Pacific Science Center
Pacific Science Center at night
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| Established | 1962 |
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| Location | Seattle , Washington, USA |
| Coordinates | 47°37′09″N 122°21′04″W / 47.6192°N 122.3511°WCoordinates: 47°37′09″N 122°21′04″W / 47.6192°N 122.3511°W |
| Type | Science museum |
| Director | Diana Johns (Director for Exhibits) |
| Website | www |
The Pacific Science Center is a science museum located in Seattle, Washington and designed by Minoru Yamasaki for the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle.
Pacific Science Center is an independent, non-profit science museum based in Seattle, Washington. It sits on 7.1 acres (29,000 m2) of land located on the south side of the Seattle Center. A satellite campus in Bellevue, Washington, Mercer Slough Environmental Center, a collaboration of Pacific Science Center and the City of Bellevue, teaches children and adults about environmental stewardship, wetland ecology and nature awareness. Like many museums, Pacific Science Center creates, builds and rents many traveling exhibits available for school group field trips and the public. It also offers year-round youth, teen, family and adult programs, including summer camps in various Puget Sound locations, science-themed 21+ events and research weekends.
Pacific Science Center's outreach program, Science On Wheels, has a fleet of vans that bring hands-on science education to schools throughout the Pacific Northwest. The center also has a division of staff whose purpose is to assist teachers in teaching science to their students.
The center's original buildings were the United States Science Pavilion, part of the 1962 World’s Fair in Seattle. Eventually becoming Pacific Science Center, the World of Science, along with the Worlds of Art, Entertainment, Commerce and Industry, and Tomorrow were the five main theme areas that were intended for the masses at the World's Fair. Located at the southernmost end of the fairgrounds and west of the Space Needle, the World of Science was located under the arches, an easily identifiable landmark. In recent years, Pacific Science Center has become a nonprofit, instead of being leased from the city of Seattle.
The fountains located at the entrance of the center appeared in the movie It Happened at the World's Fair with Elvis Presley. After the World's Fair closed, the museum was re-opened as Pacific Science Center. The land and buildings were leased for $1.00 a year until 2004 when the title deed was signed over and the Pacific Science Center Foundation officially took ownership.
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