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A new science center is coming...see what we've got planned.

With its location on the site adjacent to the popular Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, the 58,000 square foot facility will be the centerpiece of a new community-gathering place.  This location will be easily accessible to residents of the Ventura, Santa Barbara and western Los Angeles counties. Along with the nearby Hogan Family Foundation Gardens of the World, the Discovery Center will be part of a very significant cultural, entertainment and educational experience center for the region. It will be one of the finest and most exciting cultural and tourist attractions between the Getty Museum and the Monterey Aquarium.

The facility will include a 270 seat large-screen theater/auditorium and an outdoor science park. The exhibit program, now in development, is designed to lead visitors to not only learn new information, but to think about things they may already know in new ways. Permanent exhibit themes include "Soup-up" your Scientist Skills, How Information Travels, Intersections and Connections, How Do We Know Stuff?, and Science City, a young children's discovery area.

The most unique feature of the building will be the “Verizon Sci-Tech Community Clubhouse.”  Kids will create on-going science projects in labs with scientists from the technology corporations in the neighborhood. 

The center will also include traveling exhibits, a professional development center for teachers, workshops, laboratories, classrooms, meeting space with catering facilities, offices and support functions.