A child in an orange hoodie grins and claps flour-dusted hands at a classroom table.
A hip and healthy café, now open inside the museum. Open today 10 AM – 5 PM.

Bean Sprouts is a nationally recognized café made for places like this one: children’s museums, zoos and science centers. Its whole job is to spark kids’ appetites for yummy, good-for-you food while making mealtime fun for everyone at the table.
Ground floor, inside the museum. Museum hours.
Bean Sprouts' award-winning Imaginibbles menu turns healthy food into something kids want to choose, with playful presentation and portions for small hands.
Allergy-friendly, vegetarian and gluten-free options for picky eaters, dietary challenges, and the grown-ups who came along.
A coffee bar stocked by Frothy Monkey, the local roaster, so the adults are looked after too.
Spark kids’ appetites for yummy, good-for-you food, and delight grown-ups with a happier mealtime.
Presented by AllerTrain, the award recognizes Bean Sprouts and Creative Discovery Museum together for serving the growing number of guests who live with food allergies and sensitivities.
The café sits inside the museum, so a visit and a meal go together.
Bean Sprouts is inside the museum and keeps museum hours: Sunday to Friday 10 to 5, Saturday 9 to 5, and closed Wednesdays during the school year.
No. Food and drinks stay in the café, the lobby and the plaza. Only bottled water with a secure lid goes into the exhibits.
Yes. Admission is good all day with re-entry. Get a hand stamp at Guest Relations, walk the riverfront, and come back in.
Bean Sprouts builds its menu around allergy-friendly choices and was honored with AllerTrain's Best Food Allergy Innovation award. Ask at the counter about any specific allergy.
Yes. Order online and pick it up at the café inside the museum.