The Rochester Museum & Science Center ( RMSC ) is a museum in Rochester, New York , dedicated to community education in science, technology and local history. The museum also operates the Strasenburgh Planetarium , located next to the museum, and the Cumming Nature Center , a 900-acre (3.6 km ) nature preserve near Naples, New York . The museum resides at 657 East Ave. and has a collection of 1.2 million artifacts.
15-543: Rochester Museum may refer to the following: Rochester Museum and Science Center (founded 1912), in Rochester, New York Rochester Museum of Fine Arts (founded 2011), in Rochester, New Hampshire See also [ edit ] Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum in Industry, New York Category:Museums in Rochester, New York [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
30-407: A Visitor Center featuring a variety of educational exhibits, interactive play areas, and classroom space. Visitors can access the nature center landscape through 15 miles of trails that showcase a variety of wetlands, meadows, and forests. Trail highlights include a beaver pond observation tower, several interpretive trails, and an iconic red pine stand. CNC has five themed trails to explore. During
45-438: A four-story dome. The Cumming Nature Center , also owned by RMSC, is a 900-acre nature preserve near Naples, New York, dedicated to environmental education. It has over six miles of trails and offers educational programs and service opportunities. 43°9′9.2″N 77°35′14.8″W / 43.152556°N 77.587444°W / 43.152556; -77.587444 Cumming Nature Center The Cumming Nature Center (CNC)
60-696: A native of the Rochester area, became the 7th President and CEO of the RMSC. Olson has a rich museum and planetarium background and has worked at the Franklin Institute Science Museum, the Milwaukee Public Museum and the Griffith Observatory and Planetarium. [2] The Strasenburgh Planetarium, owned by RMSC, is located next to the museum. Open since 1968, the planetarium features star shows, giant-screen films and laser light shows under
75-707: Is a 900-acre environmental education facility located near Naples, New York . Owned by the Rochester Museum & Science Center (RMSC), the preserve features over fifteen miles of trails and offers educational programs and service-learning opportunities. Established in 1973 with a gift from the Cumming family to the Rochester Museum & Science Center, CNC's landscape is home to a diverse variety of habitats, including abandoned fields, conifer plantations, swamps, marshes, ponds, and upland forests. Visitors can also explore
90-517: Is defined by the Forest School Association as "an inspirational process, that offers learners regular opportunities to achieve and develop confidence and self-esteem through hands-on learning experiences in a woodland or natural environment with trees." CNC's Forest School programs engage children through unstructured play, curiosity-driven exploratory learning, hands-on science projects, and outdoor skills development. The Walden Project
105-708: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Rochester Museum and Science Center The museum had a four-day festival for the solar eclipse of April 8, 2024 but the day was cloudy. Outside of the museum, the Regional Green infrastructure Showcase teaches about the benefits of capturing and controlling stormwater runoff and green infrastructure in general. The museum also hosts temporary and traveling exhibits . In past years, these have included Frogs: A Chorus of Colors , Da Vinci—The Genius , DINOSAURS , Math Midway and Alien Worlds and Androids . The museum
120-472: Is responsible for the construction of Bausch Hall. In 1930, the name of the museum was changed to the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences. W. Stephen Thomas, a trained museum professional from Philadelphia's Academy of Natural Sciences, succeeded Parker as museum director in 1945. Under his leadership, the museum saw the creation of state-of-the-art dioramas and growth of collections in history, technology, natural science, archaeology, and anthropology. Among
135-732: The Rochester Museum & Science Center. Richard C. Shultz took over as director from 1973 to 1996, and he oversaw the construction of the 400-set Eisenhart Auditorium and the Gannett School classroom building. He also established the Cumming Nature Center. Three capital campaigns provided the funding for the Elaine Wilson Hall in the museum, the giant-screen film system in the Strasenburgh Planetarium, improvements in collection storage and laboratories, and an increase in
150-652: The endowment fund. RMSC President Kate Bennett took the helm in 1996. Under her presidency, partnership projects with Monroe Boces 1 brought the Challenger Learning Center at the Strasenburgh Planetarium and the Bathysphere Underwater Biological Laboratory in the museum. The Genesee Community Charter School opened on the RMSC campus in 2001. The museum continues to create new galleries and new learning experiences for visitors. Bennet retired in 2018. [1] In late 2018, Hillary Olson,
165-535: The exhibits Thomas oversaw was a "pipe organ panorama" in the spring of 1955 that was visited by over 10,000 people. Ian C. McLennan, former director of the Queen Elizabeth Planetarium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, was appointed as director of the creation of a planetarium in 1965 and followed Thomas as RMSC Executive Director from 1968 to 1972. 1968 saw the name of the museum change to its current title,
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195-486: The tools, knowledge, and confidence to actively steward the local landscape in the face of local, regional, and global challenges. From moonlit hikes to archaeological digs, visitors can learn about the Finger Lakes region and the interactions that have shaped it over thousands of years. Annual events: CNC offers a suite of Forest School programs for children from early childhood through middle school. A forest school
210-403: The winter, visitors can use 12 miles of groomed ski trails and 3 miles of snowshoe trails. Ski and snowshoe rentals are available. CNC offers year-round guided hikes and other programming to help visitors engage with the complex relationship between humans and the natural world. Educational programs are designed to inspire innovative and creative thinking among participants and provide them with
225-613: Was established in 1912 as the Rochester Municipal Museum . Its first curator, Edward D. Putnam, served from 1913 until 1924, when New York archaeologist Arthur C. Parker took over as museum director. Parker began to expand the museum's holdings and research in anthropology, geology, biology, natural history, and the history and industry of the Genesee Region. He created the WPA-funded Indian Arts Project and
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