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Location: Discovery Center

  • Love Your Gut

    Our gut is often called our second brain. In this program, learn how the gut microbiome impacts our health, the benefits of fermented foods, and the Gates Foundation's initiatives supporting gut health and fermented foods.

  • Tour & Staff Chat

    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.

  • Tour & Staff Chat

    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.

  • Tour & Staff Chat: Diversity Equity & Inclusion

    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.

  • Make Way for the Future of Sanitation

    Join us for a conversation with Doulaye Kone Interim Director, Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and Rachel Cardone,  Director, Global Investment at Resilient Water Accelerator on the global issues surrounding sanitation and its interconnectedness with education, climate, and disease.

  • Giving Marketplace

    10 AM - 5 PM | Find unique gifts from over 30 vendors with proceeds supporting incredible organizations and causes. Enjoy family-friendly holiday activities and art-making, and discover ways to take action on issues you care about.

  • Educator Exclusive

    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…

  • Together We Can Stop Cervical Cancer

    Delve into the urgent and critical issue of cervical cancer prevention with Dr. Linda Eckert and Tanjila Taskin, Program Officer, Immunization at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

  • Tour & Staff Chat

    As part of our Tour & Chat Sanitation Stories series, we will be focusing on the themes in our exhibition A Better Way to Go: Toilets and the Future of Sanitation which features fascinating innovations, compelling interactives, and art installations. Find out more about global sanitation issues from members of the foundation’s WASH team.   

  • Tour & Staff Chat

    As part of our Tour & Chat Sanitation Stories series, we will be focusing on the themes in our exhibition A Better Way to Go: Toilets and the Future of Sanitation which features fascinating innovations, compelling interactives, and art installations. Find out more about global sanitation issues from members of the foundation’s WASH team.