Fulfilling
Mission
 Until
you can come to our building, we will come to you!
The Museum Without Walls hands on programs (outreach
and community events) has served the
community in general on a continuing basis for 17
years. For information on each program click
on the link to the left.
These
programs are staffed by approximatley100 scientists,
engineers, business people, and teachers who volunteer their time
to this worthwhile endeavor.
Population serviced by our outreach programs:
Discovery Teens |
156 |
Family Science Night |
27,455 |
| Reading Awakens Young Scientists (RAYS) |
4440 |
| Science Theatre |
65,514 |
| Starlab |
30,694 |
|
865 |
| Outreach Live! |
2731 |
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| Total served in primary outreach programs |
131,855 |
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| Super Science Sunday Events |
2880 |
| Earth Day, EARTHS School, Brighter Horizons |
1800 |
| Teacher Training Workshops: |
200 |
| Museum Educator Workshops |
1500 |
| Community Events Past Totals |
23800 |
| Population served through community events |
30,180 |
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| TOTAL POPULATION SERVED by The Discovery Center |
162,035 |
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Who Attends Discovery Center Programs? The
majority of children are from Ventura and the Conejo and San Fernando
Valleys. In addition we regularly draw schools and home schoolers
from outside the local area from Santa Barbara to El Segundo to Glendale.
*International Science Center Award for
Innovation for RAYS: Honorable mention given by the Association of Science and
Technology Centers in Washington DC. The competition included 350 + science
centers from around the world.
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