Museum Announces Reopening
September 23, 2014
UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
Discovery Science Place Reopens Sept. 27
September 23, 2014
Media Contact: Hannah Buchanan
Editor/Writer–Strategic Communications & Media Relations
Marketing and Communications
The University of Texas at Tyler
903.539.7196 (cell)
September 23, 2014
The Discovery Science Place will re-open with new hours, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., on Saturday, Sept. 27, and will participate in the Smithsonian Magazine’s 10th annual Museum Day Live! event, Dr. Michael Odell, vice president for research and technology transfer at The University of Texas at Tyler, announced.
This nationwide event offers free admission to visitors presenting a Museum DayLive! ticket at a participating museum or cultural institution.
The Museum Day Live! ticket will be available to download at www.Smithsonian.com/museumdaylive. Visitors who present the Museum Day Live! ticket will gain free entrance for two at participating venues for one day only. One ticket is permitted per household, per email address.
“The University of Texas at Tyler is proud to be partnering with the DSP Foundation to promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) learning,” said Odell. “What better way to celebrate than participating in the Smithsonian magazine’s Museum Day Live! event.”
In addition, the museum staff is excited to bring in the new interactive such as the Orion spacecraft exhibit and the Mining exhibit, which will allow children of all ages to engage in hands-on exploration.
The grand re-opening of the Discovery Science Place also celebrates the official new partnership between UT Tyler and the Discovery Science Place Foundation that commenced on Sept. 1.
For more information, contact Brandon Reynolds, UT Tyler Ingenuity Center marketing, 903.565.5950 or breynolds@uttyler.edu.
The Discovery Science Place is a children’s museum located in Tyler, Texas that strives to inspire interest and education in STEM learning through hands-on, interactive exhibits for children of all ages. Through its partnerships with The University of Texas at Tyler and local businesses, the Discovery Science Place offers an educational atmosphere where families are encouraged to create, invent and explore. The museum consists of three exhibit halls that house both signature exhibits that are permanently stationed at the museum, as well as those that rotate through for special exhibitions.
Smithsonian Media comprises of its flagship publication, Smithsonian Magazine, as well as Air & Space and Smithsonian Media Digital Network. Smithsonian Media is a division of Smithsonian Enterprises, the revenue-generating business unit of the Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution is the world’s largest museum and research complex consisting of 19 museums and galleries, the National Zoological Park and nine research facilities. Approximately 30 million people from around the world visit the museums annually.
One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler features excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degrees are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of more than 8,000 high-ability students. UT Tyler offers courses at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine as well as a location in Houston.