Sciencenter

Sciencenter

infobox Museum
name= Sciencenter


established= 1983
location= Ithaca, New York, USA
visitors= 90,000
director= Charles Trautmann
website= [http://www.sciencenter.org/ Sciencenter]

Sciencenter is a hands-on science museum in Ithaca, New York. It was founded in February 1983 having grown out of the volunteer-run science program run at a number of elementary schools in the Ithaca City School District.Cite web|url=http://www.sciencenter.org/aboutus/d/sciencenterhistory.pdf|title=A History of the Sciencenter|accessdate=2008-05-16|publisher=Sciencenter|year=2006-04|author=Charles H. Trautmann] The community-based tradition continued as the museum grew to be nationally known, despite not having a paid staff until the 1990s.Cite web|url=http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19648165&BRD=1395&PAG=461&dept_id=546876&rfi=6|title=25th Birthday Bash...15 Years After Original Community Build, Sciencenter's at it Again|accessdate=2008-05-16|year=2008-04-30|author=Colleen Corley|work=Ithaca Times]

In tribute to one of its Advisory Board members, the museum features a planetary walk in memory of Carl Sagan.Cite web|url=http://www.sciencenter.org/SaganPW/|title=Sagan Planet Walk|accessdate=2008-05-16|publisher=Sciencenter] Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9711/09/sagan.planets.ap/|title=Sagan Honored with his Own Solar system|accessdate=2008-05-16|publisher=CNN|year=1997-11-09|author=Associated Press]

The museum is also a part of Ithaca's Discovery Trail,Cite web|url=http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080125/LIFESTYLE24/801250302&theme=OUTLOOK&template=printart|title=Discovery Trail Sites Thrive on Community Support, Visitors|accessdate=2008-05-16|year=2008-01-25|author=Nancy Grossman|work=Ithaca Journal] uniting several of the city's museums. Its highlights include a walk-in cameraCite web|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22543302.html|title=What's Up Upstate|accessdate=2008-05-16|year=1994-04-24|author=Jill Schensul and Mary Anne McEnery|work=The Bergen Record] as well as a number of traveling exhibits, for which the museum receives a degree of funding.Cite web|url=http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080502/NEWS01/805020347/1002|title=Sciencenter Receives $750K for Watershed Exhibit|accessdate=2008-05-16|year=2008-05-02|author=Topher Sanders|work=Ithaca Journal]

References

External links

* [http://www.sciencenter.org/ Sciencenter]


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