Hands On Science Museum Board Members/Volunteers

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Folks-

After talking with people around the city about the future of The Diamond Tower on 17th and Boulder, the idea of turning the building into an energy/hands on science museum has come up. This is a grass roots project. The building has over 107,000 square feet that would provide ample space, but there is land surrounding the building that it sits on that can also be turned into future exhibit space. The building holds a 1500 seat auditorium to provide a location for videos and live entertainment space. The down fall with almost any building that was built back in the 60's is the asbestos that would need to be removed and that will cost a good amount of funds, but this would happen with any project for this building. The building is in a good location, close to downtown for other events going on, Veterans Park is just a block away, and food and other things are on 18th and Boston.

This is a museum that Tulsa needs. Every other city has hands on museum's that encourages young minds to grow and explore. This museum is not set to compete with the Tulsa Air and Space Museum, but to have limited overlapping areas that TASM does not explore. Not only would there be exclusive exhibits that would be geared for items in Oklahoma, but also other exhibits that would be found around the world. Areas that could be covered Computer Science, Earth Science/Natural Science/Geology along with an overlap of Physics and Meteorology with TASM. This would be for children and teenagers, each of them having their own space that would not conflict with each other and geared for each age level.

Also a history of the oil/energy industry would be housed with in the museum to show to future generations and visitors on what this city was founded on.

If you are as sparked about this idea as some are, please get connected at museum@utulsa.edu. People talk the talk, but this is to great of a project that we need people to walk the walk!