Museum of Science and History - Fort Worth, TX
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N 32° 44.635 W 097° 22.128
14S E 652827 N 3624075
This world-class, 166,000 square-foot Museum features a collection of interactive exhibits and programs in support of the Museum’s dedication to informal, discovery-based learning for all. An extensive remodeling was completed in Nov. 2009.
Waymark Code: WM7Q5D
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2009
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This museum, originally chartered as the Fort Worth Children's Museum, first opened in early 1945 in two rooms in De Zavala Elementary School.
In 1947 the museum moved into the R.E. Harding House. Ground was broken for a new facility in 1952. On January 25, 1954, the museum opened the building at 1501 Montgomery Street. The following year the Charlie Mary Noble Planetarium, the first public planetarium in the region, opened.
In 1968 the name was changed to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History so that adults even without children could enjoy the Museum (today more than half of the visitors are adults). The Omni Theater, added in 1983, was the first IMAX® dome theater in the Southwest.
In May 2006, the Museum unveiled plans for its new building: an innovative work of architecture that blends with neighboring institutions and features a sweeping plaza and campus-like environment at the south end of the Cultural District. The new building was completed in November 2009. It faces the Will Rogers Memorial Center to the east and opens onto a broad plaza that connects the museum neighbors, the Will Rogers Center and the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame WM6NGC: (
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