California Science Center

The Center is an educational science museum located in Exposition Park. It has several interesting exhibits, and IMAX theatre and is a major tourist attraction.

The California Science Center opened was reborn under this name in 1998. It was previously called the California Museum of Science and Industry, and in 1998 was renovated, remodelled and renamed. Today, the museum has a distinct collection of exhibits divided into mainly 4 fields. The Ecosystem was opened recently, and is a massive exhibit containing various natural environments, complete with more than 400 species of plants and animals, and a large aquarium. The World of Life exhibition shows you a detailed look into the organisms and their functioning. The Creative World has several interesting hands on exhibits that the kids will love! Finally, it has a huge collection of aircrafts and space shuttles, including the Space Shuttle Endeavour, allowing you to get up close and personal with the vessels that enable humans to fly and take us into space!