Event benefits The Discovery Center at Waters Edge, the first interactive STEM museum for kids of all ages coming soon to Maryland.

The Discovery Center at Water’s Edge will be a place where students of all ages can experience hands-on science and technology, see tomorrow’s technology today, and learn the history of scientific discovery in our area. A place where new worlds are discovered; and connections are made. Exhibits featuring virtual reality will allow visitors to drive a tank or fly a plane. Other exhibits will explore the history and the future of high-performance computing. In addition to interactive exhibits, the Discovery Center will offer after-school programs, and maker spaces, and serve as an anchor for the region’s STEM activities.

There are only two other world-class science centers in the United States and what makes this one so special is its long heritage with world-changing technologies that for over the past 100 years, many of these technologies trace their roots to Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG), the Army’s technology “mega-base.”

Phase 1 will be a 5,000-square-foot “Preview” Center at the Water’s Edge complex in Belcamp, MD. Phase 2 will result in the opening of an operational Discovery Center with 10,000 square feet of space, serving over 55,000 visitors each year, and costing approximately $4.5 million. Phase 3 will expand the center to 35,000 square feet serving 100,000 visitors each year.

For more information about the Discovery Center at Water’s Edge, visit discoverycentermd.org.