 The Great Lakes Science Center is located at North Coast Harbor in Downtown Cleveland. | |
  Location within Northeast Ohio  Great Lakes Science Center (Ohio)  Great Lakes Science Center (the United States) | |
| Established | 1996 |
|---|---|
| Location | 601 Erieside Ave, Cleveland, Ohio 44114 |
| Coordinates | 41°30′27″N 81°41′48″W / 41.50745°N 81.69658°W |
| Type | Science museum |
| President | Kirsten M. Ellenbogen |
| Public transit access |  East 9th–North Coast |
| Website | http://greatscience.com/ |
The Great Lakes Science Center is a museum and educational facility in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. Many of the exhibits document the features of the natural environment in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The facility includes signature (permanent) and traveling exhibits, meeting space, a cafe, and an IMAX Dome theater.
Great Lakes Science Center is funded by the citizens of Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, grants, funds, and corporate and individual gifts.
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The museum opened in July 1996. The center's exhibits support STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) with exhibits including the BioMedTech Gallery, advanced energy, science phenomena and space. The Science Center is home to the NASA Glenn Visitor Center, one of only 11 such Visitor Centers in the country.[1] Also, Science Center staff conduct daily science demonstrations.
Throughout the school year, the Science Center provides STEM education to field trip students each year with programs and exhibits supporting classroom curriculum by meeting Ohio Revised Standards in Science. It also provides educator professional development programming. Homeschool workshops and programs are offered October through February. During the summer, the Science Center offers educational and fun camps for preschoolers through 12th graders that occur in various locations throughout Northeast Ohio. Year round, the Science Center provides classes, workshops, sleepovers and scout programs, as well as seasonal events for families, kids and adults.
The Science Center installed a wind turbine in its front yard in summer 2006. The wind turbine provides approximately 7% of the Science Center's annual electrical needs. A year later, it completed the installation of a 300-foot solar array canopy featuring 156 photovoltaic panels that provide enough power to light all of the Science Center's 65,000 square feet of exhibition space for one hour. During the course of a year, the solar array produces an average of 100 kWh per day, the equivalent of the average electrical usage of four homes.[2] The Science Center also offers alternative energy exhibitions for guests to interact with a touch-screen kiosk displaying both real-time and historical data.
The Great Lakes Science Center is located between FirstEnergy Stadium and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at North Coast Harbor on the shore of Lake Erie. Discounted parking is available for guests in the attached 500-car garage.[3]
- ^ "NASA Visitor Centers VisitNASA.com – NASA Visitor Centers". VisitNASA.com. Archived from the original on 2012-03-02. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ "GLSC 225 kW Turbine". Greenenergyohio.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-17.
- ^ "Directions and Parking". Greatscience.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2010.