Conceived
in 1986, the Children’s Discovery Museum of the Desert was founded to provide
educational and cultural programming to children and families in the Coachella
Valley, 100 miles east of Los Angeles. Originally located in a rented house,
the success of the program led to the need for a new and larger facility. MGA
Partners was charged with the task of designing a place which is engaging and
inspiring to children and families, and a museum which would become a community
center and premier cultural attraction for the desert towns.
Addition planned 2011.