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World-class Kids Museum Opens in Reno

By Jennifer Burton

Actress Dawn Wells of Gilligan's Island fame led the chant of "open the doors" Saturday morning as a crowd cheered the opening of the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum in downtown Reno.
Then, volunteers flung open the doors and parents and kids streamed into the shiny new lobby, and on to the exhibits that awaited [...]

Discovery Museum Fuels Kids' Curiosity

By Jennifer Burton

They say the cure for boredom is curiosity.  Toddlers and young children rarely get bored, but they do get curious.  They draw on walls with markers, unroll the toilet paper and engage in all manner of discovery, as we smile patiently and clean up the mess.  Soon they'll be able to channel all that energy [...]