Ithaca Discovery Trail

The Ithaca Discovery Trail is a collaboration among hands-on museums and the public library in Tompkins County, New York.

Its member institutions are: Cayuga Nature Center, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Cornell Botanic Gardens, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Museum of the Earth, Sciencenter, The History Center of Tompkins County, and Tompkins County Public Library.

Prior to the founding of the Discovery Trail, museums worked together informally on joint promotions.

KDT connects the eight ICSD elementary schools with the eight Discovery Trail institutions by providing curriculum-based field trips and instructional materials.

[5] The Discovery Trail is funded by the Tompkins County Strategic Tourism Board and by member contributions.