Displaying art, natural history, science, and technology exhibits with items of special interest for kids.. Specializing in interactive children's exhibits. Highlights include the inventors' workshop and the bubble room.
Activities: Kids Interests and Workshops
Open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Reduced Sunday hours)
$$ (Moderately Priced)
A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village is a private nonprofit children's museum located in downtown Salem in Riverfront Park. Founded in 1989, A.C. Gilbert's Discovery Village provides innovative and stimulating educational experiences which spark children's natural curiosity. The Village's mission is to provoke curiosity, inspire awe, foster enjoyment, encourage learning, and enable understanding in all youth. This is accomplished through fun and challenging exhibits, summer camps, birthday parties, membership opportunities and outreach programs in the sciences, arts, and humanities.