The Saint Louis Science Center is a science museum with its facilities in St. Louis, Missouri and the Association of Science and Technology Centers has rated the Saint Louis Science Center one of the top 5 science centers in the nation. It is among the largest of its type and, like all science centers, is intended to be a place of informal science education for all ages.
The Science Center campus is made up of four buildings. The James S. McDonne...
more
The Saint Louis Science Center is a science museum with its facilities in St. Louis, Missouri and the Association of Science and Technology Centers has rated the Saint Louis Science Center one of the top 5 science centers in the nation. It is among the largest of its type and, like all science centers, is intended to be a place of informal science education for all ages.
The Science Center campus is made up of four buildings. The James S. McDonnell Planetarium, found in Forest Park, a newer building (often called the main building) across Interstate 64 (Highway 40) at 5050 Oakland Avenue, the Exploradome, an air-supported building next to the main building, and the Taylor Community Science Resource Center at 4900 Manchester Avenue, 2 blocks south of the main building.
The St. Louis Science Center was originally founded by an organization called the Academy of Science of St. Louis as the Museum of Science and Natural History in 1959 at a facility in Clayton's Oak Knoll Park.
In 1983,...
less
