 in addition to your Discover Entry ticket. Go through the circus tent and into the woods. In amongst the trees you’ll find a amazing, marvellous, EXTRAORDINARY… Monster Funfair! Our new immersive family adventure is created with the award-winning Nadia Shireen. For 0-8 year olds.
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Access Enhanced
The Duck Pond (BSL Interpreted)
Dates: From 29 March *
Age guide: 0-3
Duration: 30 mins
* Times Vary
Access enhanced performance for d/Deaf families and any visitors who use British Sign Language. £3.50 in addition to your Entry ticket. An intimate, interactive storytelling for our smaller visitors and their caregivers — featuring sensory objects, rhymes and stay-and-play.
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Access Enhanced
Monster Funfair (Sensory Adapted)
Dates: 25 Aug 2024 – 25 May *
Age guide: 0-8
Duration: 50 mins
* Monthly sensory adapted sessions
Sensory adapted performance of our immersive family adventure, created with the award-winning Nadia Shireen. £5 in addition to your Discover Entry ticket.
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Special event
A Flower for Firefly with Monika Singh Gangotra
Dates: 24 May
Age guide: 3+
Duration: 50 mins
Join Monika Singh Gangotra for an enchanting reading of ‘A Flower For Firefly’- learn how easy it can be to do something for somebody else. Enjoy some colouring and activities alongside the story. Free with entry ticket.
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Special event
Campfire Adventures
Dates: Sat 10 May, Sat 14 Jun, Sat 26 July
Age guide: 5-11
Duration: 3 hours
£31 per person. Visit Discover after-hours for supper, crafts, scavenger hunts, a visit to a Monster Funfair and hot chocolate round a story-time campfire. This brand-new, evening event gives a super-special chance to experience Discover after-dark for 5-11 year olds.
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Activity
Hairy Maclary and Friends
Dates: 17 May – 31 August *
Age guide: All ages
Duration:
* Drop-in. Pick up a trail guide from our front desk.
Free with your Entry ticket. A celebration of the beloved rhyming classic Hairy Maclary from Donaldson’s Dairy — featuring a doghouse with furry friends to foster, hidden characters to find around our Story Worlds, dog bones to uncover in our garden, beautiful artwork in our café, and more.
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