Science Center of Iowa

The Science Center of Iowa is a science museum located in Des Moines, Iowa.

Science Center of Iowa
Location within Iowa
Location401 W Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway
Des Moines, Iowa
Coordinates41.5826°N 93.6219°W / 41.5826; -93.6219
Websitehttps://www.sciowa.org/

The museum opened in 1970 in Greenwood-Ashworth Park and was called the Des Moines Center of Science and Industry.[1] It was renamed the Science Center of Iowa in 1985.[1] It moved to its current location in 2005.[1]

Exhibits

A new LEGO-based exhibit opened in September 2018.[2]

The Science Center's planetarium has a 50-foot display.[3] The IMAX theater closed in 2018 due to storm damage.[4]

References

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