DISCOVERY MUSEUMS INC: Form 990, tax year 2019

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Organization: DISCOVERY MUSEUMS INC (EIN 04-2741645)
Tax period: 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31
Filed: 2020-07-10
IRS object ID: 202031929349301023
Schema version: 2019v5.1
Source: Download XML · Original 990 at ProPublica

Every field in the e-filed return. Faint text is the IRS element name, for citing.

Return header
Form 990
Schedule A
Schedule B
Schedule D
Schedule G
Schedule J
Schedule O

Return header ReturnHeader

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return	2020-07-10T09:29:43-05:00	ReturnTs
Tax Period End	2019-12-31	TaxPeriodEndDt

Preparer Firm PreparerFirmGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Firm EIN	042805993	PreparerFirmEIN

Preparer Firm Name PreparerFirmName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	NEWBURG & COMPANY LLP	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Preparer US Address PreparerUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	890 WINTER STREET SUITE 208	AddressLine1Txt
City	WALTHAM	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	02451	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Return Type	990	ReturnTypeCd
Tax Period Begin	2019-01-01	TaxPeriodBeginDt

Filer Filer

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EIN	042741645	EIN

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	DISCOVERY MUSEUM INC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Control	DISC	BusinessNameControlTxt
Phone	9782644200	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	177 MAIN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ACTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01720	ZIPCd

Business Officer BusinessOfficerGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	HARRY HOLLENBERG	PersonNm
Person Title	PRESIDENT	PersonTitleTxt
Phone	9782644200	PhoneNum
Signature	2020-07-10	SignatureDt
Discuss With Paid Preparer	Yes (1)	DiscussWithPaidPreparerInd

Preparer Person PreparerPersonGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Preparer Person	HOWARD NEWBURG	PreparerPersonNm
PTIN	P00020281	PTIN
Phone	7818844100	PhoneNum

Filing Security Information FilingSecurityInformation

IP Address IPAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
I Pv4 Address	173.166.63.145	IPv4AddressTxt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
IP	2020-07-10	IPDt
IP Tm	10:27:20	IPTm
IP Timezone	ED	IPTimezoneCd
Filing License Type	P	FilingLicenseTypeCd
At Submission Creation Device Id	5030711EA04418306D64D3D85580413E889734D8	AtSubmissionCreationDeviceId
At Submission Filing Device Id	05D77DD54D2240A166B4DB61181B68ADBC1F1324	AtSubmissionFilingDeviceId

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Tax	2019	TaxYr
Build TS	2020-09-22 18:59:49Z	BuildTS

Form 990 IRS990

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Principal Officer	HARRY HOLLENBERG	PrincipalOfficerNm

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	177 MAIN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ACTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01720	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Receipts	$2,938,046	GrossReceiptsAmt
Group Return For Affiliates	0	GroupReturnForAffiliatesInd
Organization501c3	Yes (X)	Organization501c3Ind
Website Address	DISCOVERYACTON.ORG	WebsiteAddressTxt
Type Of Organization Corp	Yes (X)	TypeOfOrganizationCorpInd
Formation	1981	FormationYr
Legal Domicile State	MA	LegalDomicileStateCd
Activity Or Mission	TO SPARK DELIGHT IN LEARNING BY IGNITING CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS, AS THEY DISCOVER TOGETHER THE JOYS OF SCIENCE, NATURE, AND PLAY.	ActivityOrMissionDesc
Voting Members Governing Body	20	VotingMembersGoverningBodyCnt
Voting Members Independent	20	VotingMembersIndependentCnt
Total Employee	108	TotalEmployeeCnt
Total Volunteers	130	TotalVolunteersCnt
Total Gross UBI	$0	TotalGrossUBIAmt
Net Unrelated Bus Txbl Incm	$0	NetUnrelatedBusTxblIncmAmt
PY Contributions Grants	$1,187,633	PYContributionsGrantsAmt
CY Contributions Grants	$1,385,016	CYContributionsGrantsAmt
PY Program Service Revenue	$1,389,982	PYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
CY Program Service Revenue	$1,318,448	CYProgramServiceRevenueAmt
PY Investment Income	$3,396	PYInvestmentIncomeAmt
CY Investment Income	$10,873	CYInvestmentIncomeAmt
PY Other Revenue	$119,344	PYOtherRevenueAmt
CY Other Revenue	$182,778	CYOtherRevenueAmt
PY Total Revenue	$2,700,355	PYTotalRevenueAmt
CY Total Revenue	$2,897,115	CYTotalRevenueAmt
PY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	PYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
CY Grants And Similar Paid	$0	CYGrantsAndSimilarPaidAmt
PY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	PYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
CY Benefits Paid To Members	$0	CYBenefitsPaidToMembersAmt
PY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,430,481	PYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
CY Salaries Comp Emp Bnft Paid	$1,642,017	CYSalariesCompEmpBnftPaidAmt
PY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	PYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Prof Fndrsng Expns	$0	CYTotalProfFndrsngExpnsAmt
CY Total Fundraising Expense	$423,903	CYTotalFundraisingExpenseAmt
PY Other Expenses	$1,061,785	PYOtherExpensesAmt
CY Other Expenses	$1,316,514	CYOtherExpensesAmt
PY Total Expenses	$2,492,266	PYTotalExpensesAmt
CY Total Expenses	$2,958,531	CYTotalExpensesAmt
PY Revenues Less Expenses	$208,089	PYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
CY Revenues Less Expenses	-$61,416	CYRevenuesLessExpensesAmt
Total Assets BOY	$9,323,493	TotalAssetsBOYAmt
Total Assets EOY	$9,270,645	TotalAssetsEOYAmt
Total Liabilities BOY	$544,904	TotalLiabilitiesBOYAmt
Total Liabilities EOY	$842,571	TotalLiabilitiesEOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances BOY	$8,778,589	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesBOYAmt
Net Assets Or Fund Balances EOY	$8,428,074	NetAssetsOrFundBalancesEOYAmt
Mission	TO SPARK DELIGHT IN LEARNING BY IGNITING CURIOSITY AND CREATIVITY IN CHILDREN AND ADULTS, AS THEY DISCOVER TOGETHER THE JOYS OF SCIENCE, NATURE, AND PLAY.	MissionDesc
Significant New Program Srvc	0	SignificantNewProgramSrvcInd
Significant Change	0	SignificantChangeInd
Expense	$2,365,085	ExpenseAmt
Revenue	$1,446,436	RevenueAmt
Desc	THE MUSEUM ENCOURAGES CHILDREN, FAMILIES, AND EDUCATORS TO EXPLORE THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE, NATURE, HUMANITIES, AND THE ARTS BY ENGAGING VISITORS IN POSITIVE, INNOVATIVE EXPERIENCES. THE EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS AND HANDS-ON EXHIBITS MAKE CONCEPTS TANGIBLE SO CHILDREN OF ALL AGES ARE ABLE TO CONNECT THEIR NEW UNDERSTANDING WITH REAL LIFE.	Desc
Total Program Service Expenses	$2,365,085	TotalProgramServiceExpensesAmt
Described In Section501c3	Yes (1)	DescribedInSection501c3Ind
Schedule B Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleBRequiredInd
Political Campaign Acty	0	PoliticalCampaignActyInd
Lobbying Activities	0	LobbyingActivitiesInd
Subject To Proxy Tax	0	SubjectToProxyTaxInd
Donor Advised Fund	0	DonorAdvisedFundInd
Conservation Easements	0	ConservationEasementsInd
Collections Of Art	0	CollectionsOfArtInd
Credit Counseling	0	CreditCounselingInd
Donor Rstr Or Quasi Endowments	Yes (1)	DonorRstrOrQuasiEndowmentsInd
Report Land Building Equipment	Yes (1)	ReportLandBuildingEquipmentInd
Report Investments Other Sec	0	ReportInvestmentsOtherSecInd
Report Program Related Invst	0	ReportProgramRelatedInvstInd
Report Other Assets	0	ReportOtherAssetsInd
Report Other Liabilities	Yes (1)	ReportOtherLiabilitiesInd
Include FIN48 Footnote	Yes (1)	IncludeFIN48FootnoteInd
Independent Audit Fincl Stmt	Yes (1)	IndependentAuditFinclStmtInd
Consolidated Audit Fincl Stmt	0	ConsolidatedAuditFinclStmtInd
School Operating	0	SchoolOperatingInd
Foreign Office	0	ForeignOfficeInd
Foreign Activities	0	ForeignActivitiesInd
More Than5000 K To Org	0	MoreThan5000KToOrgInd
More Than5000 K To Individuals	0	MoreThan5000KToIndividualsInd
Professional Fundraising	0	ProfessionalFundraisingInd
Fundraising Activities	Yes (1)	FundraisingActivitiesInd
Gaming Activities	0	GamingActivitiesInd
Operate Hospital	0	OperateHospitalInd
Grants To Organizations	0	GrantsToOrganizationsInd
Grants To Individuals	0	GrantsToIndividualsInd
Schedule J Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleJRequiredInd
Tax Exempt Bonds	0	TaxExemptBondsInd
Engaged In Excess Benefit Trans	0	EngagedInExcessBenefitTransInd
PY Excess Benefit Trans	0	PYExcessBenefitTransInd
Loan Outstanding	0	LoanOutstandingInd
Grant To Related Person	0	GrantToRelatedPersonInd
Business Rln With Org Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithOrgMemInd
Business Rln With Fam Mem	0	BusinessRlnWithFamMemInd
Business Rln With35 Ctrl Ent	0	BusinessRlnWith35CtrlEntInd
Deductible Non Cash Contri	0	DeductibleNonCashContriInd
Deductible Art Contribution	0	DeductibleArtContributionInd
Terminate Operations	0	TerminateOperationsInd
Partial Liquidation	0	PartialLiquidationInd
Disregarded Entity	0	DisregardedEntityInd
Related Entity	0	RelatedEntityInd
Related Organization Ctrl Ent	0	RelatedOrganizationCtrlEntInd
Trnsfr Exmpt Non Chrtbl Rltd Org	0	TrnsfrExmptNonChrtblRltdOrgInd
Activities Conducted Prtshp	0	ActivitiesConductedPrtshpInd
Schedule O Required	Yes (1)	ScheduleORequiredInd
IRP Document	26	IRPDocumentCnt
IRP Document W2 G	0	IRPDocumentW2GCnt
Employee	108	EmployeeCnt
Employment Tax Returns Filed	Yes (1)	EmploymentTaxReturnsFiledInd
Unrelated Bus Incm Over Limit	0	UnrelatedBusIncmOverLimitInd
Foreign Financial Account	0	ForeignFinancialAccountInd
Prohibited Tax Shelter Trans	0	ProhibitedTaxShelterTransInd
Taxable Party Notification	0	TaxablePartyNotificationInd
Nondeductible Contributions	0	NondeductibleContributionsInd
Quid Pro Quo Contributions	0	QuidProQuoContributionsInd
Form8282 Property Disposed Of	0	Form8282PropertyDisposedOfInd
Rcv Fnds To Pay Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	RcvFndsToPayPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Pay Premiums Prsnl Bnft Cntrct	0	PayPremiumsPrsnlBnftCntrctInd
Indoor Tanning Services	0	IndoorTanningServicesInd
Subj To Tax Rmnrtn Ex Prcht Pymt	0	SubjToTaxRmnrtnExPrchtPymtInd
Subject To Excs Tax Net Invst Inc	0	SubjectToExcsTaxNetInvstIncInd
Info In Schedule O Part VI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartVIInd
Governing Body Voting Members	20	GoverningBodyVotingMembersCnt
Independent Voting Member	20	IndependentVotingMemberCnt
Family Or Business Rln	0	FamilyOrBusinessRlnInd
Delegation Of Mgmt Duties	0	DelegationOfMgmtDutiesInd
Change To Org Documents	0	ChangeToOrgDocumentsInd
Material Diversion Or Misuse	0	MaterialDiversionOrMisuseInd
Members Or Stockholders	0	MembersOrStockholdersInd
Election Of Board Members	0	ElectionOfBoardMembersInd
Decisions Subject To Approva	0	DecisionsSubjectToApprovaInd
Minutes Of Governing Body	Yes (1)	MinutesOfGoverningBodyInd
Minutes Of Committees	Yes (1)	MinutesOfCommitteesInd
Officer Mailing Address	0	OfficerMailingAddressInd
Local Chapters	0	LocalChaptersInd
Form990 Provided To Gvrn Body	Yes (1)	Form990ProvidedToGvrnBodyInd
Conflict Of Interest Policy	Yes (1)	ConflictOfInterestPolicyInd
Annual Disclosure Covered Prsn	Yes (1)	AnnualDisclosureCoveredPrsnInd
Regular Monitoring Enfrc	Yes (1)	RegularMonitoringEnfrcInd
Whistleblower Policy	Yes (1)	WhistleblowerPolicyInd
Document Retention Policy	Yes (1)	DocumentRetentionPolicyInd
Compensation Process CEO	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessCEOInd
Compensation Process Other	Yes (1)	CompensationProcessOtherInd
Investment In Joint Venture	0	InvestmentInJointVentureInd
States Where Copy Of Return Is Fld	MA	StatesWhereCopyOfReturnIsFldCd
Upon Request	Yes (X)	UponRequestInd

Books In Care Of Detail BooksInCareOfDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	ANN MARIE STRONG	PersonNm
Phone	9782644200	PhoneNum

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	177 MAIN STREET	AddressLine1Txt
City	ACTON	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01720	ZIPCd

Form990 Part VII Section A Form990PartVIISectionAGrp (19 entries)

TitleTitleTxt	Average Hours Per WeekAverageHoursPerWeekRt	Individual Trustee Or DirectorIndividualTrusteeOrDirectorInd	OfficerOfficerInd	Reportable Comp From OrgReportableCompFromOrgAmt	Reportable Comp From Rltd OrgReportableCompFromRltdOrgAmt	Other CompensationOtherCompensationAmt	Highest Compensated EmployeeHighestCompensatedEmployeeInd
DR ANTHONY RAO
CLERK	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
CHERYL BEAUDOIN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
PAULA BENTINCK-SMITH
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HELEN CRARY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ANTONY DIBONA
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
ROBERT FERRARA
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DR PAMELA GANNON
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JEFFREY GLIDDEN
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
HARRY HOLLENBERG
PRESIDENT	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
ANDREW HOWARD
TREASURER	1.00	Yes (X)	Yes (X)	$0	$0	$0
JUSTIN KLIGER ESQ
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DR XUAN KONG
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
DR J KEVIN NUGENT
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
BRUCE OSTERLING
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
MARGARET A RAMSAY
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
JOSE RIVERA
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
LEES STUNTZ
DIRECTOR	1.00	Yes (X)		$0	$0	$0
NEIL GORDON
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	40.00		Yes (X)	$196,870	$0	$0
MARIE BEAM
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT	35.00			$107,828	$0	$0	Yes (X)

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Reportable Comp From Org	$304,698	TotalReportableCompFromOrgAmt
Tot Reportable Comp Rltd Org	$0	TotReportableCompRltdOrgAmt
Total Other Compensation	$0	TotalOtherCompensationAmt
Indiv Rcvd Greater Than100 K	2	IndivRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Former Ofcr Employees Listed	0	FormerOfcrEmployeesListedInd
Total Comp Greater Than150 K	Yes (1)	TotalCompGreaterThan150KInd
Compensation From Other Srcs	0	CompensationFromOtherSrcsInd

Contractor Compensation ContractorCompensationGrp

Contractor Name ContractorName

Business Name BusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	REAM DESIGN LLC	BusinessNameLine1Txt

Contractor Address ContractorAddress

US Address USAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	4 NEW ENGLAND WAY 1	AddressLine1Txt
City	AYER	CityNm
State Abbreviation	MA	StateAbbreviationCd
ZIP	01432	ZIPCd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Services	LANDSCAPE DESIGN	ServicesDesc
Compensation	$160,029	CompensationAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Cntrct Rcvd Greater Than100 K	1	CntrctRcvdGreaterThan100KCnt
Membership Dues	$539,073	MembershipDuesAmt
All Other Contributions	$845,943	AllOtherContributionsAmt
Total Contributions	$1,385,016	TotalContributionsAmt

Program Service Revenue ProgramServiceRevenueGrp (2 entries)

DescDesc	BusinessBusinessCd	Total Revenue ColumnTotalRevenueColumnAmt	Related Or Exempt Func IncomeRelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
ADMISSIONS	713990	$945,183	$945,183
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS	911710	$373,265	$373,265

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Program Service Revenue	$1,318,448	TotalProgramServiceRevenueAmt

Investment Income InvestmentIncomeGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$10,873	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$10,873	ExclusionAmt

Gross Rents GrossRentsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$91,772	RealAmt

Less Rental Expenses LessRentalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$0	RealAmt

Rental Income Or Loss RentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Real	$91,772	RealAmt

Net Rental Income Or Loss NetRentalIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$91,772	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$91,772	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Fundraising Gross Income	$54,790	FundraisingGrossIncomeAmt
Fundraising Direct Expenses	$0	FundraisingDirectExpensesAmt

Net Incm From Fundraising Evt NetIncmFromFundraisingEvtGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$54,790	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Exclusion	$54,790	ExclusionAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Gross Sales Of Inventory	$77,147	GrossSalesOfInventoryAmt
Cost Of Goods Sold	$40,931	CostOfGoodsSoldAmt

Net Income Or Loss NetIncomeOrLossGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$36,216	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$36,216	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt

Total Revenue TotalRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Revenue Column	$2,897,115	TotalRevenueColumnAmt
Related Or Exempt Func Income	$1,446,436	RelatedOrExemptFuncIncomeAmt
Unrelated Business Revenue	$0	UnrelatedBusinessRevenueAmt
Exclusion	$65,663	ExclusionAmt

Other Salaries And Wages OtherSalariesAndWagesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$1,493,736	TotalAmt
Program Services	$1,118,741	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$98,073	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$276,922	FundraisingAmt

Payroll Taxes PayrollTaxesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$148,281	TotalAmt
Program Services	$111,055	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,736	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$27,490	FundraisingAmt

Advertising AdvertisingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$32,588	TotalAmt
Program Services	$32,280	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$185	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$123	FundraisingAmt

Office Expenses OfficeExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$33,082	TotalAmt
Program Services	$29,592	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$2,092	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$1,398	FundraisingAmt

Occupancy OccupancyGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$162,231	TotalAmt
Program Services	$146,008	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$9,734	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$6,489	FundraisingAmt

Travel TravelGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$27,263	TotalAmt
Program Services	$20,714	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$1,713	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$4,836	FundraisingAmt

Interest InterestGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$11,579	TotalAmt
Program Services	$10,422	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$694	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$463	FundraisingAmt

Depreciation Depletion DepreciationDepletionGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$393,837	TotalAmt
Program Services	$354,947	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$23,758	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$15,132	FundraisingAmt

Insurance InsuranceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$14,352	TotalAmt
Program Services	$12,917	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$861	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$574	FundraisingAmt

Other Expenses OtherExpensesGrp (4 entries)

DescDesc	TotalTotalAmt	Program ServicesProgramServicesAmt	Management And GeneralManagementAndGeneralAmt	FundraisingFundraisingAmt
PROFESSIONAL AND BANK F	$336,478	$299,601	$22,697	$14,180
EDUCATION AND OUTREACH	$109,344	$109,344
FUNDRAISING EVENTS	$76,296			$76,296
EXHIBITS AND WORKSHOPS	$55,387	$55,387

All Other Expenses AllOtherExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$64,077	TotalAmt
Program Services	$64,077	ProgramServicesAmt

Total Functional Expenses TotalFunctionalExpensesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total	$2,958,531	TotalAmt
Program Services	$2,365,085	ProgramServicesAmt
Management And General	$169,543	ManagementAndGeneralAmt
Fundraising	$423,903	FundraisingAmt

Cash Non Interest Bearing CashNonInterestBearingGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$786,098	BOYAmt
EOY	$943,807	EOYAmt

Pledges And Grants Receivable PledgesAndGrantsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$172,037	BOYAmt
EOY	$82,244	EOYAmt

Accounts Receivable AccountsReceivableGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$89,900	BOYAmt
EOY	$85,389	EOYAmt

Inventories For Sale Or Use InventoriesForSaleOrUseGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$21,570	BOYAmt
EOY	$11,460	EOYAmt

Prepaid Expenses Defrd Charges PrepaidExpensesDefrdChargesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$28,115	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Land Bldg Equip Cost Or Other Bss	$9,678,967	LandBldgEquipCostOrOtherBssAmt
Land Bldg Equip Accum Deprec	$1,850,465	LandBldgEquipAccumDeprecAmt

Land Bldg Equip Basis Net LandBldgEquipBasisNetGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,014,428	BOYAmt
EOY	$7,828,502	EOYAmt

Investments Pub Traded Sec InvestmentsPubTradedSecGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$239,460	BOYAmt
EOY	$288,428	EOYAmt

Other Assets Total OtherAssetsTotalGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
EOY	$2,700	EOYAmt

Total Assets TotalAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,323,493	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,270,645	EOYAmt

Accounts Payable Accr Expnss AccountsPayableAccrExpnssGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$88,782	BOYAmt
EOY	$113,130	EOYAmt

Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenueGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$138,033	BOYAmt
EOY	$426,958	EOYAmt

Mortg Notes Pybl Scrd Invst Prop MortgNotesPyblScrdInvstPropGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$280,799	BOYAmt
EOY	$269,717	EOYAmt

Other Liabilities OtherLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$37,290	BOYAmt
EOY	$32,766	EOYAmt

Total Liabilities TotalLiabilitiesGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$544,904	BOYAmt
EOY	$842,571	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Organization Follows FASB117	Yes (X)	OrganizationFollowsFASB117Ind

No Donor Restriction Net Assets NoDonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,273,287	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,030,974	EOYAmt

Donor Restriction Net Assets DonorRestrictionNetAssetsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$505,302	BOYAmt
EOY	$397,100	EOYAmt

Total Net Assets Fund Balance TotalNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$8,778,589	BOYAmt
EOY	$8,428,074	EOYAmt

Tot Liab Net Assets Fund Balance TotLiabNetAssetsFundBalanceGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
BOY	$9,323,493	BOYAmt
EOY	$9,270,645	EOYAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Info In Schedule O Part XI	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIInd
Reconcilation Revenue Expnss	-$61,416	ReconcilationRevenueExpnssAmt
Net Unrlzd Gains Losses Invst	$48,969	NetUnrlzdGainsLossesInvstAmt
Other Changes In Net Assets	-$338,068	OtherChangesInNetAssetsAmt
Info In Schedule O Part XII	Yes (X)	InfoInScheduleOPartXIIInd
Method Of Accounting Accrual	Yes (X)	MethodOfAccountingAccrualInd
Accountant Compile Or Review	0	AccountantCompileOrReviewInd
FS Audited	Yes (1)	FSAuditedInd

FS Audited Basis FSAuditedBasisGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Separate Basis Fincl Stmt	Yes (X)	SeparateBasisFinclStmtInd

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Audit Committee	Yes (1)	AuditCommitteeInd
Federal Grant Audit Required	0	FederalGrantAuditRequiredInd

Schedule A IRS990ScheduleA

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Organization170	Yes (X)	PublicOrganization170Ind

Gifts Grants Contri Rcvd170 GiftsGrantsContriRcvd170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,109,207	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,919,521	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,871,169	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,187,633	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,439,806	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$10,527,336	TotalAmt

Total Calendar Year170 TotalCalendarYear170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$4,109,207	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$1,919,521	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$1,871,169	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$1,187,633	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$1,439,806	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$10,527,336	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Public Support Total170	$10,527,336	PublicSupportTotal170Amt

Gross Investment Income170 GrossInvestmentIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$72,780	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$86,958	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus2 Years	$77,516	CurrentTaxYearMinus2YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$85,278	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Current Tax Year	$102,645	CurrentTaxYearAmt
Total	$425,177	TotalAmt

Other Income170 OtherIncome170Grp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Current Tax Year Minus4 Years	$150	CurrentTaxYearMinus4YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus3 Years	$2,000	CurrentTaxYearMinus3YearsAmt
Current Tax Year Minus1 Year	$7,447	CurrentTaxYearMinus1YearAmt
Total	$9,597	TotalAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Support	$10,962,110	TotalSupportAmt
Public Support CY170	0.96030	PublicSupportCY170Pct
Public Support PY170	0.80170	PublicSupportPY170Pct
Thirty Thr Pct Suprt Tests CY170	Yes (X)	ThirtyThrPctSuprtTestsCY170Ind

Form990 Schedule A Part VI Form990ScheduleAPartVIGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	SCHEDULE A, PART II, LINE 10, EXPLANATION FOR OTHER INCOME:	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	MISCELLANEOUS INCOME 2015 AMOUNT: $ 150 2016 AMOUNT: $ 2,000 2018 AMOUNT: $ 7,447	ExplanationTxt

Schedule B IRS990ScheduleB

Contributor Information ContributorInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Contributor	RESTRICTED	ContributorNum

Contributor Business Name ContributorBusinessName

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Business Name Line1	RESTRICTED	BusinessNameLine1

Contributor US Address ContributorUSAddress

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Address Line1	RESTRICTED	AddressLine1
Address Line2	RESTRICTED	AddressLine2
City	RESTRICTED	City
State	RESTRICTED	State
ZIP Code	RESTRICTED	ZIPCode

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Contributions	RESTRICTED	TotalContributionsAmt

Schedule D IRS990ScheduleD

CY Endwmt Fund CYEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$239,460	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$48,968	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$288,428	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus1 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus1YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$263,778	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$24,318	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$239,460	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus2 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus2YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$229,373	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$34,405	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$263,778	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus3 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus3YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$204,776	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	$24,597	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$229,373	EndYearBalanceAmt

CY Minus4 Yr Endwmt Fund CYMinus4YrEndwmtFundGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Beginning Year Balance	$216,971	BeginningYearBalanceAmt
Investment Earnings Or Losses	-$12,195	InvestmentEarningsOrLossesAmt
End Year Balance	$204,776	EndYearBalanceAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Term Endowment Balance EOY	1.00000	TermEndowmentBalanceEOYPct
Endowments Held Unrelated Org	0	EndowmentsHeldUnrelatedOrgInd
Endowments Held Related Org	0	EndowmentsHeldRelatedOrgInd

Land LandGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$25,000	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$25,000	BookValueAmt

Buildings BuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$8,302,697	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Depreciation	$1,850,465	DepreciationAmt
Book Value	$6,452,232	BookValueAmt

Other Land Buildings OtherLandBuildingsGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Other Cost Or Other Basis	$1,351,270	OtherCostOrOtherBasisAmt
Book Value	$1,351,270	BookValueAmt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Book Value Land Buildings	$7,828,502	TotalBookValueLandBuildingsAmt

Other Liabilities Org OtherLiabilitiesOrgGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Desc	SEWER BETTERMENT OBLIGATION	Desc
Amt	$32,766	Amt

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Total Liability	$32,766	TotalLiabilityAmt
Footnote Text	Yes (X)	FootnoteTextInd
Total Rev Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,987,014	TotalRevEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Net Unrealized Gains Invst	$48,968	NetUnrealizedGainsInvstAmt
Revenue Not Reported	$48,968	RevenueNotReportedAmt
Revenue Subtotal	$2,938,046	RevenueSubtotalAmt
Investment Expenses Not Incld	-$40,931	InvestmentExpensesNotIncldAmt
Revenue Not Reported Fincl Stmt	-$40,931	RevenueNotReportedFinclStmtAmt
Total Revenue Per Form990	$2,897,115	TotalRevenuePerForm990Amt
Tot Expns Etc Audited Fincl Stmt	$2,999,462	TotExpnsEtcAuditedFinclStmtAmt
Losses Reported	$40,931	LossesReportedAmt
Expenses Not Reported	$40,931	ExpensesNotReportedAmt
Expenses Subtotal	$2,958,531	ExpensesSubtotalAmt
Expenses Not Rpt Fincl Stmt	$0	ExpensesNotRptFinclStmtAmt
Total Expenses Per Form990	$2,958,531	TotalExpensesPerForm990Amt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (2 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc

ExplanationExplanationTxt

PART X, LINE 2:

MANAGEMENT HAS EVALUATED SIGNIFICANT TAX POSITIONS AGAINST THE CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS AND BELIEVES THERE ARE NO SUCH TAX POSITIONS REQUIRING ACCOUNTING RECOGNITION IN THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS. MANAGEMENT DOES NOT BELIEVE ITS EVALUATION OF TAX POSITIONS WILL SIGNIFICANTLY CHANGE WITHIN 12 MONTHS OF DECEMBER 31, 2019. ANY CHANGES IN TAX POSITIONS WILL BE RECORDED WHEN THE ULTIMATE OUTCOME BECOMES KNOWN. DISCOVERY MUSEUM, INC.'S INCOME TAX RETURNS ARE SUBJECT TO EXAMINATION BY TAXING AUTHORITIES GENERALLY FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017, 2018, AND 2019.

PART V, LINE 4:

ENDOWMENT FUNDS ARE USED TO FURTHER THE EXEMPT PURPOSE OF THE ORGANIZATION.

Schedule G IRS990ScheduleG

Fundraising Event Information FundraisingEventInformationGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Event1	GALA	Event1Nm
Gross Receipts Event1	$34,479	GrossReceiptsEvent1Amt
Gross Revenue Event1	$34,479	GrossRevenueEvent1Amt
Event2	ONLINE AUCTION	Event2Nm
Gross Receipts Event2	$20,311	GrossReceiptsEvent2Amt
Gross Revenue Event2	$20,311	GrossRevenueEvent2Amt
Gross Receipts Total	$54,790	GrossReceiptsTotalAmt
Gross Revenue Total Events	$54,790	GrossRevenueTotalEventsAmt
Net Income Summary	$54,790	NetIncomeSummaryAmt

Schedule J IRS990ScheduleJ

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Compensation Committee	Yes (X)	CompensationCommitteeInd
Board Or Committee Approval	Yes (X)	BoardOrCommitteeApprovalInd
Severance Payment	0	SeverancePaymentInd
Supplemental Nonqual Rtr Plan	0	SupplementalNonqualRtrPlanInd
Equity Based Comp Arrngm	0	EquityBasedCompArrngmInd
Comp Based On Revenue Of Flng Org	0	CompBasedOnRevenueOfFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd On Rev Related Orgs	0	CompBsdOnRevRelatedOrgsInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Flng Org	0	CompBsdNetEarnsFlngOrgInd
Comp Bsd Net Earns Rltd Orgs	0	CompBsdNetEarnsRltdOrgsInd
Any Non Fixed Payments	Yes (1)	AnyNonFixedPaymentsInd
Initial Contract Exception	0	InitialContractExceptionInd

Rltd Org Officer Trst Key Empl RltdOrgOfficerTrstKeyEmplGrp

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Person	NEIL GORDON	PersonNm
Title	CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER	TitleTxt
Base Compensation Filing Org	$184,347	BaseCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Compensation Based On Rltd Orgs	$0	CompensationBasedOnRltdOrgsAmt
Bonus Filing Organization	$12,523	BonusFilingOrganizationAmount
Bonus Related Organizations	$0	BonusRelatedOrganizationsAmt
Other Compensation Filing Org	$0	OtherCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Other Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	OtherCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Deferred Compensation Flng Org	$0	DeferredCompensationFlngOrgAmt
Deferred Comp Rltd Orgs	$0	DeferredCompRltdOrgsAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Filing Org	$0	NontaxableBenefitsFilingOrgAmt
Nontaxable Benefits Rltd Orgs	$0	NontaxableBenefitsRltdOrgsAmt
Total Compensation Filing Org	$196,870	TotalCompensationFilingOrgAmt
Total Compensation Rltd Orgs	$0	TotalCompensationRltdOrgsAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Filing Org	$0	CompReportPrior990FilingOrgAmt
Comp Report Prior990 Rltd Orgs	$0	CompReportPrior990RltdOrgsAmt

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail

Field	Value	IRS element (for citing)
Form And Line Reference	PART I, LINE 7	FormAndLineReferenceDesc
Explanation	THE CEO RECEIVES AN ANNUAL STIPEND BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF HIS BASE SALARY. THIS STIPEND IS INCLUDED IN HIS REPORTED WAGES AS WELL AS ON SCHEDULE J, PART II, COLUMN (B)(II).	ExplanationTxt

Schedule O IRS990ScheduleO

Supplemental Information Detail SupplementalInformationDetail (5 entries)

Form And Line ReferenceFormAndLineReferenceDesc	ExplanationExplanationTxt
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 11B	THE FORM 990 IS REVIEWED BY MANAGEMENT PRIOR TO FILING.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 12C	THE ORGANIZATION HAS A WRITTEN CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY THAT REQUIRES ANNUAL REVIEW AND SIGN-OFF BY ALL BOARD MEMBERS.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION B, LINE 15	THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND HIRING COMMITTEE REVIEW AND APPROVE THE CEO'S COMPENSATION ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. EMPLOYEE SALARY RAISES ARE REVIEWED BY THE CEO AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD BEFORE IMPLEMENTATION.
FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19	THE ORGANIZATION MAKES ITS GOVERNING DOCUMENTS, CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY, AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC UPON REQUEST.
FORM 990, PART XI, LINE 9:	OTHER -45,607. ADJUSTMENT FOR CUMULATIVE EFFECT FROM CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE -292,461.