Imagination Station Science Museum
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Imagination Station is a children's interactive science museum
located in downtown Wilson, North Carolina
at 224 East Nash Street. It is housed in the former Wilson Federal Building which served as a post office with a federal courthouse of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
from its construction in 1928. One of the former courtrooms serves as the "Science Courtroom", a classroom used for science demonstrations.
Timeline:
1989 Science Museums of Wilson Inc, Imagination Station is founded
1990 Bill F. Streeter becomes the museums first Executive Director
1992 Imagination Station Science Museum Opens To The Public
1994 Jim Henley becomes the museums second Executive Director
1995 Joe Harden becomes interim Executive Director
1996 Todd Boyette becomes the museums third Executive Director
1999 Jerry Reynolds becomes the museums fourth Executive Director
2000 Tropical Trek Exhibit on the museums second floor catches on fire and damages the building
2002 Imagination Station Re-Opens in its original location after operating in another building for two years
2003 Karl L. McKinnon becomes the museums fifth Executive Director.
2007 Jonathan Brooks becomes the museums sixth Executive Director.
2009 North Carolina Museum of The Coastal Plain opens on the third floor of Imagination Station.
The museum offers outreach programs with their "Science on Wheels" which brings science exhibits to area schools.
In the early 2000s, a fire at the building prompted a move to a smaller temporary location four blocks north. The museum has since moved back.
Science museum
A science museum or a science centre is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of...
located in downtown Wilson, North Carolina
Wilson, North Carolina
Wilson is a city and the county seat of Wilson County in the Coastal Plain region of the U.S. state of North Carolina. The 18th largest city in the state, Wilson had a population of 49,167 according to the 2010 census.- Geography :...
at 224 East Nash Street. It is housed in the former Wilson Federal Building which served as a post office with a federal courthouse of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina is the United States District Court that serves the eastern 44 counties in North Carolina. Appeals from the Eastern District of North Carolina are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit The...
from its construction in 1928. One of the former courtrooms serves as the "Science Courtroom", a classroom used for science demonstrations.
Timeline:
1989 Science Museums of Wilson Inc, Imagination Station is founded
1990 Bill F. Streeter becomes the museums first Executive Director
1992 Imagination Station Science Museum Opens To The Public
1994 Jim Henley becomes the museums second Executive Director
1995 Joe Harden becomes interim Executive Director
1996 Todd Boyette becomes the museums third Executive Director
1999 Jerry Reynolds becomes the museums fourth Executive Director
2000 Tropical Trek Exhibit on the museums second floor catches on fire and damages the building
2002 Imagination Station Re-Opens in its original location after operating in another building for two years
2003 Karl L. McKinnon becomes the museums fifth Executive Director.
2007 Jonathan Brooks becomes the museums sixth Executive Director.
2009 North Carolina Museum of The Coastal Plain opens on the third floor of Imagination Station.
The museum offers outreach programs with their "Science on Wheels" which brings science exhibits to area schools.
In the early 2000s, a fire at the building prompted a move to a smaller temporary location four blocks north. The museum has since moved back.
External links
- Federal Judicial Center Historic Federal Courthouses page on this building.