Museum of Discovery & Science

MODS is one of the largest museums of its kind in Florida, and has the most visitors of any museum in Florida. The Museum has more than 300 interactive exhibits located on two floors plus a different traveling exhibit three times per year. You should allow at least two hours to explore. Add another hour if you plan to watch a documentary IMAX film. Hollywood films are a minimum of two hours long. Of course, don’t forget to allow time for lunch and a stop at the Explore Store! The Museum’s interactive exhibits can be enjoyed by children and adults of all ages.

EcoDiscovery Center, doubled the amount of exhibit space in the museum and includes exhibits called: The Everglades Airboat Adventure, Prehistoric Florida, Otters at Play, Storm Center, and Florida Water Story. The museum also features a number of "ecoscapes", as well as a simulated ride to Mars, a simulated airboat ride in the Everglades and a MaxFlight airplane flight simulator. Get up and close to the animal life such as otters, baby alligators, snakes, tortoises, rabbits, bats, tarantulas, scorpions, geckos, cockroaches, centipedes, hermit crabs, freshwater fish, freshwater stingrays, black pacus, frogs, tadpoles, alligator snapping turtle, turtles, sharks, saltwater fish, horseshoe crabs and a sea turtle, and more.