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By the Boardwalk – An Exclusive Evening Adventure Saturday, June 24 | Buy Tickets (Scroll down to “Boardwalk Evening Adventure”). Kick off a summer of fun with interactive and amazing boardwalk and carnival games where kids – and kids at heart – can learn to juggle, learn how to spin plates, join in limbo contests, get their faces painted and more! Join Port Discovery for an Evening Adventure By the Boardwalk on Saturday, June 24th from 6:30 – 9:30 PM! You’ll enjoy summer fun without the crowds inside Port Discovery’s three floors of interactive exhibits! Also, make amazing sand art, play fun beach ball gamesRead More →

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  Memorial Day Weekend Fun Saturday, May 27 | 10AM – 5PM | Learn More Sunday, May 28 | 12PM – 5PM | Learn More Monday, May 29 | 10AM – 5PM | Learn More (Port Discovery’s summer hours begin on Memorial Day) Celebrate Memorial Day with interactive programs at Port Discovery all weekend long! Celebrate Asian Pacific heritage on Saturday, interactive programs on Super Sunday and special activities and events in celebration of Memorial Day on Monday. Asian Pacific Heritage Celebration Saturday, May 27 | 10AM – 5PM | Learn More Celebrate the traditions and culture of Asian Pacific heritage with exciting performances and more! EnjoyRead More →

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  Which Evolved First: The Jelly or the Sponge? Recent genetics research debunked a widely-accepted hypothesis that sponges evolved first. Published May 17, 2017 Biologists and geneticists from Vanderbilt University and the University of Wisconsin-Madison partnered to investigate the evolutionary history of jellies and sponges, and found that jellies evolved before sponges.   Previous research hinged upon biologists’ understanding of the tree of life—actually called the phylogenetic tree—that shows when different organisms evolved over time, and how closely they’re related to one another. According to the tree of life model, animals are related based on their physical features and placed in relation to fossil recordsRead More →

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Join us for an Exclusive Summer Evening Adventure By the Boardwalk! By the Boardwalk – An Exclusive Evening Adventure Saturday, June 24 | Buy Tickets (Scroll down to “Boardwalk Evening Adventure”). Join Port Discovery for an Evening Adventure By the Boardwalk on Saturday, June 24th from 6:30 – 9:30 PM! Kick off the summer season with us in a crowd-free, fun and relaxing environment that’s sure to excite every member of the family! Take part in the exciting boardwalk and carnival games, enjoy summer sounds and dance contests, create sand art, play beach ball games, join an entertaining game of “Walk the Plank” and moreRead More →

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Opening Weekend of the New KLUTZ® Amazingly Immature! Exhibit This Weekend! Join Us for the Grand Opening of Port Discovery’s Newest Exhibit! Opens Saturday, May 20 | 10AM – 5PM | Learn More Stop acting silly? Not in this exhibit! Learn about science through laughter, play, physical comedy, and fun in the new KLUTZ® Amazingly Immature! exhibit! Take part in 18 fun activities combining science and silliness! Here are some of the playful activities featured in this wacky, interactive exhibit: • Fly the Immature Skies: Engineer paper airplanes! • Juggling: Learn how to juggle scarves in four easy lessons! • Dinner Disrupters: Turn spoons intoRead More →

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KWAME ALEXANDER: POETRY, KIDS, AND THE 5TH AFRICAN AMERICAN CHILDREN’S BOOK FAIR – (COOL) PROGENY, May 2017 How do you get your child into reading? According to New York Times bestselling author, Kwame Alexander, you introduce them to poetry. “The power of poetry is that you can take these emotionally heavy moments in our lives, and you can distil them into these palatable, these digestible words and lines and phrases that allow us to be able to deal and cope with the world,” he said in an interview with NPR’s Rachel Martin. “I think it’s one of the reasons why young people love reading novelsRead More →

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Target $2 Family Fun Night Friday, April 21 |4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. | Learn More Enjoy all the fun of Port Discovery for more than $12 off! Join Port Discovery for Target Family Fun Night on Friday, April 21 and pay only $2 admission from 4 to 8 pm thanks to our generous sponsor, Target®! Make family art projects, enjoy our interactive Circle Time, work on your literacy skills with reading projects, take part in the interactive Money Game, and more! Plus, the MD SPCA will be on hand to teach about animal safety, and you could even meet a new furry best friend!Read More →