Kids are having fun, but they are also learning important things about the world. | ||
| —Michael Arbib (USC Brain Project) in Scientific American | ||
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A 112-foot high, glass ceilinged public space links exhibit galleries. But, this is no ordinary lobby. Large-scale,
whole body exhibits in the Science Court entice visitors’ participation—whether visitors tackle the physics
of balance on a high wire bike, 60 feet above the ground, or try to master weightlessness in a gyroscopic chair. |
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| Creative approaches appropriate to the subject matter—this is one of West Office’s qualities I always valued a great deal. | ||
| —Ann Muscat, Deputy Director Exhibits and Education | ||
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Opened February 1998
CREDITS Exhibit Development California Science Center West Office Exhibition Design Master Plan West Office Exhibition Design Exhibit Fabrication Attraction Services Building Architect Zimmer Gunsel Frasca Partnership | ||