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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Tiny tales
Tiny Tales Takeover
Dates: Monday 23 - Friday 27 June *
Age guide: 0-4
Duration: All day, every day mins
* Tiny Tales Takeover festival
A festival of fun for 0-4 year olds and their grown-ups. A jam-packed mid-week for our littler visitors, with everything perfectly curated for babies, toddlers and preschoolers (plus their grown-ups!) Lots of events are free with your Entry ticket, with some additional storytelling and performance available to add to your day for under £5.
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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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Story telling
0-3 Storytelling: That’s Not My… Dinosaur
Dates: 20 May – 13 Jul *
Age guide: 0-3
Duration: 25 mins
* Times vary
£3.50 in addition to your Entry ticket. Tails, horns, flippers and spines... dinosaurs come in ALL kinds of colours, shapes and touchy-feely textures. An intimate and interactive storytelling for our smaller visitors and their caregivers — based on the best-selling That’s not my… series from Usborne.
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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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Story telling
Baby Storytelling: Animal Adventures
Dates: 20 May – 12 Jul *
Age guide: 0-2
Duration: 20 mins
* Times vary
£2 in addition to your Entry ticket. Roar! Quack! Baa! Tweet! An intimate, interactive storytelling for babies and their caregivers — with stories, songs and rhymes inspired by the animal kingdom.
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Tiny tales
Interactive Research Booth: Eye-Tracking in Action
Dates: 23 – 27 Jun
Age guide: 3-4 with parents/carers
Duration: 2 hours
Drop-in. Free with your Entry ticket. Step into the University of East London’s interactive research booth where young children can take part in real eye-tracking experiments.
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Tiny tales
Talk: The Science of Storytelling
Dates: 23 – 27 Jun
Age guide: 0-4 with parents/carers
Duration: 20 mins
Free with your Entry ticket. Join researchers from the University of East London as they share insights into the neuroscience behind storytelling and the science of early development.
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