While some people visit
the Orlando Science Center (OSC) to peer into
night skies through Central Florida’s largest telescope, others choose
to view a film on Bengal tigers, on an eight-story screen that surrounds the
audience.
Whatever your preference,
this four-story, 200,000-square foot facility filled with science-related adventures,
offers a variety of activities where visitors will be awed and amused for hours.
The Orlando
Science Center has come a long way from its establishment in 1955 when it
was called the Central Florida Museum. In the beginning, the museum focused
on anthropology with artifact collections associated with Florida and the Caribbean
Basin. In 1984, as part of an expansion and change of philosophy, it was renamed
the Orlando Science Center. The new venue
celebrated its grand opening in February 1997. It is six times larger than the
original facility.
The Orlando
Science Center not only serves as the community’s center of activity
for mysteries of the earth and space, it also provides a unique locale for myregion.org’s
final series of community workshops, which are taking place this week. Elected
leaders, executives and concerned citizens from seven counties have been gathering
at OSC for this four-day workshop series, which is the last opportunity for
public participation and discussion about the myregion.org
initiative.
“We wanted a location
that had appeal as well as one that reflected the region with a central location
and easy access,” explained Shelley Lauten, project director for myregion.org.
“The Science Center is so unusual and
has so many remarkable exhibits that it provided a learning experience as well
as a way for the community to participate in planning the future. Best of all,
it is fun and energizing.”
The workshops proved to
be a huge success with nearly 1,000 participants from Central Florida’s
seven counties. For more information about this project, visit www.myregion.org.
You may contact Shelley Lauten at 407-835-2444 or toll free at 1-800-900-5315.
For more information about the Orlando Science
Center call 407-514-2000.
