Asheville Museum of Science sets November opening date following relocation
POSTED 12 Oct 2016 . BY Tom Anstey
A 12ft-high (3.6m), 20ft-long (6.1m) terataphoneus curriei skeleton is one of the main attractions
North Carolina's newly-rebranded Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS) will reopen to the public on 11 November following a multi-million dollar move to the city’s Wells Fargo building.
Formerly known as the Colburn Earth Science Museum, the new AMOS moves to an 8,000sq ft (743sq m) space.
The reimagined museum by Sparc Design and Hazlip Studio will feature three permanent new exhibits, one based on Southern Appalachian forestry, one on the French Broad River and one on dinosaurs and fossils – complete with a 12ft-high (3.6m), 20ft-long (6.1m) terataphoneus curriei skeleton.
Additionally, the museum will include a new version of its existing Colburn Hall of Minerals, which has an interactive Mars Curiosity Rover replica and a trip throughout the solar system in a panoramic visualisation.
In addition to new exhibitions, the revamped museum will feature a STEM lab, part-funded by Wells Fargo, which will include microscopes, a Van de Graaf generator, laptops and iPads, a 3D printer and other new technologies for users to experiment with.
The museum was originally slated for a September launch, but plans were delayed owing to construction issues.
The move has cost the museum US$1.3m (€1.2m, £1m), with funds raised through public and private donations. The opening is a soft launch, with the full museum opening scheduled for January 2017.
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remaining actively involved with the company.
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Asheville Museum of Science sets November opening date following relocation
POSTED 12 Oct 2016 . BY Tom Anstey
A 12ft-high (3.6m), 20ft-long (6.1m) terataphoneus curriei skeleton is one of the main attractions
North Carolina's newly-rebranded Asheville Museum of Science (AMOS) will reopen to the public on 11 November following a multi-million dollar move to the city’s Wells Fargo building.
Formerly known as the Colburn Earth Science Museum, the new AMOS moves to an 8,000sq ft (743sq m) space.
The reimagined museum by Sparc Design and Hazlip Studio will feature three permanent new exhibits, one based on Southern Appalachian forestry, one on the French Broad River and one on dinosaurs and fossils – complete with a 12ft-high (3.6m), 20ft-long (6.1m) terataphoneus curriei skeleton.
Additionally, the museum will include a new version of its existing Colburn Hall of Minerals, which has an interactive Mars Curiosity Rover replica and a trip throughout the solar system in a panoramic visualisation.
In addition to new exhibitions, the revamped museum will feature a STEM lab, part-funded by Wells Fargo, which will include microscopes, a Van de Graaf generator, laptops and iPads, a 3D printer and other new technologies for users to experiment with.
The museum was originally slated for a September launch, but plans were delayed owing to construction issues.
The move has cost the museum US$1.3m (€1.2m, £1m), with funds raised through public and private donations. The opening is a soft launch, with the full museum opening scheduled for January 2017.
A new immersive attraction designed to transport visitors into the final hours of ancient Pompeii
is preparing to open near the world-famous archaeological site in southern Italy.
Experience design company, BRC Imagination Arts, has completed a transition that sees founder
Bob Rogers pass ownership of the business to four long-serving senior executives, while
remaining actively involved with the company.
Movie Park Germany has opened a new Paramount Pictures-themed attraction as part of its 30th
anniversary celebrations, using immersive storytelling and adaptive reuse to reinforce the park’s
longstanding “Hollywood in Germany” positioning.
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opened by Rivington Hark, as St Johns Beacon invites operators and partners to shape its
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