Hollywood Science Fiction Museum

The Hollywood Sci-Fi Museum, SciFi World Tour, Hollywood Science Fiction Museum, or Star Trek Enterprise Bridge Restoration is a proposed museum created by Huston Huddleston in August 2012.[1][2][3] As of January 2020, no permanent facility has been found for the museum or its collection.

The Hollywood Sci-Fi Museum
Established2015 (2015)
LocationHollywood
TypeScience Fiction Museum
Websitewww.hollywoodscifi.org

Mission

The mission of the Hollywood Science Fiction Museum is to "inspire people of all ages with an uplifting vision of the future found in science fiction media, art, and literature by teaching real science through science fiction, including technology, ecology, engineering, computers, robotics, math, space travel, and all aspects of filmmaking through interactive exhibits and programs".[4]

Hollywood Science Fiction Foundation

The Hollywood Science Fiction Foundation is the nonprofit organization behind the development of The Hollywood Sci-Fi Museum, and was founded to fund and oversee the restoration process of the Paramount-built Star Trek Enterprise-D display bridge.[5] The Hollywood Science Fiction Foundation was founded by Huston Huddleston.[6]

In April 2018, Huston Huddleston was arrested on three felony charges related to child pornography, eventually pleading guilty to one misdemeanor charge of possessing child pornography.[7][8] Following this, the board of directors list was scrubbed from both Foundation museum websites, and individual members have publicly distanced themselves from the project.[9]

History

The project began in 2012 with the rescuing of the Paramount-built Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: The Original Series Enterprise Bridge sets created for touring in 1997, with the intention of restoring both and putting them on display. The nonprofit New Starship Foundation was formed with board members made up of the original writers, producers and designers of Star Trek, with campaigns on Kickstarter[10] and Indiegogo[11] raising $76,000 of the $250,000 needed to restore the Enterprise D Bridge set.[12]

On May 6, 2014, The "New Starship Foundation" began its Kickstarter campaign to fund the proposed Hollywood Science Fiction Museum,[13][14] designating those monies collected to build a temporary museum that will be open in 2015, while a larger permanent facility scheduled to be open in 2018.[15] On June 15, 2014, the Foundation surpassed its $82,000 goal via crowdfunding.[16][17]

According to Huddleston, the permanent museum will be located North Hollywood, California, at a location next to its sister museum, the Hollywood Horror Museum.[18]

In 2019, the Hollywood Science Fiction museum was re-branded as the "SciFi World Tour" [19] and John Purdy, former director of Star Trek World Tour, became the new CEO.

References
  1. "Hollywood Science Fiction Foundation". GuideStar Nonprofit Data. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. Kooser, Amanda. "Hollywood Sci-Fi Museum beams into reality in 2015". CNET. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  3. "Hollywood Science Fiction Foundation". LinkedIn. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. "Educating through Interactivity: Giving Science Fiction a Hollywood Home". thescienceandentertainmentlab.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  5. Kooser, Amanda (May 2, 2013). "Meet the man warp-driving the 'Star Trek' bridge restoration". Retrieved September 4, 2015.
  6. Farivar, Cyrus (December 10, 2012). ""Captain, I saved the bridge": Boldly going where no TV set has gone before". Ars Technica. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  7. "Hollywood Science Fiction Museum Founder Arrested on Child Pornography Charges - Dread Central". www.dreadcentral.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  8. "Man who saved NCC-1701-D touring bridge pleads guilty to child porn charge". Ars Technica. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  9. Farviar, Cyrus (May 30, 2018). "Man who rescued Star Trek: TNG bridge set now faces child porn charges". Retrieved May 30, 2018.
  10. "Star Trek Enterprise BRIDGE INTERACTIVE MUSEUM". KickStarter. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  11. "Star Trek Enterprise Bridge Restoration". IndieGoGo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  12. Rouner, Jef. "Comicpalooza 2013 Day 1: Talkin' 'Bout Geek Education". Houston Press. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  13. "HOLLYWOOD SCI FI SCIENCE FICTION MUSEUM". KickStarter. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  14. Chan, Norman. "Restoring Star Trek: The Next Generation's Enterprise Bridge". Tested.com. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  15. "To boldly go where no man has gone before - A dream to make Hollywood's first Sci-Fi Museum a reality". TodayOnline.com. Rueters. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  16. "HOLLYWOOD SCI FI SCIENCE FICTION MUSEUM". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  17. "The Hollywood Science Fiction Museum Reaches its Kickstarter Goal". sciencefiction.com. Retrieved 2018-08-04.
  18. Ono, Ian. "WonderCon: Hollywood Sci-Fi Museum has free photo ops and a 'Futurama' reunion". AXS.com. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  19. "SciFi World Tour History". www.scifiworldtour.com. Retrieved 2019-04-02.

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