The Magic City Discovery Center will open its doors for a third season on Wednesday, Nov. 2.

Featured this year will be “The Science of an Amusement Park” exhibit designed to explore the science behind traditional amusement park rides through hands-on activities geared toward eager minds of all ages.

“We are excited to once again be located inside the Dakota Territory Air Museum just north of the airport off of Broadway and proud to be able to feature a new exhibit that takes children and their parents behind the scenes of an amusement park, exploring the physics behind the fun,” said Children’s Museum of Minot board president Jessica Henderson.

Admission to this season’s Magic City Discovery Center is available at the same price of $4 per person ($15 maximum per family) with those 12 months and younger getting in free. The Magic City Discovery Center is open Wednesday-Friday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday from noon-5 p.m.

Also new this year is an increase in the number of corporate sponsorships and donations to the Magic City Discovery Center. On the first day the museum is open, there is a planned check presentation from local electrical cooperative partners, Verendrye Electric Cooperative, Basin Electric Cooperative and CoBank. The $7,500 donation will go toward exhibits in this year’s museum and future endeavors by the nonprofit board to continue outreach into schools.

“We are pleased to support this unique initiative in our region,” said Tom Rafferty, Verendrye Electric Cooperative member services manager. “As a group of dedicated cooperatives we are always interested in the quality of life available in our service area and love to support programs geared toward children and families.”

“Verendrye Electric Cooperative and our other corporate sponsors are a big part of the early success of our temporary children’s museum,” said Henderson. “Without such great support for the discovery center, we simply wouldn’t be able to provide this indoor fun over the next five months.”

This will be the final season for the temporary museum as the Children’s Museum of Minot Board will be shifting the focus of their nonprofit organization toward securing a location for a standalone, larger museum and fundraising for efforts to provide the region with a museum that will stand out in North Dakota as a premier location to fulfill its mission: To engage children and families in the magic of life-long learning through discovery, creativity, and play.

This year’s museum will have a full event schedule with special programming for children of all ages. More details on this feature will be released in coming weeks. To view the schedule as it is being developed, go to

facebook.com/magiccity

discoverycenter.