Thank you for supporting our efforts to bring engaging hands-on STEAM education to the Border Region!

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Our Story: INSIGHTS El Paso Science Center was founded in 1979 to offer interactive science education experiences to the Border Region. INSIGHTS operated in downtown El Paso until being demolished to make way for a baseball stadium. Exhibits were stored in an unused school in the Segundo Barrio, the Alamo School, and gradually were rebuilt into a museum format and opened to the public in October of 2015. Running a museum in the Alamo School posed multiple operational challenges and following many stakeholder meetings, the INSIGHTS Board of Directors made the decision to pivot to a 100% mobile outreach model, with a focus on meeting the public where they are.

INSIGHTS is STEAM Education Unleashed Since rebranding in 2017 as INSIGHTS Science Discovery, we have ‘taken the museum out of the box,’ and have moved full STEAM ahead with a variety of new programs for all ages. We bring STEAM education to schools, on trails, at parks under tents, and in your homes - INSIGHTS has been providing hands-on STEAM education in the Border Region for over 40 years. We’ve really unleashed the beast with the purchase of a STEAM Truck, provided through a grant from Marathon Petroleum Company and a donation by Casa Auto Group.

Within the last year, we have served over 13,400 individuals within our region with programs ranging from our STEAM Pop-Up events, guided Dinotrack tours, our annual Sun Country Regional Science & Engineering Fair, and our afterschool/summer camp STEAM enrichment programing. We have most recently added a Mobile Planetarium through a donation from The Shiloff Family Foundation, as a way to bring the universe to our community!

We know that 60% of today’s students will be employed in technical jobs that do not yet exist. This is why INSIGHTS’ mission to promote STEAM education through exploratory, interactive learning experiences in the Border Region is critical. Operating as a flexible, lean, mobile service has enabled INSIGHTS to serve hands-on engaging STEAM education to over 40,000 individuals since our transition to a ‘museum without walls.’ With your donation, INSIGHTS will continue to grow our afterschool programs, Pop Up exploratory learning exhibits, educational events, and outdoor STEAM education.

Help us inspire our next generation of scientists, engineers, programmers, artists, and astronauts.