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Visitors to the lobby of the Discovery Center will find numerous references to the Corps of Discovery Expedition of Lewis and Clark.
Not only is there an outdoors wetlands at the Discovery Center, but an indoor marsh as well.
What makes the facility different from a nature center is the interactive approach to conservation education. Youngsters who visit will participate in one of six workshops, studying the urban watershed, building birdhouses, developing art projects, learning bird watching, the usage of backyard plantings or better understanding hunting and fishing ethics.
The Discovery Center, right, is located within Kauffman Legacy Park near the Country Club Plaza. The Kauffman Foundation headquarters is also situated within the 37-acre tract.
In addition to six, interactive workshops, the Discovery Center also features a Teacher Resource Center. Teachers can come without their students and receive advice and teaching materials to help instruct the conservation mission and message in their classrooms.
The Discovery Center's urban conservation campus is located within Kansas City's urban core, near the fabled Plaza shopping and cultural district.
The Discovery Center has numerous "green" featues. It was designed to rely on natural light rather than electrical power.
The facility offers many services to the public. Hunting and fishing permits are available as well as all the free publications and brochures that the Missouri Department of Conservation offers.
The Discovery Center has it's own wastewater system. This is the so-called 'Living Machine" that purifies the water in 5 stages before sending it to the indoor and outdoor marshes.
