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Discovery Play House is a children's museum in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Founded by the non-profit organization Southeast Missouri Children's Museum in 2006, it offers educational and interactive exhibits geared for children 11 and under. These include a grocery store, farm, and a bank. The museum also hosts parties and events. It moved to the current building in 2010.

Discovery Play House

This walking tour of Cape Girardeau begins and ends at a museum. The tour starts at Cape River Heritage Museum and includes landmarks such as the floodwall murals and county courthouse as well as antebellum buildings such as Old St. Vincent's Church. The tour also includes the recreated trading post of Louis Lorimier, the founder of Cape Girardeau, and the Glenn House which was constructed in 1833. The tour also includes cultural centers and Southeast Missouri State University's museum of art. Be sure to also explore Fort D, a well-preserved fort built by the Union during the Civil War, which is just a bit south of the point where this walking tour ends. Enjoy this historic river city!   

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