Orlando Science Center, Science museum and educational center in Orlando, United States.
The Orlando Science Center is a 207,000 sq ft museum in Orlando, Florida, opened on February 1, 1997. Its pale beige building has a silver hemispherical dome on a square base, flanked by flat-roofed blocks, with thin vertical poles along the right roofline. Inside, four floors hold exhibits such as NatureWorks, KidsTown, DinoDigs and the Crosby Observatory.
Incorporated in 1955 as the Central Florida Museum, it opened in Loch Haven Park in 1960 as an anthropology museum with Florida and Caribbean artifacts. In 1973 it was renamed for astronaut John Young after becoming a hands-on science center, and in 1984 it took the name Orlando Science Center. The current 207,000 sq ft building opened on February 1, 1997, six times larger than the facility that closed on December 31, 1996.
The center makes science tangible through hands-on experiments that visitors can try themselves. This direct approach helps people of all ages understand how the natural world works.
The building is centrally located and accessible by public transit and car. Visitors should allow several hours to explore the different floors and exhibit areas properly.
The Dr. Phillips CineDome's screen covers 8,000 square feet and seats 300. Films are projected through a fisheye lens in the 15/70 format, 15 perforations on a 70 mm print, ten times larger than a conventional film theater, so the image reaches past the audience's peripheral vision.
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