You do not need to plan every minute.
Explorers is designed for flexible visits: follow your child's pace, revisit favorite areas, and make room for a break when your group needs one.
No. Explorers is designed for children and families, with hands-on exhibits that younger kids, older siblings, and adults can experience together. Tweens and teens may also enjoy Creators, EPIC’s space built more specifically for older students.
Yes. Adults should stay engaged, supervise, and explore with their children throughout the visit.
Plan enough time to move through the exhibit hall without rushing. Explorers is flexible, so families can follow their child’s pace, revisit favorite areas, and take breaks as needed.
Yes. Schools, youth groups, and community organizations can contact EPIC to plan group visits or field trips.
Hands-on discovery for kids who learn by doing.
Explorers is EPIC’s main exhibit hall, built for children and families to climb, build, test, imagine, and play their way through science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
Climb & Move
Use whole-body play.
Take on the two-story climber, high net level, slide, and active play spaces made for movement and confidence.
Build & Test
Try an idea, then try again.
Try bridge building, arch building, ball runs, balance boards, circuits, and other challenges where kids can experiment, adjust, and try again.
Create & Imagine
Step into playful environments.
Use art, light, shadows, magnets, animation, and open-ended materials to turn ideas into something visible.
Explore Together
Share the experience.
Parents, siblings, friends, and classmates can discover side by side through shared exhibits built for hands-on play.
