Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center

Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center Learning Through Play, Every Day in Every Way — at Clinton, Iowa’s Children’s Museum! and Barnum & Bailey Circus clown.

The Felix Adler Children's Discovery Center, an independent children's museum in Clinton, Iowa, is a non profit 501(c)(3) organization in existence since 1993. It was founded to honor Felix Adler, a native to Clinton and a famous Ringling Bros. The Discovery Center is run by professional staff and hundreds of volunteers. They depend on support through charitable contributions and sponsorships. Gen

erous donors provide the critical funding to ensure the children’s museum meets its mission to offer all children and their families educational programs, hands-on exhibits, and special community events.

It was all about 🧱building things and what it takes to bring an 💡idea to 👍reality at Funtime Friday. And, that’s what wi...
09/05/2026

It was all about 🧱building things and what it takes to bring an 💡idea to 👍reality at Funtime Friday. And, that’s what will happen at the Discovery Center as we close the museum to construct a 🚒Public Safety Exhibit🚓! Join us at Funtime Saturday for one last program before the closure, through sometime in October. Updates will be shared as they become available, and we thank you for your patience with this project.🚧




Discovery Center CLOSED for Annual Maintenance & Exhibit Construction
Discovery Center CLOSED for Annual Maintenance & Exhibit Construction
Discovery Center CLOSED for Annual Maintenance & Exhibit Construction

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We jumped for 🙂joy in the giant inflatable and celebrated the start of the school year! At this week’s Funtime Friday & ...
09/03/2026

We jumped for 🙂joy in the giant inflatable and celebrated the start of the school year! At this week’s Funtime Friday & Saturday, we’ll explore 🔨construction and look ahead to the new exhibit that will be built during our museum closure which begins on Sunday, and will continue into sometime in October (Discovery Center CLOSED for Annual Maintenance & Exhibit Construction).🚒🚓🚑
Discovery Center CLOSED for Annual Maintenance & Exhibit Construction
Discovery Center CLOSED for Annual Maintenance & Exhibit Construction




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⭐️Thank you to our Texas-traveling friend Barb Cunningham, who donated these beautiful 🐚shells🪸 for upcoming crafting pr...
09/01/2026

⭐️Thank you to our Texas-traveling friend Barb Cunningham, who donated these beautiful 🐚shells🪸 for upcoming crafting projects!


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⭐️Thank you CCSD Student Adventures Program for a great start-the-year field trip! So much fun playing dress-up, games,...
08/29/2026

⭐️Thank you CCSD Student Adventures Program for a great start-the-year field trip! So much fun playing dress-up, games, art, toys, and releasing butterflies🙂




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Monarch Watch

🥚Egg-head Trolls Rock!👹Troll Creation Station at Discovery Center - A New Troll-tivity Each Week! Downtown Clinton, Iow...
08/26/2026

🥚Egg-head Trolls Rock!👹
Troll Creation Station at Discovery Center - A New Troll-tivity Each Week!



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🙂CrEaTiViTy is everywhere at the DC!👍 Downtown Clinton, IowaVisit Clinton, IowaSoutheast Iowa STEM RegionGrow Clinton I...
08/26/2026

🙂CrEaTiViTy is everywhere at the DC!👍



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⭐️Here are soooo many wonderful photos from a weekend learning about the miracle of the monarch. We released 27 with Mon...
08/26/2026

⭐️Here are soooo many wonderful photos from a weekend learning about the miracle of the monarch. We released 27 with Monarch Watch tags on them these last couple of days — any monarch born after August 16, at our latitude, will be among the generation to gather with others and migrate to Mexico for the winter. (We had released another 30 or so earlier in the summer:). There are still many caterpillars and chrysalises in our habitat at the Discovery Center so stop by anytime to observe and enjoy! Thank you to all the monarch lovers who help keep this tradition going!🧡🖤



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We say goodbye — or tot ziens — to our friends heading back home to Belgium. Wim and Ashley, and their son Nathan, have ...
08/21/2026

We say goodbye — or tot ziens — to our friends heading back home to Belgium. Wim and Ashley, and their son Nathan, have been visiting Ashley’s parents here in Clinton. Safe travels, friends, and we’ll see you again soon!🇧🇪❤️🇺🇸



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Address

332 8th Avenue S
Clinton, IA
52732

Opening Hours

Wednesday 12:30pm - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 1:30pm - 4:30pm

Telephone

+15632433600

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