Birthday Parties
Discovery is a blast for birthdays! Get your own private party room and access to hundreds of hands on exhibits to play with. Add a unique experience for party guests with your choice of our fun science shows. We can cater the party or you can bring your own food.
Discovery hosts parties on Saturdays and Sundays during Victorian school term.
Party Packages
Basic Party
$200
Includes up to 15 children
Supervising adults free (ratio 1:1)
• Party room for 1.5 hours
• Access to exhibits
• Vertical slide
• Discovery Birthday invitations
Optional extras:
• Additional children $15 each (maximum 5)
• Party bags $3 each
Classic Party
$300
Includes up to 15 children
Supervising adults free (ratio 1:1)
• Party room for 1.5 hours
• Access to exhibits
• Vertical slide
• Discovery Birthday invitations
• Party bags (activity sheet, balloon, lollies, child ticket to Discovery)
• Dedicated Partyologist
• Choice of science show (See below)
Optional extras:
• Additional children $20 each (maximum 5)
• Additional Party bags $3 each
Premium Party
$400
Includes up to 15 children
Supervising adults free (ratio 1:1)
• Party room for 1.5 hours
• Access to exhibits
• Vertical slide
• Discovery Birthday invitations
• Dedicated Partyologist
• Choice of science show:
(see below)
• Party bags (activity sheet, balloon, lollies, child ticket to Discovery)
• Party food package
(Fruit, Popcorn, Party pies, Sausage Rolls, Potato Gems, Apple juice)
Optional extras:
• Additional children $25 each (maximum 5)
• Additional Party bags $3 each
Party Science Shows
Here, There & Everywhere
From past, to present and into the future we have a blast exploring how we travel
Spies
Slueths, Spies and Special Agents let your training begin!
Wet & Wild
Get Wet & Wild as we explore the super powers of water!
Space Party
Take your party guests on an interstellar space adventure!
Birthday Booking Enquiry
Contact our Bookings Officers directly with our Booking Enquiry Form! We will be back in touch shortly to confirm details. Please note that a $100 deposit is required to secure your booking.
Birthday FAQs
Yes, we are equipped with ramps and have a disabled toilet and shower room.
You can fill in a booking enquiry form below! Or you can call in to the centre and speak to our staff, call us on 5444 4400, or email bookings@discovery.asn.au.
Our Premium Party Package includes snacks and mains to suit a variety of individuals, with options that are dairy-free, gluten-free, egg-free, and vegetarian, as well as standard party favourites. Have a look at our menu to see if this would suit your guests. All Discovery party food is nut-free.
Discovery caters birthday parties for 4 years and older, with a free adult or parent allowed per party guest. Our bookings team are happy to discuss younger siblings and additional adults.
With a Premium Party all you need to bring is the birthday cake! With a Basic and Classic Party you can bring food or nibbles, plus the birthday cake.
For all parties we supply plates, cups, napkins, a colourful party space, party bags, water, and a sharp knife for cutting the cake. There’s also access to a small fridge and microwave in the party space.
If you are keen to bring decorations (like balloons) then you are welcome to do so, we just ask that you take them home with you at the end of the party.
No, Discovery does not supply cakes however we can recommend some good places!
Yes, you can bring food, just be aware that we can’t store it, so make sure you can cover it or eat it straight away. In our experience, with our Premium Party Package there isn’t much need for extra food and it will go home with you again!
Yes. You can stay in the Centre as long as you like after your party until we close at 4pm. However, you will have to remove your belongings from the Lab, as we will need to clean and prepare this space.
When you arrive, your party will be set up and ready to go in the Lab.
Your guests will be sent into the Lab as they arrive, where they can leave their belongings and then proceed into the centre to play.
If you have chosen our Basic Party Package you can ask the staff at the front desk to call the children back to the Lab for cake and photos.
If you have chosen a Standard or Premium Party Package you will be introduced to your very own Partyologist, who will be looking after you for your visit.
Fifteen minutes after the start time (to ensure everyone has time to arrive) a loudspeaker announcement will call all the party guests back to the Lab. This is the time Discovery serves food for catered birthdays and the recommended eating time for parties bringing in food.
After this, your chosen science show will begin! A fun interactive time with all the little kids…and the big kids too.
Time for cake! Sing happy birthday and blow out the candles, we will cut the cake and distribute it for you so you can focus on the precious moment photos.
Head on out to the Vertical Slide and exhibits, time to work off that cake!
Did you order party bags? They can be picked up on the way out.
The Discovery Lab will be your own private party space! Party guests also get time in the exhibits and access to the slide (strictly ages 5 and over).
A Discovery birthday party lasts for 90 minutes, after which Discovery staff need to empty and clean the private party room. Guests are still welcome to remain in the centre for as long as they like until Discovery’s closing time of 4pm.
Discovery hosts birthday parties on Saturdays and Sundays during Victorian school terms.
We have three time slots to choose from:
- 10am
- 12pm
- 2pm