The new venue’s executive director is expected to be announced in August he or she will oversee a 94-member staff, 24 of them full-time employees. will be $4.7 million, compared with about $13 million in Santa Ana.
Nasitka, the Discovery spokesman, said the first year’s operating budget in L.A. Pedram Salimpour, president of the Los Angeles County Medical Assn. Others include Metropolitan Theaters President Bruce Corwin, AEG Sports chief operating officer Kelly Cheeseman, Verizon executive Tim McCallion and Dr. Alex Padilla is the third government figure on the 10-member board. “The vision is for it to be self-sustaining” by covering operating expenses with a combination of fundraising and revenues from admissions, Greuel said. She also has done consulting work for the new museum. “It’s going to serve a community that hasn’t had this kind of iconic, exciting facility,” said former city controller and mayoral and congressional candidate Wendy Greuel, who grew up in the San Fernando Valley and has joined the board of Discovery Cube Los Angeles. “They’re committed to bringing in the quality program they’re known for in Orange County, and the fundraising capacity to be sustainable.” It’s really been a godsend,” said Miguel Santana, the city of Los Angeles’ chief administrative officer, who has joined Discovery Cube Los Angeles’ newly constituted board. “It’s been impressive to see officials move so quickly. The municipal departments’ contributions were earmarked for educational exhibits about resource recycling and water conservation meant to dovetail with their missions.
Start-up costs for reviving the museum are $22.4 million for exhibits, building modifications and other capital costs, with $2 million provided by the Discovery Science Center and the rest cobbled together from various city accounts, including $3.6 million from sanitation funds and $3.9 million from the Department of Water and Power. It first approached Discovery Science Center in 2010 about reviving the project by designing and installing exhibits, managing its operations and creating educational programs meant to reinforce the science taught in area schools. That left the city on the hook to repay more than $16.2 million in public construction funds if a museum didn’t open by March 2015. held up its end of the bargain by building the San Fernando Valley museum, but the Children’s Museum of Los Angeles collapsed under the effort of trying to raise large sums to equip and operate a venue much bigger and more expensive than the small one it had run in downtown L.A. With regular admission at only $12.95 for adults, and $9.City Hall had a similar public-private partnership in mind in 2007, but it fizzled. Potato Head (he will lead you on a number of fun and educational adventures, from trips to outer space to jungle safaris and archeological digs), and Water Works: Soak Up The Science (exploring how water gets physical by creating a perfect rainbow, capturing a raindrop and examining snowflakes – one of nature’s most complex structures).ĭiscovery Science Center is open 10am–5pm Monday – Saturday and 11am–5pm on Sundays. Their big Summer attractions are the The Adventures of Mr. The center is divided into several themed areas including Perception, Dynamic Earth, Quake Zone, Science of Hockey, Space Exploration, and DinoQuest. Within DSC there are approximately 120 interactive exhibits that encourage visitors to search for answers, think and explore. There are nearly half a million people per year who visit the Discovery Science Center! 1998) that is dedicated to educating young minds, assisting teachers and increasing public understanding of science, math and technology through interactive exhibits and programs. You have probably seen this huge 108-foot cube off of the 5 freeway at Main Street in Santa Ana, and many of you have probably been there, but you may not know that it’s actually a nonprofit organization.ĭiscover Science Center (DSC) is a 59,000-square-foot learning facility (est. One such venue is Orange County’s Discovery Science Center. Twitter and Facebook are a great way for “recreational” venues to educate future guests about upcoming exhibits, events and more. In addition to hotels and restaurants, there are many other venues making a splash in the social media world.
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