Museum of Discovery Re-opens After 9-Month Renovation
by January 15, 2012 10:37 pm 124 views
It has been 9 months in the making, but the multi-million renovation of the Arkansas Museum of Discovery is complete. The facility re-opened to the public last weekend.
The renovations were made possible by a $9.2 million grant from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation.
The math and science museum is dedicated to exploring weather, dinosaurs, geography and human anatomy. It is the oldest museum in Arkansas, opened in 1929, now located in Little Rock’s River Market.
Beth McEvoy with our content partner, KUAR-FM 89 News, files this report from her recent trip to the museum with her 5-year old.
The museum’s executive director Nan Selz says since the museum moved to President Clinton Avenue in 1998 it had not been updated. She says the renovations were vital to keep the museum a leader in math and science.
“I think if we are not comfortable with science there is not much future for us in the workforce. For our kids, we want them to like science and math and want to study it because it will help them in careers in the future,” says Selz.
Listen to McEvoy’s report at this link or visit the museum’s web site here. The Arkansas Times has a nice feature story on its web site as well.