Discovery Lab has been igniting the curiosity of children since 2007, initially as a museum without walls. In May 2013, Discovery Lab opened after renovating the Owen Park Recreation Center. Discovery Lab will be a larger, world-class facility that will be transformative for Tulsa’s children and families and will respond to a compelling educational need in the community. 

Discovery Lab is an educational resource for Tulsa providing over 1,800 sessions of outreach museum classes to area schools and organizations and as a field trip destination to over 20,000 students in just two years. Exhibits and programming encourage the development of executive function and process skills, including critical thinking and problem solving, communication and collaboration, and creativity and innovation. Educational content focuses on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) and health and wellness and complements and supplements current school curriculum. Studies show that hands-on, informal learning experiences, like those delivered by Discovery Lab, impact reading readiness and school success.

Discovery Lab is a community hub that appeals to families regardless of income, education, or ethnicity and impacts underserved children in many of Tulsa’s Title I schools. More then 25% of the students that visit on field trips and 40% of outreach programming are delivered at a free or reduced rate. Accessible Discovery, the financial aid program, targets children and families in need through partnerships with area school districts, the Department of Human Services, Tulsa Housing Authority, The Parent Child Center of Tulsa, and Family and Children’s Services.