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  South Dakota Discovery Center & Aquarium  Go back

805 W. Sioux
Pierre, SD  57501
(605) 224-8295


Kristie Maher
Executive Director

kristiemaher@sd-discovery.com


Anne Lewis
Special Programs Director
319 Information and Education
SD Project WET
Leopold Education Project
Hands-On Partnership Traveling Exhibits

annelewis@sd-discovery.com


Sue Douglas
Education Director
GEMS Coordinator

suedouglas@sd-discovery.com


Mary Beth Waldoch
Bookkeeper

mbwaldoch@sd-discovery.com


Admission Information

Winter Hours (Labor Day - Day before Memorial Day)
Sunday - Friday 1:00PM - 5:00PM

Saturday 10:00AM - 5:00PM

Summer Hours (Memorial Day - Day before Labor Day)
Monday - Saturday 10:00AM - 5:00PM
Sunday 1:00PM - 5:00PM

Closed
Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year's Day, Good Friday, Easter Sunday

Entrance Fees

Adults (13 and older): $4.00 + tax

Children (3 - 12): $3.00 + tax

Two and under: Free

AAA discounts and discounts for groups of 10 or more.

 


School Groups

We are happy to accommodate groups outside of regular exhibit hall hours.  You may register online or call (605)224-8295 to arrange your visit.

  With School Check Without School Check
K - 6th Grade $2.50 $2.70
Grade 7 - 12 $3.30 $3.57
Parents/Chaperone $3.30 $3.57

School employees (teachers, bus drivers, aides) are free!

If you live in Hughes, Stanley, Pennington, Davison, Walworth, Tripp, Potter, Sully Lyman, Jackson, Todd or Gregory Counties, you are eligible for half off an in house program thanks to a generous donation from BankWest.  No applications, no forms to fill out, just schedule a program with your next SD Discovery Center trip and let us know you want a program courtesy of BankWest.  Go back

In House Programs:

StarLab: Our most popular show.  Learn the constellations in our portable planetarium.  Greek or Lakota stories. $50 1/2 hour show. 25 students. Grades K - 12.

The Story of Lewis and Clark: Come along a on a journey with Lonis Wendt a local historian as he tells us the amazing story of the famous explorers Lewis and Clark $100 1 hour show. 30 students.

Watershed Investigation: Be a water scientist. Play a game to analyze a sample of aquatic insects to learn what they say about water quality.  Use simple equipment to test stream water...what will you find?  Participate in a demonstration of how water gets polluted in the first place. $40 (subsidized by 319 I&E). 1 hour show.  30 students. Grades 6 - 8.

Leopold Education Project: Meet Aldo Leopold. Author and conservationist Aldo Leopold wrote a Sand County Almanac over 60 years ago.  Today, his work has been extended into hands-on activities that teach about the environment and our place in it.  Fun session utilizes language arts, geography and ecology skills. $40 (subsidized by 319 I&E). 1 hour show.  30 students. Grades 6 - 12.


Mission Statement
To provide South Dakotans a continuum of science opportunities that spark exploration and new discovery at every age level.

Vision Statement
Our vision is to be a center which creates curiosity in children, inspires teachers and motivates citizens so that they will seek scientific knowledge and value a healthy environment.

 

 

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805 W. Sioux  ♦  Pierre, SD  57501  ♦  (605) 224-8295
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