Discovery Depot at Nature’s Art Village, a hands-on indoor family fun activity center, allows everyone to personally experience the hunt for Nature’s Art treasures which lie beneath the earth. Here, families can explore Jackpot Mine, a replica silver mine so realistic you’ll feel like you’ve been transported underground. Dig for gems and minerals with your hands and have a blast. Over 50 varieties of polished stones and crystals lie within reach, and you get to keep what you find, an awesome value! Children can experience all the adventure of panning for gold in our unique indoor flowing stream at Thunder Creek. Experience the Forty-Niners and the California Gold Rush as you push back your sleeves and try your luck at panning for pyrite (fool’s gold). Bring your riches home in a souvenir prospector’s pouch. Unearth a dinosaur skeleton in the Bone Zone , a southwestern fossil quarry reproduction where you and your team works under the direction of "Dr. Bonz" to discover the mystery of your excavation. After identifying the discovery, each junior paleontologist receives a collection of genuine fossils to take home and commemorate your dig!

There is no shortage of things to do here but wait there’s more. The Craft Center has a variety of artistic crafts including spin art and sand art. The Geode Center contains some of the most fascinating "rocks" available at Nature’s Art Village. Cut your own geode and feel the excitement as the contents of your personally-selected geode are revealed for the very first time.

While at Nature’s Art Village, make sure to visit The Dinosaur Place where you can explore over 1.5 miles of trails in a 50-acre dinosaur-themed park, filled with 40 life-size dinosaurs. Get lost in a"MAZE"asaurus – a mammoth-sized self-standing maze; stay cool in New England’s largest Splashpad - a zero-depth water playground w/dino-themed water cannons and much more.

Educational programs, birthday parties and group rates are available.

Discovery Depot is located at Nature’s Art Village, Connecticut’s fastest growing destination where there is something for everyone.