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  • A Discovery Center staff member answers a question while visitors are seated in front of a screen in the Welcome Gallery.

    Discovery Center

    Tour & Staff Chat: DEI Center of Excellence

    Thursday, October 17, 2024 | 2 - 3 pm PST

    Tour the galleries for 30 minutes with a Discovery Center guide and then chat with a featured staff member at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation about their area of focus.

  • Guest visit the waterbar for a water tasting lead by a Youth Ambassador

    Discovery Center

    Teen Takeover

    Saturday, October 19, 2024 | 11 am - 3 pm PDT

    The Youth Ambassador Program members take over at the Discovery Center! Join them, as they host tours of the galleries, run waterbar tastings, and learn more about why they are involved in the Youth Ambassador Program and how you can make a difference in causes you care about.

  • Emi stands outdoors looking off to the right.

    Discovery Center

    Hope Away from Home: An Evening with Emi Mahmoud

    Tuesday, October 22, 2024 | 5 - 7 pm PDT

    UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency and the Discovery Center invites you to spend an inspirational evening with Emtithal (Emi) Mahmoud—Sudanese-American slam poet, humanitarian and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador. Emi brings a message of hope, solidarity, and compassion for refugees everywhere.

  • Visitors listen to a speaker during a guided tour at the Bill and Melinda Gates Discovery Center.

    Discovery Center

    Tour & Staff Chat: The cultural experiences at the Gates Foundation

    Thursday, October 24, 2024 | 2 - 3 pm PST

    Tour the galleries for 30 minutes with a Discovery Center guide and then chat with a featured staff member at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation about their area of focus.

  • Three women sanding outdoors smiling wearing yellow polio vaccination vests.

    Discovery Center

    World Polio Day: #MakePolioHistory 

    Thursday, October 24, 2024 | 5 - 7 pm PDT

    Join us for World Polio Day at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center for a lively event moderated by Penny Legate, former anchor for KIRO TV. We will hear from Ananda Bandyopadhyay, Deputy Director, Polio Program Strategy Team, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Denny Wilford, Polio Survivor, and Ezra Teshome, Polio Plus Chair, Rotary International on progress to eradicate…

  • Discovery Center

    Educator Exclusive: Sanitation for all… 🚽

    Thursday, November 7, 2024 | 5 - 7 pm PST

    Educators: Join us for an evening event exclusively for you and your colleagues all about poo, toilets, sanitation systems, and water at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center. Come explore our new exhibition "A Better Way to Go: Toilets and the Future of Sanitation," chat with educators from organizations across the region, and have…

  • Family looking at a future toilet prototype at the Discovery Center.

    Discovery Center

    World Toilet Day

    Saturday, November 16, 2024 | 11 am - 3 pm PST

    Join the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Discovery Center to celebrate World Toilet Day Every year the United Nations raises awareness about the essential role toilets play in our daily lives. 

  • Vendor smiling at visitor as they present their products

    Discovery Center

    Giving Marketplace: Holiday Gifts That Give Back

    Friday, December 6, 2024 - Saturday, December 7, 2024

    10 AM - 5 PM | Find unique gifts from dozens of vendors, with the proceeds supporting immigrants and refugees, women and girls, global health, education, the environment, and much more.

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