McWane Science Center celebrating 25 years of education and curiosity

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The facility opened in the 90s and has served hundreds of thousands of children since then

For 25 years, the McWane Science Center has been a place of curiosity and exploration in downtown Birmingham. Saturday, they celebrated with a video game theme: old, new, virtual, and retro — all about the programming and science behind them. The idea and concept of the educational facility came about in the 1990s."McWane is actually the product of a merger of two smaller museums that existed here in Birmingham," said Amy Templeton, president and CEO. "The Red Mountain Museum was a natural history museum and the Discovery Place was a children’s museum."The center started out on one floor but has since expanded to four. More than 350,000 students visit McWane every year.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —

For 25 years, the McWane Science Center has been a place of curiosity and exploration in downtown Birmingham.

Saturday, they celebrated with a video game theme: old, new, virtual, and retro — all about the programming and science behind them.

The idea and concept of the educational facility came about in the 1990s.

"McWane is actually the product of a merger of two smaller museums that existed here in Birmingham," said Amy Templeton, president and CEO. "The Red Mountain Museum was a natural history museum and the Discovery Place was a children’s museum."

The center started out on one floor but has since expanded to four. More than 350,000 students visit McWane every year.

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