AMY BLASCO

Does your child enjoy exploring nature? How about photography or poetry? If the answer is yes to either of those questions, you’re in luck! The Santa Maria Valley Discovery Museum has partnered with the Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes Center to offer a special winter field trip to the dunes and the museum. This daylong adventure will start […]

Giving gifts is an important part of the holiday season, especially if those gifts help spread joy to numerous people! This year, in addition to finding the perfect present for mom, grandpa, or Fluffy, consider giving to someone in need through the Discovery Museum’s Holiday Giving Tree and Giving Tree Junior. Attendees of our annual […]

This month at the Discovery Museum, in addition to Christmas, we’ll also be celebrating Kwanzaa and Hanukkah. Celebrated annually Dec. 26 through Jan. 1, Kwanzaa is the world’s fastest growing holiday, with more than 20 million celebrants worldwide. Kwanzaa is meant to connect African American people with their African roots and give them time to […]

One lucky family’s wish will come true this December, thanks to the Discovery Museum’s $1,000 Holiday Shopping Spree Raffle! Will it be yours? The family that wins our raffle will get $1,000 to spend anywhere their hearts desire. The funds raised through the raffle will help support the musuem’s operational costs and provide affordable, accessible […]

The holidays are just around the corner, and the Discovery Museum is ready for them. We have lots of fun educational programming planned for the week of Thanksgiving: • We’ll be making Native American headdresses on Super Sunday, Nov. 23, from noon to 4 p.m. Bring a brown paper bag and any extra decorations you’d […]

The month of November is best known for Thanksgiving. Soon it will be time to come together as a family to feast and give thanks for the blessings in our lives. Of course, giving thanks isn’t just an American thing; numerous holidays across the world are dedicated to the art of being thankful. This month […]

Skulls–both sugar and regular, old bone–seem to have taken over popular culture lately, showing up most noticeably in fashion, but also in the baking and toy isles of local supermarkets and stores. There’s no doubt these skulls are cool to look at and even a little repulsive because we all know where they come from […]

“Samantha Byrd is a klutz—an accident waiting to happen. She’s the laughingstock of the girls’ basketball team. And that mean, rotten Judith Bellwood is making her life miserable on and off the court. “But all of that is about to change. “Sam’s met someone who can grant her three wishes. Too bad Sam wasn’t more […]