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Children's Discovery Museum of the Desert
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With instructive hands-on exhibits, this museum contains a miniature rock-climbing area, a magnetic sculpture wall, make-it-and-take-it-apart projects, a rope maze, and an area for toddlers. Kids can paint a VW Bug, work as chefs in the museum's pizza parlor, and build pies out of arts and crafts supplies. Newer exhibits include a race track for which kids can assemble their own cars.
- Address: 71-701 Gerald Ford Dr., at Bob Hope Dr., Rancho Mirage, CA, 92270 | Map It
- Phone: 760/321-0602
- Cost: $8
- Hours: Jan.--Apr., daily 10--5; May--Dec., Tues.--Sun. 10--5
- Website: www.cdmod.org
- Location: Rancho Mirage
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