California Science Center

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Coordinates: 34 ° 0 ′ 56 ″  N , 118 ° 17 ′ 9 ″  W.

California Science Center
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place Exposition Park, Los Angeles
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Science museum
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
Manned spaceships
Unmanned spaceships

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).
  • 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.

gallery

  • View of the entire building

  • Entrance to the California Science Center with the IMAX theater on the left

  • California Science Center IMAX theater

  • Aerospace exhibition

  • Roof above the third floor

  • Roof above the third floor

Web links

Commons : California Science Center  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / affiliations.si.edu
  2. ^ 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. 
  3. ↑ Torsten Meyer, Journey through the City of Angels, ISBN 978-3-7386-2083-2