Exhibits

Reach for the stars in this space-themed adventure! Launch into a world of imagination and teamwork as you climb from Earth to outer space. Explore a two-story climber, restock the space station using the pneumatic tube in the Supply Depot, and prepare for lift off at the interactive Mission Control station. Category: STEM & Physical Play !

Explore a mechanic’s shop made just for kids and discover the world of automotive repair through imaginative, hands-on play. Put on a Kraphol jumpsuit and service a child-sized car—swap out the tires and muffler, change the air filter, add washer fluid, and roll under the chassis with a creeper board. Grab tools from the chest and get to work like a real mechanic! Category: Role Play & Life Skills The exhibit was built with the generous donations from The Herbert H. and Grace A. Dow Foundation & Krapohl Ford & Lincoln.

This space is especially designated for our littlest visitors. In the Baby Carrots exhibit, we encourage little ones to explore the life on the farm, plant a garden, gather eggs, or go fishing.

Our largest exhibit, the Beemazium, allows youth to explore the science behind bees while having fun. Museum visitors can dress like honey bees, move pollen around the giant hive, and tend to the queen. Visitors can also wear protective beekeeper gear and sell bottled honey in our market exhibit.

Our Exploratorium allows children to use their imagination and create such things as a paper rocket ship that can be launched across the museum using our air pressured rocket launcher.

Visitors can use their math skills to learn how to buy fresh produce at the market, discover healthy food options, and use their creative culinary skills to create new and tasty dishes.

The Fish Bowl is our live exhibit featuring different types of fish! Watch them interact in their environment and learn facts about the different fish in our tank!

Friendship Field is our outdoor exhibit space created to be used from when the snow melts to when the snow starts. This outdoor exhibit gives children an opportunity to discover the wonders of the outdoors. Complete with an outdoor kitchen, dinosaur dig pit, tons of flowers and plants, and a stage complete with electrical hookup so that kids and adults alike can appreciate outdoor play.

The Greenhouse is an indoor exhibit where your little bees can take a breather from playing! Check out our growing station to see what plants we are growing, or read a book in the treehouse!

Learn the basics of money through imaginative play at this child-sized bank. Open the vault filled with coins, make a deposit at the ATM, or serve customers at the drive-thru teller station. Practice saving, spending, and sharing Updates are in progress thanks to our Friends at Isabella Bank!

Luminary Lane is an exhibit that focuses on the exploration of light. This exhibit features a life size Lite Bright, marble sensory panels, and a light up magnet table.

The Mt. Pleasant Discovery Museum’s “One World” exhibit highlights Mt. Pleasant’s Sister City, Okaya, Japan. In this exhibit, visitors of all ages can explore Hiragana, the first writing system taught to children in Japan, by making rubbings of kana signs from the Hiragana alphabet, learn how to make origami creatures, create Haikus, and see what it would be like to live in traditional Japan as well as modern day Japan. **THIS EXHIBIT IS CURRENLTY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES SOON!

Based on Deerfield Park in Mt. Pleasant, PleasANT Park is an exhibit that explores camping and being outdoors. This exhibit features a pop-up camper complete with stuffed fire pit pieces, a life size ant hill climber with ant costumes, and a microscope connected to a TV monitor so that kids can see the bugs in their backyard up close!

Our racing airways exhibits helps kids explore air pressure and flight. Kids put light scarfs inside of air powered tube and can change the direction that their scarf flies by blocking the air pressure in the scarfs path.

Our water table is splash-tastically popular for a reason—it's where play meets physics and little hands dive into big discoveries! As one of the most loved exhibits at the museum, it encourages hands-on exploration, problem solving, and sensory fun, all while keeping kids cool and curious. Whether they're building dams, launching boats, or creating mini whirlpools, kids are learning through joyful, splashy play!