spectrUM Discovery Area

Exhibits

Learn more about the Sun, Earth, Universe exhibition, now open spectrUM.

EmPower Place at the Missoula Food Bank

EmPower Place is a vibrant community space where children and families can learn and play together. This collective impact space is a collaboration between spectrUM Discovery Area, Missoula Food Bank, and Missoula Public Library. View EmPower Place's hours of operation here.

Become a member

spectrUM members receive free admission to science centers all over the country. Purchase your membership online.

All Under One Roof

To better meet the needs of our community, spectrUM has joined forces with the Missoula Public Library, the Children’s Museum, and MCAT to come together under a single roof in a new four-story complex centered in the heart of our city. It is slated to open in 2020.

spectrUM in the Bitterroot

With the Jane S. Heman Foundation, the Martin Family Foundation, and community partners, The Broader Impacts Group and spectrUM are fostering a vibrant STEM learning ecosystem in the Bitterroot Valley.

Maker Truck on the Flathead Reservation

spectrUM is partnering with the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to create a mobile, cultural makerspace, the first of its kind in the nation.

The University of Montana spectrUM Discovery Area is Missoula's hands-on science center dedicated to inspiring a culture of learning and discovery for all.

This Week at spectrUM

See spectrUM's Monthly Activity Calendar

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This week in the Makerspace:

Light Play

Wed.-Sat.

Wednesday, January 16th

Discovery Bench: Synthetic Biology

Special Making Activity: DIY Kazoos 3:30-5:30 pm

Thursday, January 17th

Discovery Bench: Heart Dissections

Visit with Families First Children's Museum from 11-1:30 with their Vet mobile exhibit.

Visit with Clark Fork Coalition from 2-4:30 to explore your watershed.

Friday, January 18th

Discovery Bench: Blood Typing

Explore our Virtual Reality Fish Eye Googles

Saturday, January 19th

Discovery Bench: Chromatography

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