DISCOVERY Children’s Museum Turns Back Time With ADULTS-ONLY Totally 80’s NIGHT, July 28
Guests of All Ages Can Experience Totally 80’s Week at the Museum from July 21-28
Dust off your leg warmers and tube socks and head to DISCOVERY Children’s Museum for Totally 80’s Week, July 21 – 28. The week culminates with Totally 80’s Night on Saturday, July 28 from 7 to 9:30 p.m., an exclusive 21+ event benefitting DISCOVERY and Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada.
Totally 80’s Night promises to take guests back in time to the decade of totally radical fashion, fun music and funky style. Early bird admission is $20 for museum members and $35 for nonmembers. On July 22, ticket prices increase to $50. Tickets include access to the entire museum, one signature cocktail, light bites, a retro candy bar, karaoke, music and dancing, glow-in-the-dark graffiti, rad science demonstrations, a photo booth and more.
Guests are encouraged to dress up in iconic 80’s fashion or as their favorite 80’s star or character. During the event, a special appearance will be made by Ghostbusters of Las Vegas.
Additional activities for the night include an 80’s Style Station ($10), Spin Art ($20) and a Trivia Tournament ($40 per team of four people). Guests interested in the trivia tournament are encouraged to register and purchase tickets in advance.
During the week leading up to Totally 80’s Night, DISCOVERY guests can celebrate 80’s Week with themed programming including:
- Arts & Humanities: Create art inspired by the 80’s!
- Science: Learn about the science behind 1980’s inventions such as the plasma ball, compact discs and Doppler radar.
- Early Childhood: Explore and play with popular toys and games from the 80’s, including Pound Puppies and Care Bears!
Families looking to bring the fun of the 80’s home can stop at the DISCOVERY Children’s Museum Store for popular toys and fashion accessories. Items for sale include Strawberry Shortcake, My Little Pony, Pac Man and Atari video games.
DISCOVERY creates themed weeks and events such as Totally 80’s Week and Totally 80’s Night to create a new experience for guests each time they visit the museum. To learn more, visit www.discoverykidslv.org.
About DISCOVERY Children’s Museum
Considered Nevada’s most popular museum, DISCOVERY Children’s Museum at the Donald W. Reynolds Discovery Center has seen more than one million visitors since opening its doors in March 2013 as a private, nonprofit educational institution. Las Vegas’ only children’s museum addresses its core educational areas of science and nature, art and culture and early childhood development with 26,000 square feet of interactive hands-on exhibits. The 3-story museum is complete with nine interactive exhibition galleries featuring traveling exhibitions, daily programs, demonstrations and activities and collaborative cultural programming for all occasions.
For more information about DISCOVERY Children’s Museum, visit www.discoverykidslv.org, or follow on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
About Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada
Junior Achievement of Southern Nevada, Inc. was founded locally in 1996. The current local programs span grades K-12, with age-appropriate curricula. At the elementary level, students learn about their roles as individuals, workers and consumers while focusing on key life skills like the importance of saving, and the difference between wants and needs. Middle and high school students learn about key economic principals, workforce issues they will face, personal budgeting and credit. For more information visit jalasvegas.org/. Like us on Facebook and follow us on Instagram and Twitter.