Museum Announces Reopening
September 23, 2014
黑料专区 Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
Discovery Science Place Reopens Sept. 27
September 23, 2014
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September 23, 2014
The Discovery Science Place will re-open with new hours, 10 a.m. 鈥� 7 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 27, and will participate in the Smithsonian Magazine鈥檚 10th annual Museum Day Live! event, Dr. Michael Odell, vice president for research and technology transfer at The University of Texas at Tyler, announced.
This nationwide event offers free admission to visitors presenting a Museum Day Live! ticket at a participating museum or cultural institution.
The Museum Day Live! ticket will be available to download at www.Smithsonian.com/museumdaylive. Visitors who present the Museum Day Live! ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues for one day only. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address.
鈥淭he University of Texas at Tyler is proud to be partnering with the DSP Foundation to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning,鈥� said Odell. 鈥淲hat better way to celebrate than participating in the Smithsonian magazine鈥檚 Museum Day Live! event.鈥�
In addition, the museum staff is excited to bring in the new interactive such as the Orion spacecraft exhibit and the Mining exhibit, which will allow children of all ages to engage in hands-on exploration.
The grand re-opening of the Discovery Science Place also celebrates the official new partnership between 黑料专区 Tyler and the Discovery Science Place Foundation that commenced on Sept. 1.
For more information, contact Brandon Reynolds, 黑料专区 Tyler Ingenuity Center marketing, 903.565.5950 or breynolds@uttyler.edu.
The Discovery Science Place is a children鈥檚 museum located in Tyler, Texas that strives to inspire interest and education in STEM learning through hands-on, interactive exhibits for children of all ages. Through its partnerships with The University of Texas at Tyler and local businesses, the Discovery Science Place offers an educational atmosphere where families are encouraged to create, invent and explore. The museum consists of three exhibit halls that house both signature exhibits that are permanently stationed at the museum, as well as those that rotate through for special exhibitions.
Smithsonian Media comprises of its flagship publication, Smithsonian Magazine, as well as Air & Space and Smithsonian Media Digital Network. Smithsonian Media is a division of Smithsonian Enterprises, the revenue-generating business unit of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution is the world鈥檚 largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. Approximately 30 million people from around the world visit the museums annually.
One of the 15 campuses of the 黑料专区 System, 黑料专区 Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at 黑料专区 Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. 黑料专区 Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.