San Diego Children's Discovery Museum Opens New 'Water Ways' Exhibit

ESCONDIDO, CA — There's a new interactive and educational exhibit at San Diego Children's Discovery Museum.

Water Ways opened Tuesday at the Escondido-based museum's outdoor Trudy Bronner Discovery Garden.

The new exhibit allows guests to manipulate and play with the flow of water. Through hands-on exploration, children can turn water valves on and off, launch balls into a water vortex, and experiment with dams.

The new water table includes Escondido landmarks such as Lake Hodges, Escondido Water Treatment Plant, City Hall and more, allowing families to make a real-world connection on how clean drinking water is sourced from lakes and rivers and flows into cities to support communities.

"We wanted to create an exhibit that inspires STREAM skills through fun and immersive water challenges," said Whitney Raser, director of education at San Diego Children's Discovery Museum. "While playing in this exhibit, we hope children enhance their perceptual development through sensory play, develop their fine motor skills, practice engineering principles by changing the flow and direction of water, and recognize water as an important resource that should be conserved. We ultimately hope to build foundational developmental skills that many kids will need as they continue their education."

Water Ways is included with museum admission.

San Diego Children's Discovery Museum is located at 320 N Broadway in Escondido. The museum is open from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday. The museum is closed on Mondays.