Are we there yet? Miami Science Museum recently launched a new exhibit Moving Things sponsored by locally based transportation and logistics industry leader Ryder, and its charitable foundation. This fun, hands-on exhibition focuses on how things move from place to place – sometimes easily – sometimes with great effort…but always full of surprises. This will [...]
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New Hands-on Sea Lab Exhibit Will Give Visitors Up Close and Personal View of Live Sea Life
Miami Science Museum visitors are encouraged to get wet! The Museum recently opened its new exhibit, Sea Lab, an indoor/outdoor attraction that gives visitors a taste of some of the exciting aquarium components being planned for the new Museum, scheduled to open in Museum Park in 2014 (Patricia and Phillip Frost Museum of Science). Sea [...]
MiaSci’s Sean Duran Awarded Prestigious Noyce Leadership Institute Fellowship
Sean Duran, Vice President, Exhibition and Design at Miami Science Museum, is one of 18 leaders from science centers and related institutions chosen worldwide for the Noyce Leadership Institute (NLI) Fellowship. The 2011-2012 Noyce Leadership Fellows each completed a rigorous application process and were selected by a group of professionals from the fields of science [...]
MAST Academy at MiaSci
MAST Academy students recently met at the Museum with local environmental leaders as part of the students’ annual Contemporary Issues In Science Forum (CIIS). This year’s theme was “Eco-logical Energy: The Renewable State of Mind” and involved presentations by the students as well as student-led discussion panels on topics including conservation economics, environmental policy, transportation, [...]
Nine in Ten Miami Residents Express Concern for Increased Energy Costs: New MiaSci Poll
Energy issues are a worry for most Miami-Dade County residents, particularly those who feel it will affect them personally in the form of increased cost (94%) and energy shortages in the next 20 years (86%), according to findings from a new study* commissioned by Miami Science Museum (MiaSci). MiaSci recently launched the study, as part [...]
Green Roof Tour
Members of the New Museum team, Sean Duran, VP for Exhibitions and Design, Jennifer Santer, VP of Content Development and Programs, and Chris Trigg, Energy Officer, recently toured the construction site of the green roof on the new School for International and Public Affairs (SIPA) building at Florida International University. The roof was designed by [...]
