Outside Discovery Center Museum, our award-winning Rock River Discovery Park provides even more hands-on learning experiences for your family. Students are able to whisper across the park, explore a cave, dig for dinosaur bones, examine a waterway with locks and dams, test friction by sliding on slides, and investigate many more exhibits.
Make a splash in our WaterWorks area!
Measuring 40 feet in length with an 8-foot water wheel, Waterworks invites visitors to manipulate water wheels or use the Boat Blaster to give vessels a boost through one of four racing lanes. Experiment with the whitewater makers, dams and water wheels to control the water's speed and path, or simply go wild and get wet in the Wacky Plumbing and Water Jets areas.
Dino Dig
Grab a set of tools and become a paleontologist in this mini dinosaur dig.
Download a Rock River Discovery Park Map
Funding for Waterworks came from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Museum Capital Grants Program, with matching local support from Clarcor Foundation, Woodward Governor Company and William M. Miller Charitable Trust.
Funding for Dino Dig came from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR), The Blazer Foundation, Associated Bank, CLARCOR Foundation and Daimler Chrysler Corporation Fund.
The longest bone in the body, and perhaps the strongest, is the thigh bone (femur). Learn more about the bones of our bodies in the Body Shop.
