Scout Visits

Our educators can help your Girl Scout, Boy Scout, and Cub Scout troop fulfill the requirements for your astronomy and space science badges in a few different ways:

• Group Visit

  A visit to the Discovery Center during our regular operating hours can help get you started towards earning your badge! Group general admission rates ($10 per person) are available for groups of 15 or more people. Our Tonight’s Sky planetarium show is a great way to meet more badge requirements, and planetarium shows can be added to your general admission for $7 per person.
  

• Night at the Museum

  Bring your Scout Troop to the Discovery Center and work together, both within your troop and with other scouts, on your STEM and Astronomy related badge requirements. Each Scout Night at the Museum will include STEM and Space/Astronomy themed activities, two planetarium shows, time to explore the museum, and a pizza dinner. A custom McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center badge is presented at the end of the event.

  Scout Nights will typically be offered on alternating Fridays and Saturdays on the 3rd full weekend of the month, unless otherwise noted. See below for specific Scout Night Dates.

Spots are reserved on a first come, first served basis. Troops must register at least a week in advance. Individual scouts must be accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Ticket Price: $40.00/person

Please note: The McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center does not provide the official badges, nor do our educators certify that all badge requirements have been fulfilled.