Charlotte Observer

Discovery Place expanding to Matthews with new museum for kids. What to expect

Discovery Place plans to open a new museum for children in Matthews, the town announced on Tuesday. The science education-based Charlotte nonprofit made an agreement with Matthews to open a Discovery ...
WSOC-TV

Rockingham leaders hope Discovery Place Kids will help revitalize local economy

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. — City leaders in Rockingham are hoping a new Discovery Place Kids museum will revitalize a struggling downtown economy. The museum will open Saturday morning after a nearly five-year ...
WSOC-TV

Discovery Place Kids Museum could open inside future Matthews elementary school

If town commissioners approve a proposal later this month, plans would begin for building the museum inside the new Matthews Elementary School. The old school building will then be transformed into a ...
Charlotte Observer

Matthews details plans for where new Discovery Place Kids museum would go

What would be the ideal location for a children’s museum? In an elementary school near a new park, of course. That’s the proposed plan for the new Discovery Place Kids museum heading to downtown ...
WFAE

Matthews town council approves new Discovery Place Kids museum

The Matthews Town Council has unanimously approved plans to build a new Discovery Place Kids Matthews museum, with a tentative opening date for sometime in 2030. Town Manager Becky Hawke said the ...