The Discovery’s Block Party

Name: The Discovery’s Block Party
Start: 2024-07-20T10:30:00-07:00
End: 2024-07-20T16:30:00-07:00
Location: 490 S Center Street, Reno, NV, United States, Nevada 89501

Schedule

Sat Jul 20 2024 at 10:30 am to 04:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

490 S Center Street, Reno, NV, United States, Nevada 89501 | Reno, NV

Calling all builders and creators! Whether you’re a seasoned builder or just discovering the joy of building, this is the event for you! Join us for a museum-wide weekend of building activities and challenges for all ages and skill levels. It all happens Saturday and Sunday, July 20-21.
LEGO® Build Stations
Dive into the world of creativity when you visit various build stations located throughout the museum’s atrium. Challenge yourself to build cityscapes, fantasy worlds, vehicles… the possibilities are endless!
Robotic Blocks
Visit Spark!Lab Smithsonian to build a robot using Cubelets. Each Cubelet provides a separate and unique function, combine them in various way to find out what your robot can do!
Open Build: Wood Blocks
Hand-on gets serious in The Shop. Use wooden blocks and real tools to build nearly anything you can imagine. Best of all, what you make is yours to keep.
Bridge Building Challenge
Test your engineering skills when you build design, build and test a bridge. What type of bridge can you build? How much weight can your bridge support?
Block Art
Stop by Art Alcove to use various templates and materials to create block themed artwork.