California Science Center
About California Science Center
The California Science Center (sometimes spelled California ScienCenter) is a state agency and science museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the University of Southern California. The museum includes many exhibits of aircraft and spacecraft, including Space Shuttle Endeavour, multiple hands-on galleries, special exhibitions, and IMAX movies.
Billed as the West Coast's largest hands-on science center, this museum is a public-private partnership between the State of California and the California Science Center Foundation. The California Natural Resources Agency oversees the California Science Center and the California African American Museum. Founded in 1951 as the "California Museum of Science and Industry", the Museum was remodeled and renamed in 1998 as the "California Science Center," which hosts the California State Science Fair annually.
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- Founded
- 1951
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01Los AngelesRichard Kim · CC BY 3.0
02Lexus CalSciCtr 1UZ-FE V8 exhibitAltair78 · CC BY-SA 4.0
03Inside the oval structure covering the entrance of the CA Science Centeratgorden · CC BY 3.0
04Interior, California Science CenterRevisorius · CC BY-SA 4.0
05IMAX at California Science CenterJengod · CC BY-SA 3.0
06JanuaryKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Nearby museums
Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within a mile of California Science Center; the closest, Afro-American Museum, is practically next door.
