Janesville police are investigating the theft and damage to a local non-profit’s educational display.

The Children’s Museum of Rock County is running a Rock The Solar System Campaign all of February, but their light-up display of the sun was stolen Friday night.

With the help of the public, Janesville police found the sun damaged in a yard on the 400 block of Centerway Street Saturday afternoon.

Museum president Claire Gray said the plastic dome was assembled by volunteers and cost more than $2,000. The Janesville Art League has volunteered to create a replacement.

The solar system campaign features a socially distant scavenger hunt for families to find the eight planets plus the sun, moon and Pluto placed at locations throughout Rock County. Each planet is spaced apart to-scale with their distance in the actual solar system.

The museum also has space-themed activity kits available at every Rock County library, and they will hold a virtual art class later this month.

Gray said they are thankful for the strong community support to set up the scavenger hunt and help them with the damage to the sun display.