Fort Discovery

Coordinates: 33°28′36″N 81°57′44″W / 33.4768°N 81.9622°W / 33.4768; -81.9622

Fort Discovery
Established	April 1997
Location	1 Seventh Street Augusta, Georgia,  United States
Visitor figures	200,000 (2007)
Director	Rob Dennis
Website	Fort Discovery

The National Science Center's Fort Discovery, generally known as Fort Discovery, was a 128,000-square-foot (11,900 m²), children's science exhibition center and museum located in downtown Augusta, Georgia, at Riverwalk Augusta. The museum was located in the former Shoppes at Port Royal, a two-story shopping mall which operated from 1991 to 1994.

Fort Discovery featured over 250 hands-on exhibits that demonstrated various scientific concepts. It featured several rides such as a high-wire bicycle, the human gyroscope, and space moon walk, each demonstrating a fundamental concept of physics. The center opened in April 1997. In late 2003, the state cut off funds to the center and Fort Discovery was at danger of closing. In early 2004, the city and community funded Fort Discovery until January 2005, when the state started funding the center once more. Fort Discovery was closed permanently on December 31, 2010.

State of Georgia portal

External links

• National Science Center's Fort Discovery — official website
• Fort Discovery closing, National Science Center leaving, WRDW-TV