California Science Center
Coordinates: 34 ° 0 ′ 56 ″ N , 118 ° 17 ′ 9 ″ W.
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place | Exposition Park, Los Angeles |
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opening | 1951 |
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The California Science Center (sometimes called California ScienCenter ) is an educational institution and museum in Exposition Park, Los Angeles . It is called the largest interactive science center on the west coast . The California ScienCenter is a public-private collaboration between the State of California and the California Science Center Foundation. The museum is also part of the Smithsonian Affiliations Program.
Originally known as the California Museum of Science and Industry , the museum was rebuilt and renamed in 1998.
The California Science Center hosts the California State Science Fair .
At the end of 2012, the center received the Space Shuttle Endeavor from NASA . The shuttle was flown to Los Angeles mounted on a Boeing 747 and then transported from the airport (LAX) to the museum grounds using a special transporter. The spacecraft is in a specially built hall, the Samuel Oschin Pavilion .
Extract from the list of exhibits (October 2012)
- Planes
- Douglas DC-8 jet plane
- Lockheed F-104D starfighter
- Lockheed A-12 Blackbird Oxcart; two-seat jet trainer; Serial number 60-6927
- Replica Bell X-1 (Movie prop from The Stuff Heroes Are Made of )
- 1929 Velie Monocoupe
- Northrop T-38 Talon jet trainer
- Northrop F-20 Tigershark
- Manned spaceships
- Capsule for Mercury-Redstone 2 which brought the chimpanzee Ham into space
- Capsule for Gemini 11
- Apollo Soyuz Test Project Command Module
- Space Shuttle Endeavor
- Unmanned spaceships
- Prototype of the Viking Lander
- Cassini-Huygens planetary probe (mock-up)
- Pioneer 10 planetary probe
- Mariner IV planetary probe
- Pioneer Venus planetary probe
modification
In 1993 the museum decided to renovate and in the long term to transform itself from a pure science museum into a scientific educational institution. This new facility would then be called the California Science Center . The plan for these changes would be carried out in three phases:
Phase I.
- Reconstruction of the main building (Howard F. Ahmanson building).
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Science Plaza - exhibits in front of the main entrance.
- World of Life - The science of life in five galleries.
- Creative World - illuminates technologies of transport, communication and supporting structures. There is a virtual reality here where visitors can practice virtual sports. There is also an earthquake simulator.
- Special Exhibits gallery - This area has a Titanic exhibition, a magic exhibition, and an exhibition about the human body .
- ExploraStore - A store that specializes in educational and scientific products.
- IMAX Cinema - Seven story IMAX screen, the largest in Los Angeles.
- Phase I was completed and opened in 1998.
Phase II
- New parking spaces and gardens.
- Renovation and conversion of the historic armory into a new science center school.
- Aerospace renovation.
- Ecosystems.
Phase III
- Worlds Beyond - planned.
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Web links
- CaliforniaScienceCenter.org Official Website
- usc.edu A Brief History of the California Museum of Science and Industry
- CMSI memories of the California Museum of Science & Industry
- EHDD Architecture Architects of the second renovation phase
Individual evidence
- Erin Torneo: Superhero Science . In: Seed . April 5, 2006.
- ^ California Science Center . Smithsonian Affiliations. 2011. Archived from the original on September 29, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 15, 2011.
- ^ Space shuttle Endeavor arrives at Los Angeles museum after 12-mile trip across city , USA Today. April 12, 2011. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012.
- ↑ Torsten Meyer, Journey through the City of Angels, ISBN 978-3-7386-2083-2