Imagination Station
About Imagination Station
Imagination Station (formerly the Center of Science and Industry or COSI) is a non-profit, hands-on science museum located adjacent to the Maumee River in Downtown Toledo, Ohio. It has more than 300 exhibits for "children of all ages".
The museum opened in 1997 as COSI. It occupied the former Portside Marketplace, a festival marketplace-style shopping and restaurant complex developed by The Rouse Company and Enterprise Development Company (EDC) that operated from 1984–1990.
After tax levies failed in 2006 and 2007, COSI closed its doors to the public on the last day of 2007 due to lack of funding. In 2008, voters approved an operating levy to reopen the facility as The Toledo Science Center. This interim name was replaced by "Imagination Station", which opened on October 10, 2009.
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- Founded
- 2009
Photos of Imagination Station
01ToledoMrJacon000 · CC BY-SA 4.0
02Magnavox Odyssey on displayMbrickn · CC0
03Atari Flashback 2 on displayMbrickn · CC BY 4.0
04Toledo Harbor Lighthouse Fresnel lensPhoto by and ©2007 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!) · CC BY-SA 2.5
05COSI Toledo located at 1 Discovery WayPhoto by and ©2007 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!) · CC BY-SA 2.5
06Rube Goldbergian music machine at COSI ToledoPhoto by and ©2007 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!) · CC BY-SA 2.5
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