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About Us History 2007 New Exploration Station classroom inaugurated. Remodeled room features new cabinetry, new floor, new paint, new accessible entry, upgraded library and more! 2004 The Tot Spot, a new play area for preschoolers opened in March. The first three new rotating hands-on exhibits are on display under a new arrangement with a local exhibit manufacturer. The Science Factory's mission: to engage, excite and inspire children is fully underway. 2003 The Science Factory acquires the Planetarium from Lane ESD and reopens for weekend shows in June. In September, the newly acquired "Into the Woods" exhibit opens and for the first time, the Planetarium and Exhibit Hall are managed and operated by one organization.  2002Lane ESD Planetarium closes in December 2002 as a result of the funding crisis gripping Oregon's schools. 2002 WISTEC changes its name to the Science Factory in June 2002 and becomes a non-profit, tax-deductible member-supported institution. 1995 One of the most remembered exhibits, Dinosaurs and Ice Age Mammals, came to fruition in the summer of 1995. "Empower", a girls' science program, was launched... later the program was renamed Cybersisters. 1989 WISTEC closed for a short period of time and then re-opened with Eyes of Time: Photojournalism in America, another national traveling exhibit, in February 1990. 1978 Following a break from OMSI, the Eugene Electric Station building was sold by WISTEC (Willamette Science and Technology Center) and the proceeds were given to the county for their use in constructing the current Science Factory building in Alton Baker Park. When the major portion of Alton Baker Park was transferred to the City of Eugene in the mid-1980's, ownership of the WISTEC building also transferred to the City. 1961 Initially a spin-off of Portland's OMSI, the first children's science museum in Eugene was known as SWOMSI (Southwest Oregon Museum of Science and Industry), and was located at the corner of 5th and Willamette--the current site of the Oregon Electric Station restaurant. |
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