5 things you didn’t know you could do at the Boonshoft Museum of Discovery

Here are a few things you might not have known you could do there:

Become an adoptive ‘parent’ for a year

The adopt-an-animal program allows visitors to sponsor animals from the Discovery Zoo. Dependent on giving levels, adopters receive a printable certificate of adoption and can participate in animal encounters.

Touch a crustacean at the Tidal Pool exhibit 

This interactive aquatic exhibit offers museum-goers a peek into a little piece of the ocean.

See a T-Rex skull at the Dinos to Dodos exhibit 

Visitors to this exhibit will be able to learn about the extinction of dinosaurs and even see and touch dinosaur bones. This special exhibit will only be with the museum until Aug. 20, 2017.

Explore the night sky at the Space Park 360 exhibit 

All ages are welcome to explore the solar system on this simulated roller coaster in the Caryl D. Philips Space Theater.

Take a behind-the-scenes tour of the Discovery Zoo

Feed an otter, take a “sloth-selfie” and make an enrichment item for either bat-eared foxes or meerkats on this tour.