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Discovery at Dusk
Join us for an adults-only evening of discovery and play as only Bay Area Discovery Museum can create! Experience our mission in action while enjoying cocktails, bites, hands-on play, and unparalleled views of the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset. Pre-sale packages for Discovery at Dusk 2026 available now!

Discovery at Dusk

Thursday, April 30, 2026 
6 – 9:30 pm 
Discovery at Dusk Co-Chairs: Austin Bowers, Christina Millikin, and Whitney Wildrick Jones 

Ticket Packages & Benefits

All guests will enjoy delicious bites, specialty cocktails, and hands-on museum exploration. Warm attire and imagination recommended! Adults only, please. 

  • Maker package purchasers and above will receive name recognition on event webpage and invitations (if confirmed by February 20, 2026) 
  • Purchasers of packages $1,000 and above will receive recognition on Bay Area Discovery Museum’s annual donor wall. 

If you prefer to complete your ticket package purchase offline (via donor advised fund, check in mail, stock or wire transfer, etc.) or are interested in corporate sponsorship, please email Katie Rinder at krinder@badm.org for details. 

Ticket Packages

Trailblazer | $25,000
  • Event admission for 16 guests  
  • Reserved lounge seating and welcome bottle of wine 
  • Lead sponsor of one of the event’s playful programs
  • Verbal recognition during remarks at event 

Your gift brings the Try It Truck, our mobile STEAM learning lab, to 10 underserved elementary schools for a day of student-led learning.  

Fair Market Value $1,600 

Innovator | $15,000 
  • Event admission for 12 guests 
  • Reserved lounge seating 
  • Complimentary family admission to Discovery Circle’s Big Art Breakfast on Saturday, March 28*    

Your gift supports the museum’s ongoing early childhood learning research to ensure the highest quality resources and experiences for children, educators, and caregivers.  

Fair Market Value $1,200
*if reserved by March 15, 2026     

Creator | $10,000 
  • Event admission for 10 guests. 
  • Unreserved seating available. 
  • Complimentary family admission to Discovery Circle’s Big Art Breakfast on Saturday, March 28*       

Your gift enables 50 families of low income to share experiences of joy and discovery with a free annual museum membership.  

Fair Market Value $750
*if reserved by March 15, 2026     

Builder | $5,000 
  • Event admission for 6 guests. 
  • Unreserved seating available. 
  • Complimentary family admission to Discovery Circle’s Big Art Breakfast on Saturday, March 28*       

Your gift helps three classes at high need elementary schools experience our Fairytale Engineering STEAM Workshops.  

Fair Market Value $450 
*if reserved by March 15, 2026

Designer | $1,500 
  • Event admission for 2 guests. 
  • Unreserved seating available. 
  • Complimentary family admission to Discovery Circle’s Big Art Breakfast on Saturday, March 28* 

Your gift provides educational supplies for museum programs supporting San Francisco’s federally subsidized preschools. 

Fair Market Value $150    
*if reserved by March 15, 2026   

Maker | $500 
  • Event admission for 1 guest. 
  • Unreserved seating available. 
  • Complimentary family admission to Discovery Circle’s Big Art Breakfast on Saturday, March 28* 

   
Your gift provides bus transportation for one class from a subsidized preschool and their caregivers to enjoy a day of hands-on exploration at the museum.  

Fair Market Value $75
*if reserved by March 15, 2026  

Supporter | $300
  • Event admission for 1 guest. 
  • Unreserved seating available. 

Your gift extends admission to the museum for 30 children through the museum’s partnership with Marin County Free Library. 

Fair Market Value $75 

Bay Area Discovery Museum thanks the following donors and sponsors for their early commitment to Discovery at Dusk. This event supports our ongoing efforts to ensure all children of low-income in our community are able to enjoy the magic of the museum. 

Trailblazers

Innovators

Toby Brown* and An Tran 

Rameez* and Samantha Dossa 

Conor and Vanessa Famulener* 

Lexie* and Mark George 

Lindsay* and Maxwell Hayman 

Whitney* and Zach Jones 

Adam and Heather Judd* 

Christina* and Timothy Millikin 

Dana Marohn Spiliotis* and Charles Spiliotis 

Creators

Austin* and Nora Bowers 

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP 

Dodge & Cox 

Ernst & Young LLP  

Max and Katie Eulenstein* 

Randi and Bob Fisher 

Charlton Gholson* and Morgan Mohun-Gholson 

Chian Gong* and Adrian Graham 

Priyanka and Sudi Jain* 

Kate and Christian Jensen 

Ozette and Ryan Keats* 

Kirkland & Ellis LLP 

Latham & Watkins 

Lazard 

Maggie and Jeff Moore 

Noelle Moseley and Brian Singerman 

Proskauer Rose LLP 

Sam* and Alexis Sellers 

Builders

Sarah and Craig Baum 

Emily Bennett and Chris Perez* 

Mary and Bill Conrad 

Sloane and Topher Conway 

Jackie and Michael Crown 

Debevoise & Plimpton 

Lauren and Matt Dillard 

Rebecca Draper 

Kristy and Dean Duchak* 

Liz* and Chris Faralli 

Laura and John Fisher 

Sakurako and William Fisher 

John and Alix Flynn* 

Ahsha and Dylan Haggart 

David Hamsher* and Kate Karas 

Christopher* and Natalie Kim 

Chelsea and Scott Kohler 

KPMG LLP 

April Kupper* and David Geib 

Kate Larsen* and Mike Souders 

Betsy and Ed McDermott 

Geoffrey Miller and Margaret Coblentz 

Moelis & Company 

Morgan Stanley 

Laura* and Mark Nichol 

Phillip and Claire Stoup 

Katie* and Matt Thiry 

Ligaya Tichy* and Russel Simmons 

Cameron* and April Walters 

Anonymous 

Designers

Hillary Baker Draper and Billy Draper 

Colin and Irene Evran 

John Fisher and Raphaela Lipinsky DeGette 

Goldman Sachs

Hilary Helfrich and Jeremy Berla 

Sam Hodges and Aliisa Rosenthal 

Leslie and George Hume 

Gregory and Sandra Kuhn 

Tessa Lyons-Laing and Sam Steyer 

Thomas and Hannah McKinley 

James Potts* and Anna Snyder 

Lisa Stone Pritzker 

Ishanaa Rambachan* and James Anderson 

The Reuter Family 

Makers

Riley Bartlett and Saskia Mauro 

Teresa and Andrew Byrne 

Lian Eoyang* and Randy Reddig 

Lauren Freeman and Matt Sculnick 

Alexandra and Jonathan Golden 

Elizabeth Ferdon Hoenigmann and Albert Hoenigmann 

Mechanics Bank 

Jane and Nish Nadaraja 

Jessica Rubin and Ben Solarz 

Mosey Stern-Ngo 

Willinger Family 

Supporters

Bailey Family 

Danielle and Matthew Baker 

Rod Brown 

The Cooks 

Lauren and Cameron Crockett 

Clayton Danielsen and Erica Keller  

Kylie Gemmell and Josh Roberts 

Amy and Ben Herrick 

Ari and Genelle Kahan 

Dan and Bayley McKenna 

Chantelle Paige-Mulligan and Coulter Mulligan 

Max and Randi Saffian 

Danielle and Randall Sosnick 

Nini Spalding 

Monique Stephansen 

Erika and Matthew Warren 

Ognjen and Anne Zivojnovic 

Anonymous 

Wine & Spirit Sponsors