The future Lewis & Clark Exploratory Center will be:
a hands-on activities center for visitors of all ages • exciting exhibition space • a local trailhead for river and forest walks • history, science, and the arts • a national trailhead looking west to the Lewis & Clark National Heritage Trail • a transportation museum • a meeting place for the community and other nonprofits • an indoor classroom • an outdoor classroom • a scouting center • a rentable location for elegant weddings, business meetings, children’s parties, and more • a boating center • a boat-building center • a camp headquarters • a birding trail • a Local History Center • a tourist destination • a place to examine our national heritage and the meeting of cultures • the place that tells the history of the Expedition's local origins