COSI

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COSI

West facade and Dorrian Green
Established	1964 (1964)
Location	Columbus, Ohio
Coordinates	39°57′34.880″N 83°0′24.811″W / 39.95968889°N 83.00689194°W / 39.95968889; -83.00689194
Type	Science museum
Founder	Sanford N. Hallock II
CEO	Frederic Bertley
Chairperson	Tom Dailey
Public transit access	10, 12 CoGo
Website	www.cosi.org

COSI (/ˈkoʊsaɪ/), officially the Center of Science and Industry, is a science museum and research center in Columbus, Ohio. COSI was opened to the public on 29 March 1964 and remained there for 35 years. In 1999, COSI was moved to a 30000 m² (320000 sq ft) facility, designed by Japanese architect Arata Isozaki along a bend in the Scioto River in the Franklinton neighborhood. COSI features more than 300 interactive exhibits throughout themed exhibition areas.^[1]

Until the COVID-19 pandemic, COSI operated the largest outreach education program of any science museum in the United States. Anchored by COSI on Wheels – a whole-school outreach program traveling throughout Ohio and the surrounding Midwest – as well as local COSI on Wheels Workshops, Camp COSI on Wheels, and Interactive Videoconference programs reaching 350000 learners each year outside of the museum at their peak.^[2]

As a non-profit organization, COSI is supported by ticket sales, a network of community and statewide partnerships (including relationships with a variety of donors and sponsors), a volunteer program supported by 10000 volunteers annually, and nearly 20000 member households.^[3] In 2008, COSI was named the #1 science center in the United States for families by Parent Magazine.^[4] In 2020, it was named the #1 Science Museum in the United States by USA Today.^[5]