At Discovery Place Kids-Huntersville, you can save $3 per Museum admission ticket per person and avoiding waiting in line when you arrive by buying online. Purchase tickets here.

As a benefit of your EBT or WIC card, North and South Carolina residents can visit any Discovery Place Museum as part of our Welcome Program for only $2 per person, per visit for up to 6 guests. Welcome guests may purchase tickets in advance online or upon arrival.
Click here to purchase Welcome tickets online.

Tickets must be purchased in advance online for a specific hour-long arrival time. Members also must reserve their tickets in advance. Click here to purchase tickets.

If you need to reschedule your visit, it must be done no later than 24 hours before your reservation. Due to capacity limitations, we cannot reschedule or offer refunds if you contact us after your reserved time.

Our Guest Sales team can assist you with rescheduling your visit. You can contact them weekdays at 704.372.6261 x300.

Members, if you cannot make your reserved time, please be respectful of others who may want to visit and call Guest Sales to cancel your reservation at 704.372.6261 x300.

Discovery Place Kids-Huntersville Members have early access to the Museum one hour prior to opening to the public on Saturday and Sunday, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Not a Member? Join today!

Once you are in the Museum you are welcome to stay until closing.

All visitors must enter the Museum through a single location as identified on your ticket. There, visitors must present their digital tickets for entry.

Please bring the confirmation email to Ticket Help when you arrive at the Museum.

Should an individual start showing symptoms or learn of a potential COVID-19 exposure after purchasing tickets, they are required to contact Guest Sales at 704.372.6261 x300 for a refund.

Yes, strollers are permitted in all of the Museums. Please be aware that elevator access will be limited to one family/group at a time and so we ask for your patience when accessing the elevators with strollers.

For the safety of our guests and living residents, no outside animals are allowed in the Museum except service animals as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).

Please note: emotional support animals are not ADA-recognized service animals and are not allowed in the Museum.

Small snack items may be brought into the Museum and consumed in designated locations.

We are temporarily pressing pause on retail merchandise sales at Discovery Place Nature and Discovery Place Kids locations. While supply chain issues continue, we’re consolidating our retail to Discovery Place Science. We are also building an online store, and plan to have that launched this summer.

Masks are not required but encouraged for all Museum visitors.

Wheelchairs are available on a first come, first serve basis at all of our Museums. Visitors should request a wheelchair at Ticket Check In. Wheelchairs are sanitized after each use.

General admission to Discovery Place Science and Discovery Place Nature are included in the ASTC Passport Program with the admittance policy of: general admission for two adults and up to four children 18 or younger. Distance exclusions may apply. Discovery Place Kids locations are not included in the ASTC Passport Program. Proof of active membership at a participating museum and proof of residency required. Contact Members@discoveryplace.org for more information.

Discovery Place reserves the right to use photos or videos taken of visitors while they are at the Museum or related events for publicity and promotional purposes. Every effort is made to make visitors aware they are being filmed, photographed and/or recorded. We are also sensitive to the wishes and rights of parents and caregivers who may not want their children to be filmed and/or photographed. Read the full policy here.