Discover More at Camp this Summer!

The Discovery Center of Idaho is excited to offer need-based summer camp scholarships while funding lasts. Apply today!

To be added to a waitlist for sold-out camps, please email education@dcidaho.org.

Wizarding Camp

To be added to the waitlist for Wizarding Camp, please email education@dcidaho.org

June 3rd – 6th, 9 AM – 4 PM: SOLD OUT

June 10th – 13th, 9 AM – 4 PM: SOLD OUT

Ages 7-10

The Discovery Center of Idaho and the Idaho Botanical Garden are excited to partner again this year to provide whole day programming full of hands-on magical fun! Learners will start their day at the Garden and end each day at the Discovery Center. Enroll your learner in the Syringa School of Intermountain West Wizardry where campers will be sorted into unique houses, learn about herbology, potions, magical creatures and more! The week will end with a scavenger hunt (your wand will choose you!) and an official wizarding ceremony.

*Transportation daily from the Idaho Botanical Garden to the Discovery Center are included in the Wizarding Camp cost. Drop off location: Idaho Botanical Garden, starting at 8:30AM. Pick up location: Discovery Center of Idaho, ending at 4:30pm.

Cost: $450 flat rate

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
STEAM and Storytelling 101

Select camp dates to register:

July 29th – August 1st, 1 PM – 4 PM

4th grade – 6th grade (ages 9 -12)

STEAM and Storytelling 101 is an introduction to using robotics, engineering and creativity to tell important stories in new and exciting ways! Please note that this session is for campers ages 9-12. Campers should NOT sign up for both sessions. Thank you!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

Young Discoverers

Select camp dates to register:

June 24th – 27th, 9 AM – 12 PM

July 29th – August 1st, 9 AM – 12 PM

Kindergarten – 2nd grade (ages 5-7)

Young Discoverers Camp offers a safe and gentle environment for our younger campers to explore and discover the world around them! This 3-hour camp includes daily story time, facilitated access to our Young Learners gallery and hands-on STEAM activities that inspire imagination and make learning fun!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

STEM Multisport Camp

Select camp dates to register:

*June 17th – 18th, 20th – 21st, half and full day options

July 15th – 19th, half and full day options

August 5th – 9th, 9 AM – 12 PM, half and full day options

2nd grade – 6th grade (ages 7-12)

In partnership with Skyhawks Sports Academy, Discovery Center of Idaho is excited to offer this brand-new camp exploring STEM in sports! Campers will get to try out new or different sports while building skills in critical thinking, collaboration, creative problem solving. Each day explores STEM topics connected to sports and campers spend most of their time outdoors enjoying nature and active play.

Cost: $250 flat rate for half day/ $450 flat rate for full day

*IMPORTANT NOTICE: No camp on June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
STEAM and Storytelling 201

Select camp dates to register:

June 24th – June 27th, 1 PM – 4 PM

6th grade – 8th grade (ages 12-14)

STEAM and Storytelling 201 is an opportunity for middle schoolers to use robotics, engineering and creativity to tell important stories in new and exciting ways! Please note that this session is for campers ages 12-14. Campers should NOT sign up for both sessions. Thank you!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members 

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Park Explorers

Select camp dates to register:

July 8th – 12th, 9 AM – 4 PM

2nd grade – 5th grade (ages 7-11)

Explore Julia Davis Park! Visit a different cultural institution each day. Partners include: Boise Art Museum, Zoo Boise, Idaho State Museum and the Discovery Center of Idaho. A detailed schedule will be provided. Participants will begin and end each day at the Idaho State Museum.

Cost: $450 non-members / $420 members of Discovery Center of Idaho, Idaho State History Museum, Boise Art Museum or Zoo Boise 

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Dinosaurs!

Select camp dates to register:

July 15th – 18th, 9 AM – 12 PM

July 22nd – 25th, 9 AM – 12 PM

Ages 7-10

Delve into the wonderful world of dinosaurs! Spend some time with TINKER, our resident T-Rex, explore the way that dinosaurs have left their mark on our planet, and participate in activities and games to learn more about the many different types of dinosaurs that have existed throughout geologic time!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Printmaking

Select camp dates to register:

July 15th – 18th, 1 PM – 4 PM

July 22nd – 25th, 1 PM – 4 PM

Ages 9-12

Get creative and explore the history of printmaking from cuneiform to 3-D printing! We’ll look into the development of technologies that allow so many kinds of printing to thrive and use our artistic and creative skills (and develop new ones!) to design prints of our own at each stage!

Cost: $200 for members / $250 non-members

In Partnership With:

Sponsors:

Wizarding Camp

To be added to the waitlist for Wizarding Camp, please email education@dcidaho.org

June 3rd – 6th, 9 AM – 4 PM: SOLD OUT

June 10th – 13th, 9 AM – 4 PM: SOLD OUT

Ages 7-10

The Discovery Center of Idaho and the Idaho Botanical Garden are excited to partner again this year to provide whole day programming full of hands-on magical fun! Learners will start their day at the Garden and end each day at the Discovery Center. Enroll your learner in the Syringa School of Intermountain West Wizardry where campers will be sorted into unique houses, learn about herbology, potions, magical creatures and more! The week will end with a scavenger hunt (your wand will choose you!) and an official wizarding ceremony.

*Transportation daily from the Idaho Botanical Garden to the Discovery Center are included in the Wizarding Camp cost. Drop off location: Idaho Botanical Garden, starting at 8:30AM. Pick up location: Discovery Center of Idaho, ending at 4:30pm.

Cost: $450 flat rate

Young Discoverers

Select camp dates to register:

June 24th – 27th, 9 AM – 12 PM

July 29th – August 1st, 9 AM – 12 PM

Kindergarten – 2nd grade (ages 5-7)

Young Discoverers Camp offers a safe and gentle environment for our younger campers to explore and discover the world around them! This 3-hour camp includes daily story time, facilitated access to our Young Learners gallery and hands-on STEAM activities that inspire imagination and make learning fun!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

STEM Multisport Camp

Select camp dates to register:

*June 17th – 18th, 20th – 21st, half and full day options

July 15th – 19th, half and full day options

August 5th – 9th, 9 AM – 12 PM, half and full day options

2nd grade – 6th grade (ages 7-12)

In partnership with Skyhawks Sports Academy, Discovery Center of Idaho is excited to offer this brand-new camp exploring STEM in sports! Campers will get to try out new or different sports while building skills in critical thinking, collaboration, creative problem solving. Each day explores STEM topics connected to sports and campers spend most of their time outdoors enjoying nature and active play.

Cost: $250 flat rate for half day/ $450 flat rate for full day

*IMPORTANT NOTICE: No camp on June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
STEAM and Storytelling 201

Select camp dates to register:

June 24th – June 27th, 1 PM – 4 PM

6th grade – 8th grade (ages 12-14)

STEAM and Storytelling 201 is an opportunity for middle schoolers to use robotics, engineering and creativity to tell important stories in new and exciting ways! Please note that this session is for campers ages 12-14. Campers should NOT sign up for both sessions. Thank you!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members 

In Partnership With:

Sponsors:

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
STEAM and Storytelling 101

Select camp dates to register:

July 29th – August 1st, 1 PM – 4 PM

4th grade – 6th grade (ages 9 -12)

STEAM and Storytelling 101 is an introduction to using robotics, engineering and creativity to tell important stories in new and exciting ways! Please note that this session is for campers ages 9-12. Campers should NOT sign up for both sessions. Thank you!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

Young Discoverers

Select camp dates to register:

June 24th – 27th, 9 AM – 12 PM

July 29th – August 1st, 9 AM – 12 PM

Kindergarten – 2nd grade (ages 5-7)

Young Discoverers Camp offers a safe and gentle environment for our younger campers to explore and discover the world around them! This 3-hour camp includes daily story time, facilitated access to our Young Learners gallery and hands-on STEAM activities that inspire imagination and make learning fun!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

STEM Multisport Camp

Select camp dates to register:

*June 17th – 18th, 20th – 21st, half and full day options

July 15th – 19th, half and full day options

August 5th – 9th, 9 AM – 12 PM, half and full day options

2nd grade – 6th grade (ages 7-12)

In partnership with Skyhawks Sports Academy, Discovery Center of Idaho is excited to offer this brand-new camp exploring STEM in sports! Campers will get to try out new or different sports while building skills in critical thinking, collaboration, creative problem solving. Each day explores STEM topics connected to sports and campers spend most of their time outdoors enjoying nature and active play.

Cost: $250 flat rate for half day/ $450 flat rate for full day

*IMPORTANT NOTICE: No camp on June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Park Explorers

Select camp dates to register:

July 8th – 12th, 9 AM – 4 PM

2nd grade – 5th grade (ages 7-11)

Explore Julia Davis Park! Visit a different cultural institution each day. Partners include: Boise Art Museum, Zoo Boise, Idaho State Museum and the Discovery Center of Idaho. A detailed schedule will be provided. Participants will begin and end each day at the Idaho State Museum.

Cost: $450 non-members / $420 members of Discovery Center of Idaho, Idaho State History Museum, Boise Art Museum or Zoo Boise 

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Dinosaurs!

Select camp dates to register:

July 15th – 18th, 9 AM – 12 PM

July 22nd – 25th, 9 AM – 12 PM

Ages 7-10

Delve into the wonderful world of dinosaurs! Spend some time with TINKER, our resident T-Rex, explore the way that dinosaurs have left their mark on our planet, and participate in activities and games to learn more about the many different types of dinosaurs that have existed throughout geologic time!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Printmaking

Select camp dates to register:

July 15th – 18th, 1 PM – 4 PM

July 22nd – 25th, 1 PM – 4 PM

Ages 9-12

Get creative and explore the history of printmaking from cuneiform to 3-D printing! We’ll look into the development of technologies that allow so many kinds of printing to thrive and use our artistic and creative skills (and develop new ones!) to design prints of our own at each stage!

Cost: $200 for members / $250 non-members

In Partnership With:

Sponsors:

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
STEAM and Storytelling 101

Select camp dates to register:

July 29th – August 1st, 1 PM – 4 PM

4th grade – 6th grade (ages 9 -12)

STEAM and Storytelling 101 is an introduction to using robotics, engineering and creativity to tell important stories in new and exciting ways! Please note that this session is for campers ages 9-12. Campers should NOT sign up for both sessions. Thank you!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

Young Discoverers

Select camp dates to register:

June 24th – 27th, 9 AM – 12 PM

July 29th – August 1st, 9 AM – 12 PM

Kindergarten – 2nd grade (ages 5-7)

Young Discoverers Camp offers a safe and gentle environment for our younger campers to explore and discover the world around them! This 3-hour camp includes daily story time, facilitated access to our Young Learners gallery and hands-on STEAM activities that inspire imagination and make learning fun!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

STEM Multisport Camp

Select camp dates to register:

*June 17th – 18th, 20th – 21st, half and full day options

July 15th – 19th, half and full day options

August 5th – 9th, 9 AM – 12 PM, half and full day options

2nd grade – 6th grade (ages 7-12)

In partnership with Skyhawks Sports Academy, Discovery Center of Idaho is excited to offer this brand-new camp exploring STEM in sports! Campers will get to try out new or different sports while building skills in critical thinking, collaboration, creative problem solving. Each day explores STEM topics connected to sports and campers spend most of their time outdoors enjoying nature and active play.

Cost: $250 flat rate for half day/ $450 flat rate for full day

*IMPORTANT NOTICE: No camp on June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

In Partnership With:

Sponsors:

Young Discoverers

Select camp dates to register:

June 24th – 27th, 9 AM – 12 PM

July 29th – August 1st, 9 AM – 12 PM

Kindergarten – 2nd grade (ages 5-7)

Young Discoverers Camp offers a safe and gentle environment for our younger campers to explore and discover the world around them! This 3-hour camp includes daily story time, facilitated access to our Young Learners gallery and hands-on STEAM activities that inspire imagination and make learning fun!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

In Partnership With:

Sponsors:

Wizarding Camp

To be added to the waitlist for Wizarding Camp, please email education@dcidaho.org

June 3rd – 6th, 9 AM – 4 PM: SOLD OUT

June 10th – 13th, 9 AM – 4 PM: SOLD OUT

Ages 7-10

The Discovery Center of Idaho and the Idaho Botanical Garden are excited to partner again this year to provide whole day programming full of hands-on magical fun! Learners will start their day at the Garden and end each day at the Discovery Center. Enroll your learner in the Syringa School of Intermountain West Wizardry where campers will be sorted into unique houses, learn about herbology, potions, magical creatures and more! The week will end with a scavenger hunt (your wand will choose you!) and an official wizarding ceremony.

*Transportation daily from the Idaho Botanical Garden to the Discovery Center are included in the Wizarding Camp cost. Drop off location: Idaho Botanical Garden, starting at 8:30AM. Pick up location: Discovery Center of Idaho, ending at 4:30pm.

Cost: $450 flat rate

STEM Multisport Camp

Select camp dates to register:

*June 17th – 18th, 20th – 21st, half and full day options

July 15th – 19th, half and full day options

August 5th – 9th, 9 AM – 12 PM, half and full day options

2nd grade – 6th grade (ages 7-12)

In partnership with Skyhawks Sports Academy, Discovery Center of Idaho is excited to offer this brand-new camp exploring STEM in sports! Campers will get to try out new or different sports while building skills in critical thinking, collaboration, creative problem solving. Each day explores STEM topics connected to sports and campers spend most of their time outdoors enjoying nature and active play.

Cost: $250 flat rate for half day/ $450 flat rate for full day

*IMPORTANT NOTICE: No camp on June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Park Explorers

Select camp dates to register:

July 8th – 12th, 9 AM – 4 PM

2nd grade – 5th grade (ages 7-11)

Explore Julia Davis Park! Visit a different cultural institution each day. Partners include: Boise Art Museum, Zoo Boise, Idaho State Museum and the Discovery Center of Idaho. A detailed schedule will be provided. Participants will begin and end each day at the Idaho State Museum.

Cost: $450 non-members / $420 members of Discovery Center of Idaho, Idaho State History Museum, Boise Art Museum or Zoo Boise 

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Dinosaurs!

Select camp dates to register:

July 15th – 18th, 9 AM – 12 PM

July 22nd – 25th, 9 AM – 12 PM

Ages 7-10

Delve into the wonderful world of dinosaurs! Spend some time with TINKER, our resident T-Rex, explore the way that dinosaurs have left their mark on our planet, and participate in activities and games to learn more about the many different types of dinosaurs that have existed throughout geologic time!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

In Partnership With:

Sponsors:

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
STEAM and Storytelling 201

Select camp dates to register:

June 24th – June 27th, 1 PM – 4 PM

6th grade – 8th grade (ages 12-14)

STEAM and Storytelling 201 is an opportunity for middle schoolers to use robotics, engineering and creativity to tell important stories in new and exciting ways! Please note that this session is for campers ages 12-14. Campers should NOT sign up for both sessions. Thank you!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members 

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Park Explorers

Select camp dates to register:

July 8th – 12th, 9 AM – 4 PM

2nd grade – 5th grade (ages 7-11)

Explore Julia Davis Park! Visit a different cultural institution each day. Partners include: Boise Art Museum, Zoo Boise, Idaho State Museum and the Discovery Center of Idaho. A detailed schedule will be provided. Participants will begin and end each day at the Idaho State Museum.

Cost: $450 non-members / $420 members of Discovery Center of Idaho, Idaho State History Museum, Boise Art Museum or Zoo Boise 

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Dinosaurs!

Select camp dates to register:

July 15th – 18th, 9 AM – 12 PM

July 22nd – 25th, 9 AM – 12 PM

Ages 7-10

Delve into the wonderful world of dinosaurs! Spend some time with TINKER, our resident T-Rex, explore the way that dinosaurs have left their mark on our planet, and participate in activities and games to learn more about the many different types of dinosaurs that have existed throughout geologic time!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
Printmaking

Select camp dates to register:

July 15th – 18th, 1 PM – 4 PM

July 22nd – 25th, 1 PM – 4 PM

Ages 9-12

Get creative and explore the history of printmaking from cuneiform to 3-D printing! We’ll look into the development of technologies that allow so many kinds of printing to thrive and use our artistic and creative skills (and develop new ones!) to design prints of our own at each stage!

Cost: $200 for members / $250 non-members

Summer Camps at the Discovery Center of Idaho
STEAM and Storytelling 101

Select camp dates to register:

July 29th – August 1st, 1 PM – 4 PM

4th grade – 6th grade (ages 9 -12)

STEAM and Storytelling 101 is an introduction to using robotics, engineering and creativity to tell important stories in new and exciting ways! Please note that this session is for campers ages 9-12. Campers should NOT sign up for both sessions. Thank you!

Cost: $200 members / $250 non-members

STEM Multisport Camp

Select camp dates to register:

*June 17th – 18th, 20th – 21st, half and full day options

July 15th – 19th, half and full day options

August 5th – 9th, 9 AM – 12 PM, half and full day options

2nd grade – 6th grade (ages 7-12)

In partnership with Skyhawks Sports Academy, Discovery Center of Idaho is excited to offer this brand-new camp exploring STEM in sports! Campers will get to try out new or different sports while building skills in critical thinking, collaboration, creative problem solving. Each day explores STEM topics connected to sports and campers spend most of their time outdoors enjoying nature and active play.

Cost: $250 flat rate for half day/ $450 flat rate for full day

*IMPORTANT NOTICE: No camp on June 19th in observance of Juneteenth.

In Partnership With:

Sponsors: