Discovery Place

Discovery Place Science
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Former name
Discovery Place
Established1981
Location301 N. Tryon Street
Charlotte, North Carolina
United States
Coordinates35°13′46″N 80°50′27″W / 35.22944°N 80.84083°W / 35.22944; -80.84083
TypeScience Museum
Visitors520,000 (as of 2009)
DirectorCatherine Wilson Horne
Public transit accessTram interchange Tryon Street
Websitediscoveryplace.org

Discovery Place Science is a science and technology museum, located in Uptown, Charlotte, North Carolina. Discovery Place Science operates The Charlotte Observer IMAX Dome Theater, also referred to as an OMNIMAX theater. It is the largest IMAX Dome Theater in the Carolinas.[1]

The museum opened in 1981 and was renovated in 2010. The IMAX Dome was opened in 1991.[2] The theater-naming rights were secured by The Charlotte Observer.

Discovery Place's main entrance from Tryon Street in Uptown Charlotte
  1. ^ "Explore the Museum". Discovery Place. Discovery Place. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Our History". Discovery Place. Discovery Place. Retrieved 3 July 2021.