Media Guide - Fort Worth Museum of Science and History

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Media Guide
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our Mission
Dedicated to lifelong learning and
anchored by our rich collections,
the Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History engages our diverse
community through creative, vibrant
programs and exhibits interpreting
science and the stories of Texas and
the Southwest.
Contents
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Architecture
Dinosaurs
energy
Innovation
Children’s Museum
Museum School
oak rooM
Stars Café
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Cattle Raisers
Museum
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CSI: The Experience
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Native American
Gallery
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Omni Theater
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senior staff
Retail Store
Planetarium
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Fort Worth History
Brand
Capital Campaign
Donors
background
In 1947 the Fort Worth Children’s Museum moved into the former R.E.
Harding House at 1306 Summit Avenue. This photograph, c. 1950, shows the
entrance to the Museum.
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Timeline
November 20, 2009
New $80 million facility opens to the public.
1970s
1980s
1983
1971
FWMSH is among
the first 16
museums in the
U.S. to achieve
accreditation by
the American
Association of
Museums.
April 12 — Museum’s Omni
Theater, an IMAX® dome,
opens with Hail Columbia.
1979
1984
FWMSH documents 430,000
visitors, including 40,000
school children taking part
in 50 different levels of
curriculum-based tours.
FWMSH Museum School is the
largest in the U.S. and offers
more than 600 classes and
workshops to 6,000 children
and adults.
As part of the Texas
Sesquicentennial Celebration,
FWMSH opens 150 Years of Fort
Worth, a satellite exhibit that
traces the history of the city,
located in the historic Fire Station
#1 building in downtown Fort
Worth at 2nd and Commerce.
1980
December 19 — Museum hosts
Ground Breaking Ceremony for the
Omni Theater. The architects are
Hammel, Green and Abrahamson
of St. Paul, Minnesota. Albert
Komatsu is the local architect of
record.
1977
April 14 — Donald R. Otto
succeeds Helmuth Naumer
as Executive Director of
the FWMSH.
1981
Museum celebrates
40th anniversary.
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1990s
2000s
1991
In celebration of
Museum’s 50th
Anniversary, the
Museum hosts
blockbuster exhibition,
Soviet Space, on view
at the Amon Carter Jr.
Exhibits building.
1992
November 1 —
Museum receives
first National Science
Foundation (NSF)
grant in the amount
of $650,000. To date
the Museum has
received 10 NSF grants
totaling $6,845,800.
1993
FWMSH celebrates
Omni Theater’s 10th
anniversary.
2005
2001
Museum celebrates 60th
Anniversary.
Museum celebrates
50th Anniversary
of the Charlie Mary
Noble Planetarium.
March — Museum creates first
Texas Center for Inquiry.
2006
2003
Museum celebrates Omni
Theater’s 20th anniversary.
2004
February 1 — Museum
names Van A. Romans
President of the
institution.
Museum presents first
Distance Learning
Program and first
Discovery Lab Outreach
Program.
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2008
August 9 — Museum
opens renovated Omni
Theater and “link”
to the new Museum
building.
September —
Museum celebrates
Anniversary.
February —
Museum Board of
Trustees votes to
approve Museum’s Capital Campaign.
Museum marks 65th Anniversary.
Museum announces plans to build a new facility
on current site and selects internationally
acclaimed architectural firm Legorreta +
Legorreta of Mexico City as design architects.
Gideon Toal is the local architect of record.
2007
September 15 — 1954 building on
Montgomery Street is demolished. Museum
closes Omni Theater for renovations.
November 27 — Museum hosts
Groundbreaking Ceremony for new
Legorreta + Legorreta building.
Timeline
November 20, 2009
New $80 million facility opens to the public.
1970s
1980s
1983
1971
FWMSH is among
the first 16
museums in the
U.S. to achieve
accreditation by
the American
Association of
Museums.
April 12 — Museum’s Omni
Theater, an IMAX® dome,
opens with Hail Columbia.
1979
1984
FWMSH documents 430,000
visitors, including 40,000
school children taking part
in 50 different levels of
curriculum-based tours.
FWMSH Museum School is the
largest in the U.S. and offers
more than 600 classes and
workshops to 6,000 children
and adults.
As part of the Texas
Sesquicentennial Celebration,
FWMSH opens 150 Years of Fort
Worth, a satellite exhibit that
traces the history of the city,
located in the historic Fire Station
#1 building in downtown Fort
Worth at 2nd and Commerce.
1980
December 19 — Museum hosts
Ground Breaking Ceremony for the
Omni Theater. The architects are
Hammel, Green and Abrahamson
of St. Paul, Minnesota. Albert
Komatsu is the local architect of
record.
1977
April 14 — Donald R. Otto
succeeds Helmuth Naumer
as Executive Director of
the FWMSH.
1981
Museum celebrates
40th anniversary.
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1990s
2000s
1991
In celebration of
Museum’s 50th
Anniversary, the
Museum hosts
blockbuster exhibition,
Soviet Space, on view
at the Amon Carter Jr.
Exhibits building.
1992
November 1 —
Museum receives
first National Science
Foundation (NSF)
grant in the amount
of $650,000. To date
the Museum has
received 10 NSF grants
totaling $6,845,800.
1993
FWMSH celebrates
anniversary.
2005
2001
Museum celebrates 60th
Anniversary.
Museum celebrates
50th Anniversary
of the Charlie Mary
Noble Planetarium.
March — Museum creates first
Texas Center for Inquiry.
2006
2003
Museum celebrates Omni
Theater’s 20th anniversary.
2004
February 1 — Museum
names Van A. Romans
President of the
institution.
Museum presents first
Distance Learning
Program and first
Discovery Lab Outreach
Program.
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2008
August 9 — Museum
opens renovated Omni
Theater and “link”
to the new Museum
building.
September —
Museum celebrates
Anniversary.
February —
Museum Board of
Trustees votes to
approve Museum’s Capital Campaign.
Museum marks 65th Anniversary.
Museum announces plans to build a new facility
on current site and selects internationally
acclaimed architectural firm Legorreta +
Legorreta of Mexico City as design architects.
Gideon Toal is the local architect of record.
2007
September 15 — 1954 building on
Montgomery Street is demolished. Museum
closes Omni Theater for renovations.
November 27 — Museum hosts
Groundbreaking Ceremony for new
Legorreta + Legorreta building.
CULtural District
Capstone
Hours of Operation
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday – Sunday
Closed Thanksgiving Day; Christmas Eve; Christmas Day
Admission Prices
Adult
Exhibits Only:
Omni Theater:
Combination:
Planetarium:
3-D Theater:
$14.00
$7.00-$12.00
$19.00-$24.00
$5.00
$5.00
Innovative New State-of-the-art Learning
Environment Opens
W
ith the opening of its newly constructed building, the Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History (1600 Gendy Street) becomes the largest
museum in Fort Worth’s famed Cultural District. Each year more than
two million visitors come to the Cultural District from all over the world to explore
the District’s museums world-famous for the beauty of their architecture and the
quality of their collections.
Located only minutes from downtown Fort Worth, the Cultural District is home
to Old World and New World art masterpieces, exotic science and cultural exhibits,
exciting performance art theaters, and remarkable centers focused on Western
Heritage. The new Museum of Science and History serves as a capstone to Fort
Worth’s Cultural District, which is ranked as the nation’s third largest, showcasing
architectural masterpieces by Tadeo Ando, Buckminster Fuller, Philip Johnson,
and Louis Kahn.
The new 166,000 square-foot Museum of Science and History building, designed
by internationally acclaimed architects Legorreta + Legorreta, features a collection
of new, interactive exhibits and programs developed by the Museum’s staff and a
team of nationally recognized designers in support of the Museum’s dedication to
informal, discovery-based learning for all.
Chartered with the State of Texas in 1941 as the “Fort Worth Children’s
Museum,” the new $80 million Museum of Science and History campus engages
guests of all ages through creative, vibrant programs and exhibits interpreting
science and the history of Texas and the Southwest. The new Museum’s
environment of learning comprises state-of-the-art interactive exhibitions and
components including:
Senior/Child (Senior = ages 60 + Child = ages 3 – 12)
Exhibits Only:
$10.00
Omni Theater:
$6.00-$10.00
Combination:
$14.00-$18.00
$5.00
Planetarium:
3-D Theater:
$5.00
School Group
Exhibits Only - Adult: $10.00
Omni Theater - Adult: $5.00
$15.00
Combination - Adult:
$5.00
Exhibits Only - Student: $3.50
Omni Theater - Student: Combination - Student: $8.50
$3.00
Planetarium:
Group
$12.00
Exhibits Only - Adult: $6.00
Omni Theater - Adult: $18.00-$23.00
Combination - Adult:
Exhibits Only - Senior/Child: $8.00
Omni Theater - Senior/Child: $5.00
Combination - Senior/Child: $13.00-$17.00
Planetarium:
$4.00
3-D Theater:
$4.00
1 | Omni Theater — IMAX® Dome
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Museum view from the North
— Cantilevered Energy Gallery,
Urban Lantern and Noble
Planetarium.
The Museum of Science and History’s
Omni Theater is the only structure that
was saved from the previous building.
It is attached to the Museum through
the “Link” so guests can enter the
theater directly from the Museum. This
theater features the latest releases of
films specially created for large format
films. The Omni Theater embodies a
revolutionary concept in film presentation,
which combines the drama of oversized
film, state-of-the-art projection equipment,
innovative tilt-domed theater architecture,
and the most sophisticated production
techniques to create unique cinematic
experiences. The Theater was renovated and upgraded in 2008.
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Cultural district, Cont.
Children’s Museum targets young children, age birth through 8 and the people
who care for them. Its purpose is to encourage opportunities for children to play,
knowing that, at this age level, children are learning through play.
2 | DinoLabs
This exhibition will feature
life-sized articulations of
dinosaurs found in North Texas,
including the Texas State Dinosaur,
the Paluxysaurus jonesi. Each
dinosaur is articulated as much
as possible from actual fossils,
rather than total reproductions
of them. Guests to DinoLabs will
use scientific processes to discover
dinosaur fossils at field sites,
analyze fossils at dinosaur biology
labs, and create images of what
dinosaurs looked like.
3 | DinoDig®
This is a large, outdoor recreation of the Jones Ranch dinosaur field site
in Texas (where the Paluxysaurus jonesi was found) where guests can learn how
paleontologists find fossils, document their location, carefully dig them up, and
securely pack them for transportation to the lab. Guests become a “paleontologist
for a day” by digging up fossils, documenting their location, and removing the
fossils from the ground.
4 | Energy Blast
The cutting-edge,
10,000-square-foot Energy
exhibition gives guests every sense
of the energy story of Fort Worth
and northern Texas. Rather than
just tell the historical story of
energy, the exhibition also tells
the scientific story — the story of
physics and technology. Through
state-of-the-art technologies —
including a 4D theater — and
real-world experiences, guests not
only see, but also hear, and feel
the story of energy. Energy Blast
uses hands-on activities, stunning
visuals, and real tools of the energy industry to create a journey through time from
the first energy, to modern exploration and production technologies used today.
The exhibition also looks into the future, with activities focusing on the energy
challenges ahead of us.
5 | Fort Worth Children’s Museum
By naming this interactive gallery space the Fort Worth Children’s Museum,
the Museum of Science and History pays homage to its legacy — the Children’s
Museum. The entry into the new space is designed after the entryway of the
original Museum — a dragon head with the mouth being the doorway. The
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6 | Innovation Studios/Gallery
As a focal point of the Museum, Innovation
Studios (7,600 sq. ft.) and the Innovation
Gallery (5,000 sq. ft.) are located in the center
of the first floor — surrounded by glass so that
visitors can observe the investigative learning
occurring inside. Innovation Studios comprise
five interactive, illuminated spaces where guests
will learn about science and history topics as they
happen — from nanotechnology research to space
travel. These developmentally appropriate spaces
reach out to audiences age 9 and older — tweens,
teens, and adults. Innovation Gallery features 3-D
contemporary artwork combining concepts related
to art, science and history.
7 | Shop Too!
The Museum store, Shop Too!, will be an
extension of the Museum experience for guests.
Merchandise created specifically for Shop Too!
has a direct correlation to an exhibit or program
in the Museum — merchandise will change as
exhibitions change. The Museum of Science and
History has created an in-house labeling system
or seal of approval — the Fort Worth Museum
Building Blocks and the Fort Worth Museum
Learning Lantern. The “Building Blocks” is an
award system for products that are geared toward
young learners. The “Learning Lantern” seal is
the seal for everyone else — ages 8 and older.
Store merchandise includes books and DVDs, toys
and games, activity kits, experiments, and much,
much more!
8 | Urban Lantern
As a beacon of learning, and as the anchor
of the new building, the Urban Lantern is the
structure’s iconic feature. At a height of 76 feet,
the Urban Lantern serves as the main entrance
to the 166,000-square foot Museum. It comprises
97, 500-pound glass panels measuring 5’7” x 5’7”
each. The Lantern is illuminated using LED (lightemitting-diode) fixtures and compact fluorescent
lights. The primary light color will be clear;
however, the color can be changed by the Museum.
2,000 square feet of open space under the lantern,
holds up to 274 individuals.
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9 | Heritage Courtyard
Located just outside the Oak
Room, the Museum’s Heritage
Courtyard features a beautiful
Heritage Live Oak tree with a
40-foot canopy and an innovative
water element. The 4,450-squarefoot area, the walls of which are
colored a beautiful jacaranda, also
includes sitting areas.
10 | Oak Room
The Museum’s special event
space, the Oak Room, is an elegant,
contemporary 3,400-square-foot
room designed to house a variety of events ranging from an educational program,
awards ceremony, or fund-raising luncheon to a wedding or birthday celebration.
Named for the beautiful Heritage Live Oak in the courtyard, the room is fitted with
state-of-the-art equipment including a sound system, projector, and hidden screen.
The room can be sized using sliding walls, to accommodate small groups or larger
gatherings of up to 250 people.
11 | Stars Café
The new Museum features a family-friendly food court with outdoor terrace
seating overlooking the Western Heritage Plaza. It is the perfect place to take a
mid-day break for lunch, discuss what’s been experienced so far, and plan out the
rest of a Museum visit.
12 | Fort Worth History Gallery
This 3,000 square-foot-gallery
space features a changing stream
of stories about the region. The
Museum’s opening exhibition,
Let’s Take the Streetcar: Journeying
Through Fort Worth’s Past, follows
the rise and decline of city and
interurban rail travel in Fort
Worth from the mid-1870s to
the mid-1930s. By focusing
on the development of five
areas — Spring Palace; North
Side Rosen Heights; Lake Como and
Camp Bowie; the TCU Area; and Stop
Six/Handley, Lake Erie and the Interurban
— this exhibition reveals how rail travel greatly
influenced the settlement and development of the city.
The Museum of Science and History, in partnership with the Houston Museum
of Natural Science, exhibits artifacts from the Gordon W. Smith North American
Indian Collection in the 1,000-square-foot Native American Gallery. Artifacts
include a leather rattler given to Smith at the age of five — the very first piece
he acquired; striking, painted story bison skins of the Sioux; and exquisite War
Bonnets created by the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne Indians.
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13 | Special Exhibitions Gallery
The opening exhibition in the Special
Exhibitions Gallery is CSI: The Experience,
an exhibition created by the Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History and based
on the popular CBS television show CSI:
Crime Scene Investigation. The exhibition
immerses guests in crime scenes and police
labs where they use hands-on science
to find elusive clues and solve modern
crime mysteries. It features appearances
by characters from the hit TV show. This
interactive traveling exhibit brings to life
fundamental scientific principles, numerous scientific disciplines, and the most
advanced technologies and techniques used today by crime scene investigators and
forensic scientists.
14 | Cattle Raisers Museum
The Cattle Raisers Museum — a unique “museum within a museum” —
immerses guests in the dynamic history and science of the cattle and ranching
industry. It is a cooperative venture between the Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Foundation. This
10,000-square-foot exhibition space is dedicated to telling the story of the Cattle
Raisers Association and the history of that industry within our geographic area —
Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma through fun, interactive exhibits.
15 | Noble Planetarium
The Planetarium’s
live, interactive program
distinguishes the Noble
from all others. Audience
members can ask questions
while visiting the Milky Way
galaxy — our home — and
traveling up to 13.7 billion
light years away. In addition
to viewing the constellations
and stars visible in the sky,
guests can view the most
current astronomical events
of the day.
The Noble Planetarium
features the first Zeissmanufactured hybrid
planetarium system — an immersive all-dome video combined with fiber optic
dual-hemisphere star balls to see more than 7,000 stars. The Zeiss SKYMASTER ZKP
4 star projector projects thousands more stars more clearly than ever before. Two
(2) star balls within the 40-foot dome cover the entire sky — both the northern and
southern hemispheres. New software — Sciss UniView — flies Planetarium visitors
to the edge of the universe and back. This live-action software allows real-time
visits to any location in the known universe.
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Architecture
FACT SHEET
Grand Opening: Friday, November 20, 2009
Location: 1600 Gendy Street, Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Description: The new Fort Worth Museum of Science and History building, designed by
architects Legorreta + Legorreta with Gideon Toal, is located in the heart of Fort Worth’s Cultural
District. The world-class, 166,000 square-foot facility features a collection of new, interactive
exhibits and programs developed by the Museum’s staff and a team of nationally recognized
designers in support of the Museum’s dedication to informal, discovery-based learning for all.
Museum Square Footage: 166,000 s.f.
Maximum Occupancy:
3,369 individuals
Architects:
Design Architect: Legorreta + Legorreta, Mexico City, Mexico
Architect of Record: Gideon Toal, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Landscape Architect:
Mesa Design Group, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Contractor: Linbeck Group LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.
Owners Representative: The Projects Group
Civil Engineer:
Kimley-Horn Engineering
MEP Engineers:
Blum Consulting Engineers
Structural Engineer:
Datum Engineers
Exhibition/Media Design/Development: bahdeebahdu; Design and Production
Inc.; The Nassal Company; Robert Reid Studios; ROTO Studios; Chick Russell, Chick Russell
Communications; Seruto & Company; Tim Steinouer, Design Island Associates, Inc.; Randall
Webster, Emerald Palms Design Group; Bob Weis, Design Island Associates/Walt Disney
Imagineering.
Beautifully constructed barrel vaulting, which is prevalent in the atrium
of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, is a signature element
of Legorreta + Legorreta architectural design, as is the magnificent
staircase, which is created from French limestone.
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Architects Legorreta + Legorreta Impart their
Mexican Heritage to Stunning New Building
T
he opening of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s (FWMSH)
new building Friday Nov. 20, 2009, marks the completion of the latest
architectural masterpiece in the city’s Cultural District. Designed by the
father and son team of Ricardo and Victor Legorreta of Mexico City, the campus
represents a commingling of the architectural styles of Texas and Mexico in a city
that takes enormous pride in its Hispanic and Western roots.
The 166,000 square-foot contemporary and colorful building, replete with stateof-the-art technological exhibit innovations, is the latest example of a Legorreta +
Legorreta’s exemplary blend of space,
light, color, and water with the use of
strong, basic geometric forms.
Built adjacent to a natural plaza,
the pedestrian-friendly museum is
anchored by the building’s iconic
signature attraction: a 76-foot-tall glass
and stone tower — the Urban Lantern
— which functions as the Museum’s
main entrance. This elegant entry, marked by clean lines, invites natural light into
the building during the day and softly illuminates the surrounding area in the
evening.
“The idea of creating an urban lantern came from the notion of orientation
within the city,” said Ricardo Legorreta, founder of the firm that bears his name.
“In the same way that lighthouses guide ships at sea, we wanted to guide people in
the city to the Museum.”
The tower was designed as a point of orientation within the city and will guide
the more than one million annual guests to the museum campus. It is destined to
become a vibrant new Fort Worth landmark.
In addition, the new FWMSH serves as a capstone to Fort Worth’s Cultural
District, which over the past five decades, has developed into an international
destination for the architecture of its museum facilities. Ranked as the nation’s
third largest cultural district, it already showcases masterpieces by Tadeo Ando,
Buckminster Fuller, Philip Johnson, and Louis Kahn.
“I have been eager to build in Fort Worth for many years”, said Ricardo
Legorreta. “For us, the goal was not only to create a building that reflects the
family-friendly character of the Museum of Science and History, but also to make a
building that attracts people to come inside.
“One bears a huge responsibility when one is dedicated to the creation of a
structure: the fact that the work stays,” he added. “I am profoundly enthused and
happy that this work will stay.”
Museum President Van A. Romans is equally excited and proud that the nearly
70-year-old museum, the oldest in the Cultural District, now has an innovative
world-class building to tell its history and science stories for the 21st century.
“In so many ways, the architectural genius of Legorreta + Legorreta creates the
“I have been eager to
build in Fort Worth
for many years.”
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‘envelope’ for our mission of life-long
learning and discovery in a wonderful
new environment for the community,”
Romans said. “One example is the
Urban Lantern, which not only acts
as a landmark beacon in our Cultural
District, but also as a welcoming
beacon, lighting the way for our guests
into an always present environment of
learning.”
The Legorreta + Legorreta
architectural style works toward
pureness in form with clean lines
and squares. Legorreta-specific
design elements within the Museum
building include: strong interaction
between interior and exterior spaces
by creating a series of courtyards or
“patios” between the exhibit spaces
that help both the energy efficiency
of the building by using natural light
and the friendly atmosphere as one
interacts with the outside; barrel
vaulting, which adds a unique visual
design and height to the atrium space;
and the main courtyard design that
incorporates bright jacaranda blue
walls and an existing live oak tree
with an immense 40-foot canopy with
a minimalist water fountain and
reflecting pool.
The Fort Worth-based firm Gideon
Toal serves as the project’s Architect
of Record. Other members of the
design, construction, and exhibit
design team include: Chick Russell
Communications, Design Island
Associates, Emerald Palms Design
Group, Linbeck Group LLC, The Projects
Group, Robert Reid Studios, and ROTO
Studios.
Recognized for its innovative,
imaginative work with shape and color,
Legorreta + Legorreta, headquartered in Mexico City, has designed more than 100
buildings around the world. Among its many projects, the firm is highly regarded
for designing new museum facilities including the Papalote Children’s Museum
in Mexico City (1993); the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose, California
(1998); and the Visual Arts Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico (1999). In January 2000,
Ricardo Legorreta was awarded the American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Gold
Medal, which recognizes an architect whose work has had a lasting influence on
the history and practice of architecture. Mr. Legorreta is the only Latin American
to have received this prestigious annual award.
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Architecture
Legorreta
Signature
The new Fort Worth Museum of Science and History building is an innovative
work of architecture designed by the highly acclaimed architectural firm,
Legorreta + Legorreta of Mexico City. This 166,000 square-foot facility is the result
of an ongoing $80 million capital campaign. The architect describes the building
as a very happy environment — a building for kids, young people and adults.
Among the many architectural attributes of the structure that are signature
Legorreta elements are the following:
Bright colors of Latin America including deep red, yellow, blue, bright
pink, and purple
Entire design pattern based on the square shape
Courtyards and water element reflective of Mexico’s arid climate
Extensive use of glass and openness
Barrel vaulting
Space layout is from compression to expansion
Labor intensive stone and plaster masonry
Vertical planes instead of columns to define space
Extensive indirect lighting
Minimalist architecture
Urban Lantern
The rosa mexicano pergola, located in the Children’s Museum Courtyard,
is a superb example of Legorreta design.
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Photo by Ralph Lauer Images
Extensive use of glass and openness
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Architecture
Legorreta
elements
“Urban Lantern”
Museum Features an Iconic Legorreta + Legorreta
Element
T
he new Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (FWMSH), which opens
to the public Friday Nov. 20, 2009, features a stunning “Urban Lantern,”
an element common to structures designed by architects Legorreta +
Legorreta of Mexico City. As a beacon of learning, and as the anchor of the new
Museum campus, the Lantern serves as the main entrance to the 166,000-squarefoot building.
“The idea of creating an urban lantern came from the notion of orientation
within the city,” said acclaimed architect Ricardo Legorreta. “In the same way
that lighthouses guide ships at sea, we wanted to guide people in the city to the
museum.
“At the same time, we were able to play with two elements that are always
present in our architecture and we think symbolize a lot of what this museum
is about — light and color,” Legorreta added. “In our interpretation, light
symbolizes knowledge, creativity, imagination, and spirituality. Color, on the
other hand, for us means passion for life, humanism and happiness. After
working in the museum we have found that all these values have always been an
integral part of its philosophy.”
The Urban Lantern measures 76 feet tall, including glass panels, steel, and
stone base. It comprises 97 yellow-fretted glass panels measuring 5’-7” x 5’-7” and
weighing 500 lbs. each.
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Architecture
“This Legorreta element is especially important to our building,” said Museum
of Science and History President Van A. Romans. “It serves not only as a landmark
beacon in our city, but also as a welcoming beacon, lighting the way for our guests
into an environment of learning.”
The Lantern is illuminated using LED (light-emitting diode) and compact
fluorescent lights. Interior lighting is via compact fluorescent sconces around the
lantern. Each LED fixture is 50W if powered with all LEDs at maximum power
(brightest white). With a yellow/golden color, output will be less than half — 2025W per fixture.
The Lantern has 32 fixtures, all of which are full color changing and fully
dimmable, and can be set to various colors and apparent brightness levels. The
Lantern is illuminated automatically via the astronomical time clock. The ontime will change with the seasons. The off-time will be set by the Museum.
Architecture
Floor Plan I
A detail of the first floor of the Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History
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Architecture
Floor PLan II
A detail of the second floor of the Fort Worth
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BIOgraphy
ince Van Romans’ appointment as President, the Fort Worth Museum of
Science and History has undergone a dramatic transformation on multiple
levels in a relatively short period of time.
After more than 25 years with The Walt Disney Company, including the creative
design and development arm of the company, Walt Disney Imagineering, Romans
was recruited to head the Museum of Science in History in February 2004.
Through his leadership, the Museum is in a much more stable position than
it has been in recent years, ending a series of annual operating deficits over the
past several years. Creatively, Romans has invigorated numerous long-standing
programs and public areas with an energy and vitality palpably noticeable to the
Museum’s guests and community.
As an advocate for project-based learning, and renowned for having pioneered
the concept of integrating the entertainment industry and the museum world
through his establishment of the museum program for The Walt Disney Company,
Romans has created galleries and cultural exhibitions around the world. As the
company’s Executive Director, Cultural Affairs, he founded the Disney gallery
concept, negotiating with governments, cultural institutions, and private lenders
from around the world and overseeing the company’s exhibition development
program for theme parks worldwide. Several notable projects during his tenure
at Disney include his concepts of exhibits for World Showcase pavilions at Epcot,
Disneyland and Tokyo Disneyland. In creating Disney’s International Art and
Museum Program, he also established the company’s collections management
program and implemented museum standards for the care and control of the Walt
Disney Imagineering art collection.
Romans’ work in the museum field extends beyond his work inside the Disney
corporation. For more than 30 years, he was a professor of exhibit design and
museum management at the college level. He has also served as a key advisor to
numerous prestigious museums, both in the United States and abroad. Several of
his noteworthy projects include work with the Gene Autry National Center for
Western Culture in Los Angeles; National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in
Fort Worth; the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois; the
D-Day Museum in New Orleans; the Los Angeles Children’s Court Art Program; the
National Museum of New Zealand; the Venezuela Museum of Anthropology; the
Smithsonian; the Palace Museum in Beijing; and his service to the Art in Embassies
for the U.S. State Department. He also directed the Public Arts Committee for the
University of Southern California.
Romans received his BFA at the University of California and a Master of Fine
Arts at USC. He has been a featured speaker at numerous museum and industry
conferences over the years, addressing topics related to the integration of the
entertainment industry, education, and the museum world. He is a founding
member of the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum and was an advisor to
the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
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Architecture
S
Van A. Romans
President
BIOgraphy
Ricardo Legorreta
Founder & Design Consultant
HONORS AND AWARDS
1988
Honorary member of the Mexican
Academy of the Arts.
1990
Distinguished Member of the
International Academy of
Architecture, Sofia, Bulgaria.
Chosen as one of the thirty leading
architects for the Domino´s
architectural program.
1991
Fine Arts National Award, Mexican
Government, Mexico.
1992
“Architect of the Americas”,
Montevideo, Uruguay.
1993
“Emeritus Creator of the Creators National System”, Mexico.
1999
UIA Gold Medal.
2000
Gold Medal from the American Institute of Architects.
Golden Plate of Academy of Achievement, Arizona, USA.
2001
Touristic Professional Merit Medal “Cesar Balsa”, Mexico City.
“2001
CEMEX Works Award”, First Life and Work CEMEX Award, Mexico.
2002
Imposition of “Isabel la Catolica” from the spanish Government.
Doctor of Humane Letters degree at The College of Santa Fe, NM, USA.
The Federation and Cancun Architects School recognition to Ricardo
Legorreta for his contribution to the mexican architecture, Cancun, Quintana
Roo, Mexico.
2003
Recognition from ARPAFIL ( Art, Architecture, Patrimony), Mexico.
2004
Honorary Degree: Doctor of the Fine Arts, Honoris Causa from the Roger
Williams University, Bristol, Rhode Island, USA.
Manuel Tolsa Medal, UNAM, Mexico city.
2005
Gold Medal from the Panamerican Association of Architects.
1999
2000
2004
Honorary member of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada.
Honorary member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Board of Overseers Committee of Roger Williams University, Rhode Island,
USA.
JURIES OF ARCHITECTURAL PRIZES / COMPETITIONS
1983 - 1993 Jury of the Pritzker Prize Award of Architecture.
2001 Member of the 2001 cycle Master Jury of the Aga Khan Award for the
Architecture at Geneve.
2002 Member of the Pebble Beach Elegance Concourse.
2003 AIA Design Prizes from Dallas, Texas, USA.
2005 New Public Library of the State of Jalisco, Mexico.
2006
Jury member of 2007 AIA Gold Medal & 2007 AIA Architecture Firm Award.
2007
Member of the Jury of the Ciences & Arts National Prize, Mex.
2008
Member of the Jury “The Heart of Doha” Architectural Competition, Qatar.
Member of the Jury International Criminal Court Architectural Design
Competition, The Netherlands.
MOST RELEVANT PROJECTS
Santa Fe Visual Arts Center, Santa Fe, New Mexico; Chiron Life & Science Laboratories,
San Francisco, California; The Tech Museum, San Jose, Schwab Residential Student Center
in Stanford, California; San Antonio Library, Texas; National Center for the Arts, Mexico
City; Managua Cathedral, Nicaragua; MARCO Museum and the Library of Monterrey,
Mexico; Solana Master Plan and IBM Offices in Westlake-Southlake, Texas; Camino Real
Hotels in Mexico City, Ixtapa, Cancun & Monterrey. His recent works include a residential
Compound in Madrid; El Roble Offices, Salvador and Costa Rica; the Foreign Affairs
Secretariat and the Upper Court of Justice in Mexico City; Multiplaza Center, San Salvador;
the Texas A&M Engineering College and the College of Business & Computer Science,
Qatar; Campus Center & Student Housing of the American University of Cairo Egypt;
residential projects in the Mediterranean, Japan, Brazil, Salvador, USA (including Hawaii),
and Mexico; Viceroy Mayacoba Hotel in Playa del Carmen, Mexico and Margarita House, a
Residential Compound in Guatemala.
Education
1948-1952 Bachelor Degree in Architecture, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico.
BOARD MEMBERSHIPS & COMMITTEES
1970-1981 Council Member of the International Council of the Museum of Modernart,
MOMA New York.
Member of the American Institute of Architects.
1978
1989
Jerusalem´s International Committee, Israel.
1991
Board of Overseers Committee of Harvard College.
American Academy of Arts & Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
1994
1997
Academy of Architecture in France.
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Architecture
LEGORRETA + LEGORRETA
BIOgraphy
Victor Legorreta
Design Partner
Architectural Awards Juror
1998
Member of the jury for the AIA, Las
Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Universidad del Valle de Mexico, Campus Lomas Verdes, Tiempo, Espacio en la
Arquitectura, Mexico City.
1998
1st Cycle about Mexican Contemporary Architecture, Bogota, Colombia.
Interdiscilplinary Architecture, Universidad del Valle devMexico, Mexico.
2000
AIA Summit 2000, Western International Conference, Sun Valley, Idaho, USA.
IX week of Design, Design Center of the Universidad Autonoma de
Guadalajara, Mexico.
2000
Member of the AIA Orange County´s
25th Annual Design.
Awards Juror Symposium, Newport
Beach, CA.
2004
College of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology Expo Cihac,
Mexico D.F.
2002 Jury member of the AMDI (Mexican
Association of Interior Design).
2005
Architectural Congress, Mexico City.
Jury member of the AIA Santa Clara
ValleyDesign Awards.
Vertice Program, University of Mayab, Mexico.
SCI-ARC (Southern California Institute of California), Los Angeles, CA, USA.
2006
New projects, Tecnologico de Monterrey. Campus Santa Fe. Mexico City.
2008
Professional Experience
1986
Works during summer with Leason Pomeroy and Associates. Irvine, Ca, USA.
1987
Works during the summer with Martorell, Bohigas and Mackay, Barcelona,
Spain.
1988
Works during the summer with Fumihiko Maki, Tokyo, Japan.
1989-1991 Joins Legorreta Arquitectos as project director on projects such as El Club de
Banqueros and el Papalote Museo del Niño, both in Mexico City.
Construction of different residential projects in Valle de Bravo, Mexico.
1991-presentPartner and lead designer in Legorreta Arquitectos, now called Legorreta +
Legorreta.
Teaching Experience
1995
Pacific Design Center, West Weer, USA.
UCLA Expresion Program, USA.
Universidad Vasco de Quiroga, Michoacan, Mexico.
1996
1st Cycle of Conferences about Mexican Architecture, Colegio de Arquitectos
de Puebla.
Instituto Superior de Arquitectura y diseño de Chihuahua, A.C., Chihuahua,
Chihuahua, Mexico.
ITESO de Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
International Symposium of Architecture, Dos Escritorios High Tech, Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
1997
4th International Encounter of Architecture, Universidad de las Americas.
A Raiz de la Modernidad, Permanencia y Evolucion, Puebla, Mexico.
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2002-2003 Professor of Project Design in Universidad lberoamericana of Mexico City.
Most Relevant Projects
“El Papalote” Children’s Museum in Mexico City; the Tech Museum of Innovation, San
Jose, California; Televisa Office Complex in Mexico City; San Antonio Main Library
in Texas; The College of Santa Fe Visual Arts Center in Santa Fe, New Mexico; the
Schwab Residential Center for Stanford University in California; Chiron Life & Science
Laboratories, Emeryville, Ca; the Mexican Pavilion Expo-Hannover 2000, Germany; Max
Palevsky Residence Hall, Chicago; EGADE School of Business in Monterrey; Some of his
recent works include a residential Compound in Madrid; El Roble Offices in Salvador and
Costa Rica; the Foreign Affairs Secretariat and the Upper Court of Justice in Mexico City;
the Mexican Museum in San Francisco; Multiplaza Center in San Salvador; the Texas A&M
Engineering College and the College of Business & Computer Science in Qatar; Residential
Projects in Israel, Japan, Brazil, Salvador, USA and Mexico; Residencial Complex in
Playacar, Puerto Aventuras and 2 hotels.
Education
1986-1990 Bachelor in Architecture, graduated from the Universidad lberoamericana
Mexico City.
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Architecture
LEGORRETA + LEGORRETA
Architecture
BIOgraphy
J. Bruce Benner, AIA
President and Chief Operating Officer,
Gideon Toal
As President and
Chief Operating Officer
of Gideon Toal since 2001,
and associated with the
company for more than
25 years, Bruce Benner
maintains Principal level
involvement in significant
local and regional projects,
and collaborates with
current leadership in the
management of the firm.
Tenure and expertise
have positioned Benner
throughout the years
to help guide the firm
through development
transitions, expand the
project experience base,
and contribute in elevating
Gideon Toal to its current
status in the professional
design and local business
communities.
Benner’s portfolio includes corporate campus development, new facilities
and renovation/redevelopment of existing facilities through all phases of
project delivery — from initial project budget analysis through construction
administration and occupancy. Notable local projects include the Ericsson U.S.
Headquarters, TxDOT TransVISION Traffic Management Center, Burlington
Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Headquarters, and Ryder Logistics Transportation
Management Center. Currently, Benner is engaged as Principal in Charge of the Fort
Worth Museum of Science and History, Western Heritage Parking Garage, TRWD
Engineering Annex, and BNSF Railway Corporate Expansion.
Benner has 30 years of experience in project management/development,
budget management, architecture, interiors, construction management, and
client management. He currently focuses on enhanced project delivery, design and
constructability of advanced technology, corporate, and institutional projects.
Benner maintains involvement throughout the local community and, in
addition to associated professional organizations, has served on the boards of Lena
Pope Home, downtown Fort Worth Inc., and YMCA Downtown Board of Managers
and Business. He continues his affiliations with Downtown Rotary, leadership Fort
Worth, Volunteers for the Arts, Habitat for Humanity, and Fort Worth AIA.
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DInosaurs
The State Dinosaur of Texas, Paluxysaurus jonesi, is the central figure in the
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s DinLabs.
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DinoLabs Features State Dinosaur of Texas —
Paluxysaurus jonesi
W
ho knew you could find dinosaurs in your own backyard? When
exhibition ideas for the newly constructed Fort Worth Museum of
Science and History (FWMSH) were being formulated, one of the
major stories the Museum was excited to tell focused on the dinosaurs discovered
in North Texas. DinoLabs and DinoDig® at the FWMSH bring this fascinating story
to life with full articulations of dinosaur skeletons native to the region and a
dig site replicating a local
paleontological field site.
DinoLabs is a
3,700-square-foot-gallery
where guests can experience
the immensity of the
State Dinosaur of Texas
for the very first time:
Paluxysaurus jonesi. Skeletons
of Tenontosaurus dossi and an
ornithopod dinosaur are also
fully articulated in the exhibition. Fossils and casts of two other dinosaur species
are displayed, as well.
Within this exhibition, guests have the opportunity to experiment with fossils,
measure bones to determine dinosaur size and surrounding environment, and use
microscopic discovery to compare dinosaur characteristics to those of present-day
creatures.
In recognition of the family’s generous contribution to the Museum’s capital
campaign to construct the new building, brushed aluminum lettering on the
entrance to the gallery housing this exhibit will designate the space the “Perry and
Nancy Lee Bass Gallery.”
“We are extremely proud to house the State Dinosaur of Texas, the Paluxysaurus
jonesi, in our gallery. Ours is a large specimen — measuring 12 feet high at the
shoulder and more than 60 feet in length, and weighing 22 tons,” said Museum of
Science and History President Van A. Romans. “Another unique aspect of DinoLabs
is that all of the dinosaurs are articulated from as many actual fossils as possible,
rather than solely from fossil reproductions.”
The culmination of DinoLabs is an interactive imaging station where guests
can begin to reconstruct their own dinosaur based on information they’ve gleaned
from the exhibition, as well as to find the right flora and fauna for their dinosaur
creation.
“Guests can actually create a dinosaur — determine its size, skin color
and texture, diet, and living environment — by entering basic information
into a computer system,” explained Chick Russell, president of Chick Russell
Communications who was designated Creative Director of the Museum’s Dinolabs/
DinoDig®, Energy Blast, and Cattle Raisers Museum.
“From a design aspect, we started with the focal point of the gallery — the
Paluxysaurus jonesi articulation — and worked from there,” said Randall Webster,
vice president of Emerald Palms Design Group, who was designated Director of
The State Dinosaur of Texas, Paluxysaurus jonesi, lived around 112 million years
ago during the Cretaceous Period and was common to North Texas. The fully
articulated dinosaur skeleton can be experienced at the Fort Worth Museum of
Science and History.
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“Guests can actually create
a dinosaur — determine
its size, skin color and
texture, diet, and living
environment.”
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Dinosaurs
ALIVE!
Alive!, Cont.
A
Dinosaurs
Design for the Museum. “It is such a
large structure, it was important that
we balance the space somehow. That’s
what we’ve done with the large color
illustrations and line drawings on the
walls.”
DinoDig®, an outdoor experience,
began with the Museum in 1993. An
historical all-time favorite for young
guests to the Museum, this updated
exhibition invites guests to “become a
paleontologist,” as they discover the
skills needed to uncover and excavate
fossils in a reproduction of the Jones
Ranch where the Paluxysaursu jonesi was
discovered in 1982. DinoDig® features
rock formations embedded with fossils
based on the actual dig site.
“It was important for us to bring
DinoDig® back to our patrons,” said
Romans. “However, we wanted to bring
it back in a contemporary, interactive
fashion. The updated version enhances
the learning experience by allowing our
guests to understand the science and
physics involved in fossil excavation and
preservation.”
Fact Sheet
Paluxysaurus jonesi lived around
112 million years ago during
the Cretaceous Period and was
common to North Texas, based
on fossils from Hood County and
dinosaur foot prints from near
Glen Rose, Texas. It measured close
to 12 feet high at the shoulder,
was approximately 60 feet in
length, and weighed roughly 20
tons. The species in the Fort Worth
was discovered at the Jones Ranch
in Hood County.
The dinosaur was originally
identified as the Pleurocelus.
However, in 2006, based on years
of research, the massive sauropod
was re-identified by then Southern
Methodist University Geology
Master’s student Peter Rose as
belonging to a different species
and was named Paluxysaurus jonesi.
North Texas is home to at
least six species of dinosaurs
including Acrocanthosaurus,
Paluxysaurus, Pawpawsaurus,
Protohadros, Tenontosaurus,
and an (as yet) unnamed small
ornithopod dinosaur.
s museum guests explore the
sandy ground of DinoDig®, they
will discover authentic local
fossils of shark teeth, clams, snails, sea
biscuits, and ammonites dispersed throughout the exhibit.
“In addition to the fun of discovering and digging up fossils, DinoDig® offers
field guides that allow guests to experience the methodology behind fossil
excavation,” said Russell. “It’s important that guests understand the science
paleontologists use, so we incorporated an additional science overlay into DinoDig®.
“DinoDig and DinoLabs provide our guests with two important aspects of
paleontology,” said Museum of Science and History Curator of Science Dr. Aaron
Pan. “DinoDig gives one a taste of the exhilaration and joy of fieldwork and
discovery, while DinoLabs allows our guests to see how scientists prepare and
study fossils to determine how these amazing animals lived and interacted with
their environment.”
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A skeleton of Tenontosaurus dossi is fully articulated in the DinoLabs of the Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History. (detail)
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Dinosaurs
Believed to be the world’s largest living sculpture, this dinosaur topiary
resides in the Topiary Courtyard of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History. It was created by Joe Kyte in proportion to the State Dinosaur of
Texas, the Paluxysaurus jonesi, which is fully articulated in the Museum’s
DinoLabs.
standing tall
The two-ton steel frame body of the Paluxysaurus jonesi was installed in the
Topiary Courtyard, between the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Omni Theater and the Museum School, on Sept. 3, 2009. The topiary measures
62-feet from tip of head to tip of tail. Joe Kyte, “Topiary Joe,” creator and builder
of the topiary, said he believes it to be the longest topiary in the world. The
tallest topiary is in Manipur, India and measures 61-feet high, according to the
“Guinness Book of World Records.”
The hand-made topiary took three weeks for Kyte and his team, Lester Harris
and Paul Forkner, from Tellico Plains, Tenn. to build. Kyte said this topiary is
one of his sustainable green projects. “It’s a structure that lives,” Kyte said.
“Everything is organic except the plastic and metal.” The topiary is modeled
after the Texas State Dinosaur, the Paluxysaurus jonesi.
“We are very excited to have this wonderful, living sculpture as part of the
new Museum campus,” said Museum of Science and History President Van A.
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Photo by Glen Ellman
62-foot-long Dinosaur Topiary Believed to be
The World’s Largest
Romans. “It is especially fitting that we have a replica of the State Dinosaur in the
Courtyard, since we have the original in our DinoLabs.”
The hydroponics topiary is meant to grow without the use of soil and will
last 20-30 years, according to Kyte. The green matting, made of coconut hair
and attached to the frame, consists of several different types of sedum. “It’s a
sustainable, low-maintenance and forgiving plant,” Kyte said. “It should do very
well in the Museum Courtyard.”
The topiary will require minimum water after the roots have attached to the
capillary matting beneath the frame. The capillary matting is a felt-type material
and helps plants grow because of its ability to spread and retain water. Kyte said
rooting will take up to two months and will only require watering one to two
times a week and a “haircut” once or twice a year. The topiary will weigh close to
six tons once it is planted, according to Kyte.
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energy
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s Energy Blast exhibition
features a 4-D theater experience that takes guests to Fort Worth 300
million years ago. Journey to the Center of the Barnett Shale is a six-minute
experience that explains the important role plankton played in forming
natural gas within shale deposits of North Texas.
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Energy Blast Tells The Story of Energy Resources in
North Texas
An innovative new energy exhibition within the Fort Worth Museum of
Science and History (FWMSH) tells the dynamic story of energy resources in
North Texas through a unique combination of science and history. Energy Blast
brings physics, technology, and innovative thinking to life as guests are asked to
explore geophysical formations, calculate drilling depths and directions, and to
experiment with new resources.
Through interactive exhibits, multimedia, dioramas, and learning stations,
Energy Blast immerses guests of all ages into the world of regional energy and
alternative energy resources, and
highlights the innovative pioneers
who continue to make energy a leading
industry in the region.
“Energy Blast culminates with
alternative energy sources, where
guests are invited to ‘power’ a
model city using various forms
of energy including geothermal,
solar, hydroelectricity, and wind,” said FWMSH President Van A. Romans. “The
experience’s primary message is that new strategies will be needed to meet our
long-term, sustainable energy future; we will need a multitude of energy ideas and
innovation to maintain our standard of living.”
The story of energy was developed by a team of academic and industry advisors
who are recognized experts in the field including:
“Energy Blast brings
physics, technology,
and innovative
thinking to life…”
Bonnie F. Jacobs, Ph.D., Director, Environmental Science and Studies
Programs and Roy M. Huffington, Associate Professor, Department of Earth
Sciences, Southern Methodist University, Dallas
Ken Morgan, Ph.D., Director, Texas Christian University Energy Institute,
Fort Worth
An important component of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s
Energy Blast exhibition allows guests to experiment with various energy
sources — both renewable and nonrenewable — to “power” a model city.
Solar collectors are just one source available to meet the city’s energy needs.
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Photo by Ralph Lauer Images (2)
Eric C. Potter, Associate Director, Bureau of Economic Geology, John A. and
Katherine G. Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at
Austin
Andrée Griffin, Manager of Geology, Fort Worth Basin, XTO Energy, Inc.,
Fort Worth
Housed in the Museum’s new XTO Energy Gallery, Energy Blast is geared for
individuals age 11 and older. “When we looked at the story of energy in North
Texas, the Barnett Shale became the natural story to tell,” Romans said. “It is one
example of how innovative energy explorers in our region have used science and
technology to mine the energy we need out of the ground. But, it’s only one way.
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energy
Innovative,
Multi-sensory
Energy Exhibition
Energy Exhibition, Cont.
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Photo by Rhonda HolE
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energy
“It is estimated that in the future, in the next 25 years, we are going to need
50 percent more energy,” Romans added. “This whole exhibition is about posing a
question to everybody — saying, ‘These are the challenges and how are you going
to respond?’”
“Energy Blast is designed in such a way that guests will have multi-sensory
experiences throughout the exhibit,” said Randall Webster, vice president of
Emerald Palms Design Group, who was designated Director of Design for the
Museum. “It is important that each of the areas within the exhibit is designed to
be visually appealing, extraordinary in form, and scientifically and historically
correct.”
Guests to Energy Blast enter through a multi-sensory prehistoric undersea
environment similar to Fort Worth 300 million years ago into the 4-D theater
where they embark on Journey to the Center of the Barnett Shale, a six-minute
experience that tells the story of how natural gas formed within shale deposits
of North Texas. This experience allows guests to see, feel and hear this exciting
story in a thrilling new way.
“We chose to tell the story of the Barnett Shale because it is such an
important, interesting and unique part of energy in this area,” said Chick
Russell, president of Chick Russell Communications who was designated Creative
Director of the Museum’s Energy Blast, Cattle Raisers Museum, and DinoLabs/
DinoDig®.
The 4-D experience of the theater — which will be known as the Devon
Energy Theater — invokes the senses of sight, sound and touch to bring the
history and science of shale deposits to life as viewers don 3-D glasses and
blast off aboard “TimeCraft,” journeying back to prehistoric time. Passengers
discover how the Barnett Shale was formed and how geoscientists and petroleum
engineers are using science and advanced technologies to extract the natural gas
modern society needs.
Returning back to the present, guests exit the 4-D theater and come face-toface with a real 50,000-pound seismic vibroseis truck. Interactive stations placed
around the truck mimic the methodology behind this vibrating truck, which
sends sound waves a mile-and-a-half underground. “The science is similar to
an ultrasound,” said Russell. “The sound waves bounce off of the rock strata a
mile and a half underground. Geologists input that seismic data into powerful
computers to create 3-D images, which allow them to see underground formations
so they know exactly where gas deposits are located.”
Guests are given the opportunity to play an interactive game around the
truck. “When they drive their truck to a vibe location and lower the truck’s vibe
pad, they will actually feel the ground underneath them vibrate,” Russell said.
“Guests will also be able to conduct interactive seismic sound experiments in this
area as well.”
A 30-foot model of a drilling apparatus is located in the exploration and
production section of the exhibition. Large windows in this cantilevered gallery
bring the outside in as guests experience a well in a full-sized rig command
center “doghouse.” “Museum visitors can walk into what’s called a ‘doghouse’
and have a real technician demonstrate how a well is drilled. Out the window,
guests will see roughnecks working on the rig floor. Most people won’t realize the
illusion is magically created with projection,” Russell added.
Another component of Energy Blast allows guests to experiment with various
energy sources — both renewable and nonrenewable — to “power” a model city.
“We’re asking
participants to use
their critical thinking
skills to determine
the appropriate mix
of energy sources
needed to bring
power to a large city,”
Russell said. “Our
goal is to allow people
to take what they’ve
learned in the energy
exhibition and apply
it to ‘real life.’
“Our hope is that
as guests go through
an exhibition like this
they will understand
that we are putting
science in context
for them,” Russell
said. “It is not an
abstract science
when they interact
with the physics and
technologies used to
power their lives.”
The final element
within Energy Blast
is “Energy Pioneers”
where guests can
research industry
A 30-foot model of a drilling apparatus is located in the explorainnovators via
tion and production section of the Energy Blast exhibition of the
computer. “For
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.
example, guests can
discover how local
energy explorer
George Mitchell persevered by experimenting for 18 years before discovering how
to extract gas from the strata,” Russell said.
“This specific component of Energy Blast is a fine illustration of the impetus
behind our new environment of learning,” Romans said. “It gives examples
of how innovative thinking in science — in Mitchell’s case, physics — and
experimentation lead to an important discovery that changed the world.
“It is important for young people to understand and to learn about this because
we need their help and their creativity to explore and discover how to meet energy
needs for the future.” Romans added. “Our goal is to inspire every person that
experiences this exhibition to be a part of the energy solution.”
innovation
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“Our goal is to bring
learning through
discovery to the
forefront of this
Museum.”
Doodler Studio: Miki Gabbard, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Director of Youth and Family Programs; Adriana Alvarez, Museum School Educator
and Trends Specialist; Lynn Dally, Museum School Educator and Associate
Professor of Art, Tarrant County College
The philosophy of the Doodler Studio replicates the discovery approach that
has been the foundation of the Museum’s “Museum School” program for almost
60 years. Programs in Doodler offer a unique combination of science, history and
anthropology with artistic interpretations. When people, especially children,
mix their constructed knowledge of a particular science subject with imagination
and artistic expression, it opens the possibility for them to engage in innovative
thinking.
Doodler offers open access to Museum School-type programs to the general
public. Special weekend and summer classes for youth and families also will be
offered in this Studio.
The goal of the Doodler Studio is to create a supportive environment for self
expression and inventive imagination — a place where art becomes science and
science becomes art.
The Inventor Studio within Innovation Studios of the Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History allows guests to explore light, shadow, motion and color through many different
experiences. The studio has the ability to be darkened totally, so guests will be able to explore
black light in the space.
Promoting learning through discovery is the mission of the newly constructed
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (FWMSH). That’s why the Museum’s
five Innovation Studios are located in the central heart of the building.
“Our goal is to bring learning through discovery to the forefront of this
Museum,” said Museum of Science and History President Van A. Romans. “When
I came on board as president of the museum five years ago, the rich learning
environments and programs were hidden away downstairs. In this new facility,
we brought learning upstairs into a contemporary, open environment where our
guests can participate and observe learning as it is happening.”
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Innovation Studios
for Discovery
Learning
Designer Studio: Cathy Barthelemy, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Director of Professional Development and CommunITy Programs; Karen Jo Matsler,
Ph.D., Texas Center for Inquiry Staff, Adjunct Professor, Dallas Baptist University,
and American Association of Physics Teachers Professional Development Evaluator
Because the design process is an incredibly creative and rigorous one, this
Studio will provide a space that allows guests to problem solve in interesting ways
around a specific Studio vision. Upon opening, the Designer Studio will explore
Illuminations — light, shadow, motion, and color — through many different
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innovation
Targeting guests age 9 and older, Innovation Studios are five flexible spaces
dedicated to offering lifelong learning experiences for every guest. Not only will
guests be involved with programs and projects inside the studios benefit, but
because of the huge glass walls, all Museum guests have the opportunity to learn
through observation.
“Innovation Studios are based on our 70-year-old heritage of educational
programming and partnership excellence,” said Museum of Science and History
Executive Vice President, Innovation
Colleen Blair. “Respectful of our guests’
unique identities, the Studios offer
multi-disciplinary experiences and
materials meant to illicit curiosity,
wonder, intrigue, and inspiration.”
Innovation Studios will enable
a wide spectrum of educators and
community leaders to collaborate
and access Museum resources and
programs. Studios also will provide community access to high-quality learning
tools and technologies while supporting expanded community and international
engagement through distance learning.
In recognition of the family’s generous gift to the Museum’s campaign to
construct the new building, the gallery space inside the studio area will be known
as the Paul E. Andrews, Jr. Foundation Gallery.
Each of the following five Studios builds on core capacities of Museum
educational excellence and a rich heritage of collaboration and partnership.
Innovation Studios, Cont.
Inventor Studio: Rebecca Reed, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Manager of CommunITy Studios; Becky Carroll, Inverness Research Associates,
Inverness California
The Inventor Studio will house the National Science Foundation grant-based
program, CommunITy Studios. Targeting tweens and teens — middle and high
school students — this Studio focuses on digital technology and technology-based
tinkering. Upon opening, studio guests will experiment with electricity and light.
Imaginer Studio: Carol Earman, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Manager of Outreach; Kristin Wollman, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
School Services
As curious guests search for more and more information, Imaginer Studio will
put resources at their fingertips — books, periodicals, web access. The studio will
engage visitors through
topic-related artifacts
and experts. As the
home to the Texas Center
for Inquiry, Imaginer
Studio will offer various
professional development
opportunities to
educators from all
disciplines.
Texas Center for Inquiry: The Texas Center for Inquiry provides science
educators in-depth experiences in science inquiry through institutes, workshops,
forums and follow-up coaching. The Center’s mission is to help professional
developers and teacher leaders incorporate science inquiry into their curricula
in ways consistent with the National Science Education Standards and the Texas
Essential Knowledge and Skills.
“Active, bright, whimsical,
inspirational — each Studio
is unique to the learner it
will entice.”
The Inventor Studio within
Innovation Studios of the Fort
Worth Museum of Science and
History focuses on tinkering
with technology. Guests are
encouraged by successful
inventors through their
inspirational statements
hanging in the studio.
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Explorer Studio: Gerri Maglia, Education Specialist, Texas Education
Telecommunications Network; Anne Herndon, Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History Director of School and Group Programs.
The Explorer Studio will house the Museum’s Distance Learning program
where students can virtually explore Museum collections and engage in hands-on
experience without leaving their classrooms.
Distance Learning is an educational component that provides Museum
programming to schools all over the country and Canada. The courses are taught by
in-house experts including Museum staff members — educators and curators —
and various outside experts.
The Museum’s Distance Learning program has received various awards
including Teacher’s Choice Award in 2008; Honorable Mention in 2009 given by the
Berrien RESA Educational Agency in Michigan; and the Pinnacle Award in 2009 by
the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration.
“Each Studio space is designed for specific programs,” said Blair. “Active, bright,
whimsical, inspirational — each Studio is unique to the learner it will entice.”
Studio experiences are included in the Museum admission price for each guest,
and Studios are active during Museum hours.
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innovation
experiences. These experiences will allow guests to tinker, explore and play with
light and shadow in an open-ended, inquiry-based manner.
children’s Museum
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The entryway to the Children’s Museum inside the Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History is a reproduction of the dragon head that greeted
guests to the Museum on Summit in the 1940s and 1950s.
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Photo by Rhonda Hole
children’s museum
Outside the Children’s Museum of the Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History is a brilliant pink —
rosa mexicano — pergola designed by Ricardo
Legorreta. The patio’s outdoor experience includes
several innovative water play stations.
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Gallery Pays Homage to Museum’s Legacy
T
he Fort Worth Children’s Museum within the newly constructed Fort
Worth Museum of Science and History (FWMSH) harkens back to the
Museum’s humble beginnings in a house on Summit Avenue Street. The
FWMSH was chartered as the Fort Worth Children’s Museum in 1941.
The Children’s Museum gallery targets the Museum’s youngest guests —
age birth to 8 — and those who care for them. The purpose is to encourage
opportunities for children to play, knowing that at this age level, children are
learning through play.
“Play is their work, and our goal is to provide developmentally appropriate
opportunities for all children,” said Museum Senior Vice President, Education Kit
Goolsby. “To that end, this gallery has both an indoor and an outdoor experience.”
Inside the Children’s
Museum is a healthy kids
clinic, an infant/toddler
developmental space, a
parent resource room that
will also serve as a multipurpose space, a family
restroom, a nursing room
for mothers, and a natural
science space.
“Our natural science space will exhibit one of our largest fully articulated
specimens from the natural science collection,” said Goolsby. “It’s a Galapagos
turtle that will be in a large dome so our young guests can see it from all angles.”
Live reptiles and amphibians will be a central element of the Children’s
Museum. They will be placed in their living environments so that children can
observe and learn about their daily habits.
The Children’s Museum features an indoor block-building site where children
can construct a train, and the kids grocery.
Outside is a brilliant pink — rosa mexicano — pergola designed by Ricardo
Legorreta. Underneath the pergola is the outdoor construction exhibit where
children can actually build a project. The outdoor experience also includes several
innovative water play stations.
The entryway to the Children’s Museum is a reproduction of the dragon head
that greeted guests to the Museum on Summit in the 1940s and 1950s. “We have
also repurposed some of the glass bubble tubes that used to be in the museum on
Montgomery Street,” added Goolsby.
“One of the most significant aspects of the Children’s Museum is that it is an
opportunity for children and their parents or caregivers to play together,” said
Museum of Science and History President Van A. Romans. “This gives adults the
chance to focus one hundred percent on the child without distraction. These
shared experiences create memories that are the foundation for learning.”
Two major donors to the Museum’s capital campaign to construct the new
building will be recognized through signage associated with the Fort Worth
Children’s Museum. Brushed aluminum lettering outside the main entrance to
the Children’s Museum will designate the space the “Anne T. and Robert M. Bass
Gallery.” Similar lettering will designate the outdoor areas as the “Mr. and Mrs.
John Kleinheinz Courtyard.”
“Play is their work, and
our goal is to provide
developmentally
appropriate opportunities
for all children.”
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Happy Family
Sculpture by Barrett DeBusk Enhances
Museum School Courtyard
T
Photo by rhonda hole
Children’s Museum
Museum School
The Little Big Place
he Happy Family, a site-specific metal sculpture by internationally acclaimed
artist Barrett DeBusk, was installed recently in the Museum School Courtyard
of the new Fort Worth Museum of Science and History building.
“Because Barrett’s 3-Dimensional work is figurative and a bit whimsical, we
commissioned him to create a fun, family-focused sculpture especially for this
unique children’s area,” said Museum of Science and History President Van A.
Romans. “We are delighted by the outcome!”
Created from powder-coated metal, the grouping includes a “father and his
two children — a boy and a girl,” said DeBusk. “My intention was to present a
family that has just visited the Museum of Science and History — to bring to life
the excitement and fun they were having,” he added.
“The young boy appears quite exuberant while the little girl is more shy and
reserved,” DeBusk explained. “Having lived and worked in Fort Worth, I was
especially pleased to receive this commission. It was a wonderful opportunity for
me to create a sculpture specifically for an institution I admire.”
The brilliant cobalt-blue artwork is set in a secure courtyard against bright
tangelo-colored walls — one of the many architectural elements specific to a
Legorreta + Legorreta building design.
“In this setting, the sculpture is approachable and something young children
can relate to,” Romans said. “It is a perfect addition to our beautiful new campus.”
Barrett DeBusk holds both a Bachelor of Fine Art and a Master of Fine
Arts from the University of North Texas, Denton. His work is represented in
collections across the world including: Miyake Design Research, Japan; Art in
Embassies Program, Washington, DC; Reflex Miniatuur Museum, Amsterdam;
Hope Children’s Hospital, Chicago; and Le Logis, Velleron, France. DeBusk is
represented by The William & Joseph Gallery, Santa Fe.
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Museum School Program Advances
Early Childhood Learning
Museum School
Background
F
or more than 60 years, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s
Museum School program has been the foundation of the Museum’s work
in early childhood learning. Since its founding in 1949, more than 200,000
children have participated in this one-of-a-kind program, which was one of the
first in the United States to be accredited by the National Association of the
Education of Young Children.
The primary purpose of Museum School is to give very young children —
ages 3 to 6 — a chance to expand their mental horizons by helping them learn
from vivid first-hand experiences about the wonderful and fascinating world of
science around them.
“For example, the new Museum
School classrooms open into a secure,
landscaped courtyard where children
can observe nature — the perfect
setting to supplement our lesson on
insects,” said Museum of Science
and History Senior Vice President,
Education Kit Goolsby.
In recognition of the family’s
generous contributions to the Museum’s campaign to construct its new
facility, the new Museum School building will be known as the Nancy Lee Bass
Schoolhouse.
The Museum School curriculum combines natural and physical sciences,
history, and anthropology with art, music and literature. The unique feature
of Museum School is that young students can learn from science materials and
historical artifacts available in the Museum.
“We purposely designed the new building so that the Museum School area
includes our open collection storage room,” said Museum President Van A.
Romans. “The storage area is enclosed in glass and is located directly across
from the classrooms. This allows our youngest students immediate access to the
Museum’s learning collection and allows them to observe our collections staff
working with the objects.”
Beyond the classroom experience for children, Museum School also provides
an important field learning experience for future schoolteachers through an
ongoing relationship with Texas Christian University’s (Fort Worth) College of
Education. “Museum School has become a national model for informal science
education,” said Goolsby. “For more than 13 years, university students studying
early childhood education have participated in Museum School classrooms each
semester, receiving course credit for their work.”
Museum School’s tuition-based programs include school-year preschool
classes — a 38-week program — and Saturday and summer sessions for preschool through sixth grade students.
Preschool classes at the Museum of
Science and History began in 1949 under
the direction of Francis Hicks Townsend
and Ann H. Webb, when the Museum
was located in a house on Summit Street
in Fort Worth. The program was called
the “Frisky and Blossom Club” after a
pet opossum and a pet skunk. In the
beginning, classes were one hour in
length and were limited to 10 children. By
1953, program enrollment had increased
to 25 children each, and by 1955 had
grown in size to 30 children.
Early in the program, young
participants were from the local
community. 1985 Museum School
enrollment reflected 72 percent from
Fort Worth, 21 percent from Tarrant
County and 7 percent from out-of-county.
The 2002 Museum School demographics
reported 52 percent of enrollment from
the city, 18 percent from within the
county, and 30 percent from out-ofcounty.
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“Museum School has
become a national
model for informal
science education.”
Museum School classrooms in the newly constructed
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History feature
clean lines and bright colors.
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Museum School
Learning early
Oak Room
An Elegant Special Event Space
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History introduces a new special
event space, the “Oak Room,” available for public rental. Named for the beautiful
Heritage Live Oak tree in the Courtyard — which is just across the hall — this
elegant 3,400 square-foot room features architectural elements unique to the
internationally renowned architects from Mexico City, Legorreta + Legorreta.
In keeping with the theme of maximizing the use of light throughout the
new building, the room is fitted with custom onyx sconces on the east and west
walls for indirect lighting. The walls are lined with Waynes Coating, combining
American Cherry with a signature Legorreta textured wall. Design Architect for
Legorreta + Legorreta, Samuel Aguilar, said the American Cherry was used because
of its rich color and because it was available locally.
The symmetrical room can be sized to accommodate small events with movable
partitions, separating the room into Oak Room West and Oak Room East. The full
Oak Room can accommodate up to 250 people. In addition to the Oak Room, guests
can rent exhibit spaces and the Heritage Courtyard. The Oak Room is equipped
with state-of-the-art technology, allowing for a variety of events ranging from an
educational program or awards ceremony to a luncheon, wedding, or birthday
celebration.
The Heritage Courtyard is a splendid example of a Legorreta + Legorreta
design element — a “patio” that creates a strong interaction between interior and
exterior spaces. With large glass panels on three sides, the Courtyard incorporates
bright jacaranda blue walls and an existing live oak tree with an immense 40-foot
canopy with a minimalist water fountain and reflecting pool.
In recognition of the Foundation’s generous contribution to the Museum’s
capital campaign to construct the new building, brushed aluminum lettering
on the entrance to the room will designate the space as the “Amon G. Carter
Foundation Oak Room.”
Vice President of Operations for the Museum, Amy Duncan, describes the room
as flexible and fit for multi-use. The room is self-contained for video and sound.
Technological capabilities within the Oak Room include:
Retractable screens
Built-in DVD player
Hidden projector
Ceiling speakers
Input panels, such as VGA cords
Disc jockey set up
Floor pockets with retractable plug-in cords
Controllable lighting and sound
Wireless and hand-held microphones
Wireless internet accessibility
The room has a high sound rating because the ceiling is designed with a system
to absorb and detangle sound waves, which minimizes reverberation.
Sodexo Leisure Services, a leader in serving cultural destinations, provides full
catering services for the Oak Room. The Room is available to rent during operating
hours; however, Museum exhibit spaces will be available for rental after 5 p.m.
More information about the Oak Room can be found on the Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History’s Web site: www.fortworthmuseum.org. Rental inquiries
should be directed to Sodexo Sales Representatives, who can provide rental rates
and event coordination.
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Fun Food
“Stars Café” Provides Quality Service and
Delicious Fare
G
uests will enjoy a new family-friendly food court eatery — “Stars Café”
— when the newly constructed Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History opens to the public Friday Nov. 20, 2009. The Café provides a
variety of cuisines with the following five food stations, offering something for
everyone.
Deli station with hand-crafted sandwiches made on Artesian breads
Specialty station offering North Texas regional favorites, Tex-Mex and
barbecue
Italian station with pizza and pasta selections
Grill station with gourmet hamburgers and quesadillas
Express station with pre-made items ideal for grab and go.
Café services for the Museum are provided by Sodexo Leisure Services, a
leading provider of dining options for cultural destinations.
Museum Executive Vice President, Innovation Colleen Blair, said this café
will open doors after a three-year thought process to provide the best in dining
opportunities to guests. “There was no food service capacity for guests in the old
Museum,” Blair said. “If guests choose us for their learning and leisure activities
we want them to enjoy the highest quality in food service.”
Blair said in the Museum’s search for a food service provider, Sodexo was
chosen because of the organization’s ability to meet the need and values of the
institution. Sodexo provides culinary services to numerous cultural institutions
including the Dallas Museum of Art and Houston Zoo.
Stars Café offers 164 indoor seating spaces with additional seating for 50
available on the terrace facing the Western Heritage Plaza. Hours for the café are
the same as the Museum hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily. Dining is easily accessible
to guests as they walk through a straight-line café, using display monitors
to make their food selections. Food prices at the café are comparable to local
cultural institutions.
In recognition of the couple’s generous contribution to the Museum’s capital
campaign to construct the new building, brushed aluminum lettering in the
main dining room will designate the space as the “Steve and Betsy Palko Café.”
Stars Café features “Kid Zone” menu items in each station, offering healthy
selections for children. “Sodexo’s mission is to provide fresh, nutritious meals
while working within the ethnic, cultural, and nutritional needs of our clients,”
Connie Chambers, district manager for Sodexo said. “This is one reason TexMex and barbecue are on the menu — the cuisine ties nicely to the historical
elements within the Museum.”
In addition to offering healthy lunches and afternoon snacks, Sodexo
demonstrates green business practices by minimizing the use of paper products
and using post-consumer cardboard and recycled napkins.
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Stars Café
The “Oak Room”
More Than a Retail Shop
T
he Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s (FWMSH) retail store,
“Shop Too!,” is unlike any other store in the Fort Worth area. Guided
by the museum’s vision statement, “transforming lives through
extraordinary learning environments,” the Museum shop continues the
educational experience and becomes an extension of the Museum itself.
The 3,000-square-foot store is located near the main entrance of the newly
constructed building. Merchandise sold in the Museum store relates directly to
the institution’s science and history exhibitions.
Some items have a product identification system, either the “FWMSH
Building Blocks” or the “FWMSH Learning Lantern” classification. These labeling
systems will be reviewed by the Museum’s curators, educators, and exhibit
programmers, as well as
children and their families
to ensure merchandise fits
the criteria for education
and learning.
Joan Doyle, principal
of Doyle + Associates, a
leading retail consultant to
museums, said the idea for
these labels was a result of
the tremendous in-house
resource the Museum has in
its educators and curators.
“The labels will represent
items the curators and
educators have reviewed
and selected as products of exceptional learning value that will build upon and
continue the Museum learning experience at home,” Doyle said.
The “Building Blocks” labels are tools that will help shoppers make informed
decisions about what toys, activities and games will best help a child explore and
learn more about specific topics. “Building Blocks” will be for children ages 8 and
younger, focusing on early childhood development such as social and cognitive
skills. “Learning Lantern” labels are age appropriate for individuals 8 and older,
focusing on life-long learners that aren’t in a formal educational setting. The
Museum store offers a printed brochure about the product identification system
to help consumers understand the educational value and rating of an item.
Shop Too! features a broad selection of merchandise including science kits,
telescopes, dinosaur models, fossils, robotic and technology products, green
precuts, and hand-made jewelry, as well as an extensive book department. There
is an item for everyone and at every price point.
Doyle said the store has many one-of-a-kind articles. “We spent 18 months
searching for merchandise that you can’t find anywhere else,” she said. “Shop
Too! is truly unique to the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.”
The Museum store has a playground feature for younger guests, offering a
slide modeled after a stegosaurus dinosaur, called “Bumpasaurus.” The 12-foot
“The labels will represent
items the curators and
educators have reviewed
and selected as products
of exceptional learning
value that will build
upon and continue
the Museum learning
experience at home.”
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RETAIL store
“Shop Too!”
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History store, Shop Too!, has a
playground feature for younger guests, offering a slide modeled after a
stegosaurus dinosaur, called “Bumpersaurus.” The 12-foot dinosaur slide is
made of recycled materials, including decorative Texas license plates,
construction buckets for its feet, headlights for its eyes, rearview mirrors
for its eyelashes, 400 moon hubcaps for the side scales, and half of a
bumper car for its nose. The dinosaur slide also has plates made with
520 steel nuts on its back to resemble the stegosaurus.
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“Shop Too!”, Cont.
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retail store
The Science of Light, Optics, &
Visual Perception
Courtesy Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
dinosaur slide is made of recycled materials, including decorative Texas
license plates, construction buckets for its feet, headlights
for its eyes, rearview mirrors for its
eyelashes, 400 moon hubcaps
for the side scales, and half
of a bumper car for its nose.
The dinosaur slide also has
plates made with 520 steel nuts
on its back to resemble the
stegosaurus.
The slide is painted in the
signature Legorreta + Legorreta
colors, jacaranda (blue) and rosa
mexicano (pink) to match the
building. The slide measures six
feet tall and includes sound and
light features, both of which
are triggered by the
child going down
the slide. Guests
will climb up the
dinosaur’s tail and
come out of the
creature’s mouth,
landing on a soft
pad made of recycled
rubber products.
“The Museum
came to us and
wanted something
signature, fresh and
original,” said Allen
Boerger, principal
for Roto Studios, who
fabricated the slide. “This piece is idiosyncratic, and it truly is a custom
unique creature.”
Shop Too! has a ruby red CaesarStone countertop, made of 93 percent
natural quartz and up to 35 percent post-consumer recycled glass. The face
and sides of the counter are made of Lagos Azul limestone veneer that
reflects the wavy pattern found in the carpet.
In addition to Shop Too!, the Museum offers a “Special Exhibition Store”
in the second floor Special Exhibitions Gallery. The first special exhibition is
CSI: The Experience, an exhibit on forensic science developed by the FWMSH in
cooperation with CBS Television. “The space will be about 500-square-feet,”
said Debra Norman, retail operations manager for the Museum of Science
and History. “Upon opening, the satellite shop will feature merchandise
related to the CSI exhibition. As the special exhibitions change, so will the
merchandise in the store.”
Astonish yourself with optical illusions and amazing
visual phenomena as you explore the science of human
perception in this fascinating kit, now available in the
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History store, “Shop
Too!.” Experiment with light and the color spectrum by
building a color wheel, a fiber optic peacock, and
diffraction glasses. Learn how the eye and a camera are
similar and how they are different. Conduct more than
24 experiments, guided by the 48-page, full-color
experiment book. Ages 8 and up.
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Noble Planetarium Features First
Zeiss-Manufactured Hybrid
Planetarium System
W
hen the newly constructed Fort Worth Museum of
Science and History (FWMSH) opens to the public
Friday Nov. 20, 2009, it brings the first Zeissmanufactured hybrid planetarium system — an immersive
all-dome video combined with a fiber optic dual-hemisphere star
projector to see more than 7,000 stars — to the Southwest United
States.
The new Planetarium also features an exhibit area that
provides large screens with up-to-the-minute views of the Sun,
as well as downlinks offering the latest information from the
Hubble Telescope.
“Our new Noble Planetarium is a giant leap into the 21st
century, incorporating the very latest cutting-edge technology in
the planetarium field,” said Planetarium Director Linda Krouse. “Guests to our new facility need to bring only one thing — their
imagination — and we will whisk them away as real-time
explorers through the incredible wonders of our universe!”
New Noble Planetarium Details
Zeiss SKYMASTER ZKP-4 star projector which projects
thousands more stars more clearly than ever before.
Two (2) star balls that cover the entire sky — both the northern and
southern hemispheres.
Sciss UniVeiw flies Planetarium visitors to the edge of the universe and
back. This live-action software allows real-time visits to any location in the
known universe.
890-square foot, pre-show area features:
–an official Sputnik satellite
–a replica of NASA’s original Manned Maneuvering Unit, which allowed
astronauts the ability to fly without a tether to the Space Shuttle
–one (1) large plasma screen with ViewSpace, real-time information from
the Hubble Space Telescope and other up-to-the-minute space news;
–four (4) large plasma screens presenting real-time images from the
Charlie Mary Noble Solar Observatory at the University of North Texas;
–a beautifully-displayed 400-pound rare pallasite meteorite from the
Brenham meteorite field in Kansas
– an ever-changing exhibit case, initially containing the 100-pound Blue
Mound, Texas meteorite.
Upon opening, programming in the 100-seat Planetarium will feature Black
Holes: The Other Side of Infinity, an all-dome production by the Denver Museum
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Technicians for the Carl Zeiss Group, creator of the hybrid
planetarium system that will enable the viewing of both
hemispheres, (from the left) Gunnar Faber and Klaus Ulrich
Noak, work on the Zeiss SKYMASTER ZKP-4 star projector
in the new Noble Planetarium at the Fort Worth Museum of
Science and History.
Courtesy Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
planetarium
State-of-the-Art
planetarium
of Nature and Science. It offers guests a visual
experience of the black hole, providing a complete
picture of this mysterious phenomenon. Texas Sky
Tonight… LIVE! will offer a real viewing of the sky,
revealing the wonder of the stars, constellations
and planets. These two shows will run until early
February 2010.
“Creation of this exemplary new Planetarium
is an enormous step forward in reaffirming our
dedication to Charlie Mary Noble and the work she
did,” said Museum of Science and History President
Van A. Romans. “The state-of-the-art equipment and
software, as well as the brilliantly purple-colored
exterior dome, symbolize what Miss Noble stood
for and our dedication to expanded planetarium
programs that will continue to touch the lives of
children and their families.”
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History lesson
The Fort Worth Children’s
Museum was the first children’s
museum in the world to house a
planetarium, which it received in
1949. It was an oblate spheroid,
18 feet in diameter, constructed of
plywood and cardboard erected under
a tent in the museum’s backyard. It
was in this setting that one of Spitz’
first instruments, a model “A-1,” was
used. The seating consisted of steel
folding chairs.
When the Museum moved to its
location on Montgomery Street, the
Spitz A-1 moved under a spherical
30-foot dome of plaster. In 1955, this
planetarium was dedicated to Miss
Charlie Mary Noble, a local teacher
of mathematics. It was the first
planetarium in the world to be named
for a woman.
In 1968, the Fort Worth Children’s
Museum became the Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History.
cattle raisers museum
CAttle’s Impact
An Overview of The Science and History of
The Cattle Industry
T
he Cattle Raisers Museum is a 10,000 square-foot exhibition dedicated
to preserving and celebrating the vital history and science of the cattle
industry. The visitor experience begins by tracing the origins and
development of ranching as both an industry and cultural phenomenon in the
1850s and takes them on a journey through the cattle industry and into the future
of the business.
These galleries tell the story of the challenges and accomplishments of Texas
and Southwestern cattle raisers over the past 150 years. Designed to provide both
an educational and entertaining experience for audiences of all ages, the exhibits
incorporate a high degree of interactivity coupled with traditional museum
methods of presentation.
The Trail Mural
Located at the entrance of the Museum, the Trail Mural is a large curving mural
of the Goodnight Loving Trail by artist Tom Gilleon. The scene transitions from a
thunderstorm to a hot prairie day. Lightning effects flash in the distance as moving
clouds float above the far off hills. A soundscape of plodding hooves, lowing cattle,
jingling spurs and Blue’s Bell will complete the experience.
The Open Range Trail: 1850 - 1890
The early challenges and triumphs of raising cattle are expressed in this area.
From the formation of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association to
the destructive effects of pests and the invention of barbed wire, the “Open Range”
exhibit illustrates how cattle raisers got their start. From hiring cowboys and
The Digital Trail in the Cattle Raisers Museum provides up-to-date information about the
Cattle Industry.
rounding up cattle on the open range, to drives along trails to railroad towns for
shipment to market, Cattle Raisers had many challenges in the early years. Patrons
will have the opportunity to take part in a cattle drive in the “Ride Along Round
Up” exhibit.
Digital Trail: 2000 - Present
Visitors to the “Digital Trail” will watch as innovation and technology take
the cattle industry into the 21st century. Featuring an interactive display about
the nutritional aspects of beef, this exhibit showcases the ever-growing list of
products you use every day that are derived from cattle including pharmaceuticals,
cosmetics, household goods, textiles, clothing and transportation. The “Digital
Trail” displays current innovations in the cattle raising industry including a
microchipping device, GPS tracking, online auctions, virtual fences and the bovine
genome project.
Ride-A-Long Roundup
In the most interactive Cattle Raisers Museum exhibit, visitors will face a
mural of the Charles Goodnight trail and mount one of four interactive horses
with computer screens to test their skills in successfully driving cattle on the open
range. A fifth fixed horse station is available for those unable to participate in the
simulated ride.
New Horizons Trail: 1890 - 1940
The Open Range Trail in the Cattle Raisers Museum brings guests into an early cattle drive.
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Along the “New Horizons Trail,” visitors see growth, expansion and booming
business, as well as drought and the Great Depression’s toll on the cattle industry.
During this time, women and children arrive on the scene and with them the
beginnings of major ranches including the King Ranch. Additionally, trains and
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cattle’s impact, Cont.
Thundering Herd
Multimedia Experience
The 100-seat Noble
Planetarium invites visitors to sit
and watch a brief yet informative
history on the diversity of cattle
raisers. Museum-goers will see
and hear from cowboys huddled
around campfires,
vaqueros
recounting the
first livestock to
arrive from Spain
into the New
World, and Native
Americans that
hunted bison.
Little do they
know a stampede
is coming right for
them at the end of
the show!
The Vision Trail in the Cattle Raisers Museum presents mechanized ranching.
stockyards are introduced, and brand inspectors look out for rustlers to make the
job of the cowboy easier. This trail features the Cattle Car Theater, branding games
and “Run-A-Ranch,” a digitally-enhanced, interactive game where visitors build
and manage the daily operations of their own virtual ranch.
Vision Trail: 1940 - 2000
With the mass exodus of cowboys and ranchers off to World War II, women,
older men, migrants and boys begin running the ranches. Cattle raisers responded
by mechanizing ranches to compensate for labor shortages and to meet wartime
beef demand. In the “Vision Trail”, visitors will follow as more modern and
practical ways of bringing herd to market including rail, trucks and highway
systems come into being. Local livestock auctions, and stock shows like the
Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo gain popularity and showcase the pomp and
circumstance surrounding the cattle raising industry. In this exhibit, visitors will
learn the ways in which cattle raisers made their businesses more efficient, and see
the rise in the smaller “mom & pop” style operations due to modern transportation
opportunities.
Run-A-Ranch
Patrons will have the chance to test their skills in a computer-based program
that allows visitors to become ranchers. Each participant is given a start up
allowance and asked to operate a ranch. Set at the turn of the century, this
interactive ranching game takes your choices and purchases and plots how your
ranch would fare over the course of a year in the early days of cattle raising.
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Foundation Background
In 1979, leaders of the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Association (TSCRA) organized the Texas and Southwestern Cattle
Raisers Foundation, which operates the Cattle Raisers Museum.
Their mission is to provide opportunities for people of all ages to
learn about the history, heritage, economics, science and culture of
the livestock industry of the Southwest.
The Cattle Raisers Foundation’s vision is to continue to build
platforms to preserve the history and advance the future of the
livestock industry in the Southwest through:
Cattle Raisers Museum exhibits
Education initiatives and programming
Providing scholarship opportunities to inspire young people
to pursue careers in agriculture
Capturing the oral histories of the people who define the
industry
A board of trustees, including the president of the TSCRA, directs
the Foundation, which is responsible for the management and
development of the Cattle Raisers Museum.
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Featured is a F. A. Meanea saddle which was among the first fully tooled
saddles with matching bags, the only known saddle by Helena, Mont. maker
Peter Franklin, and a Miles City, Mont. saddle recognized as one of the finest
in existence today. The acquisition of this magnificent saddle collection was
made possible by a partial donation by Ken Spain and by a grant from the G.
Rollie White Trust of Fort Worth.
T
he Cattle Raisers Museum is a 10,000
square-foot recreation of the finest
exhibition dedicated to preserving and
celebrating the vital history and science of
the cattle industry. The exhibits within the
Museum tell the story of the challenges and
accomplishments of Texas and Southwestern
cattle raisers over the past 150 years. Designed
to provide both an educational and entertaining
experience for audiences of all ages, the exhibits
incorporate a high degree of interactivity
coupled with traditional museum methods of
presentation.
Joe Russell Spur Collection
Purchased from retired San Angelo rancher Joe Russell, this collection of
52 pairs of spurs includes works of artistic distinction and historical interest.
Oscar Crockett, P. M. Kelly, and J. R. McChesney — the big three Texas-style
spur makers — are well represented. So too are eastern spur producers such
as the August Buermann Manufacturing Company, famous for the inexpensive
and ubiquitous “OK” style spurs. Hand-forged spurs, made by individual Texas
craftsmen, are also highlighted, including one pair of brass spurs, made in the
King Ranch blacksmith shop, and worn by a cowboy in the 1930s. The Cattle
Raisers Museum acquired this outstanding spur collection with support from
the G. Rollie White Foundation Trust in 1996.
Leonard Stiles Branding Iron Collection
Blue’s Bell
In 1989, Leonard Stiles, former Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers
Association brand inspector, presented 1,014 branding irons to the Cattle
Raisers Museum. While the sheer numbers are impressive, it is Stiles’
meticulous documentation that makes this branding iron collection
exceptional. Stiles recorded how he acquired each iron, the ranch that
registered the iron, and the dates it was in use. The Stiles collection is thus
an outstanding resource for researchers interested in Texas brands. Moreover,
it includes historically significant irons like the Spanish brand that belonged
to Stephen F. Austin, the 1819 J Cross W brand — the oldest iron continually
used by a single Texas family — plus branding irons registered by celebrity
ranchers including former Texas Rangers Pitcher Nolan Ryan, former Dallas
Cowboys Linebackers Lee Roy Jordan and Chuck Howley, and actor John
Wayne.
The Cattle Raisers Museum acquired Blue’s
Bell in 2004. Every trail herd had its dominant
steer, which by instinct strode to the front of
the bunch to lead the way. If a steer did the job
well, it would not be sold; it would be brought
home to lead the other herds north. Charles
Goodnight owned such a valuable steer in Old
Blue, whom he had bought from cattleman John
Chisum. Goodnight put a bell around Old Blue’s
neck, and the other steers learned to follow the
familiar ringing. During eight seasons, more
than 10,000 head followed Old Blue to Dodge City
— a one-way trip for them but not for Blue. Old
Blue, according to range legend, “could find the
best water, the best grass, and the easiest river
crossings, and could even soothe a nervous herd
during a storm with his reassuring bawl.” After
his last drive, he was retired to a permanent
pasture and lived to be 20 years old. At his death
his horns were mounted in a place of honor in
the Goodnight ranch office.
Ken Spain Saddle Collection
In 1992, the Cattle Raisers Museum acquired
14 saddles collected by Ken Spain of Aledo,
Texas. Dating from the 1850s to the 1920s, the
saddle styles vary from a half seat to a full seat,
loop seat, and double and single rigging. The
collection includes saddles by such well-known
makers as J. S. Collins and E. L. Goettlich.
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Quanah Parker’s Headdress
Blue’s Bell: Charles Goodnight’s
most valuable steer, Old Blue,
was a dominant steer who
instinctively led the other steers
north. Goodnight put a bell
around Old Blue’s neck, and the
other steers learned to follow
the familiar ringing. During eight
seasons, more than 10,000 head
followed Old Blue to Dodge City.
Quanah Parker, the son of a Comanche chief and Cynthia Ann Parker, a
captive pioneer woman, was a Comanche leader who became a bold warrior
and served as war chief of the Kwahadi Comanche of the Stacked Plains.
In later years, he prospered as both a farmer and the managing agent for
business deals between Anglos and Native Americans — he was reputed to be
the wealthiest Native American in North America. In 1886 he became a judge
of the Court of Indian Affairs. By 1890 he was principal chief of all Comanche
bands; and was also a major figure in the peyote religion. In 1905, he rode
beside Geronimo in the inaugural parade of President Theodore Roosevelt. His
famed full-length headdress, with 64 eagle feathers, will be on display in the
Cattle Raisers Museum.
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Collections
Overview
BIOgraphy
BIOgraphy
B. ByRon Price
R. Tom Gilleon
B. Byron Price, director of the Charles M. Russell Center for the Study of Art
of the American West at the University of Oklahoma, is leading the Cattle Raisers
Museum in the scholarly research for exhibit content. Price has an extensive
museum background and is author of many journal articles and books on western
American history and art. He is very well respected throughout the museum
community and American history scholars for his expertise and knowledge.
Before taking his current position, Price spent nearly 25 years in the museum
profession. He served as executive director of the Panhandle Plains Historical
Museum in Canyon, Texas (1982-1986); the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and
Western Heritage Center in Oklahoma City (1987-1996); and the Buffalo Bill
Historical Center in Cody, Wyoming (1996-2001).
Additionally, Price is the author of more than three dozen journal articles
on western American history and art, has written several books and served as a
consultant for several television series on the History and Discovery Channels.
Price is currently editing the Charles M. Russell catalog raisonné.
A 1970 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, Price
earned a Master of Art in Museum Science at Texas Tech University in 1977.
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Tom Gilleon created the artistic vision for the entrance to the Cattle Raisers
Museum. The Trail Mural, a large curving mural of the Goodnight Loving Trail,
illustrates a transitioning scene from a thunderstorm to a hot prairie day.
Gilleon is known for paintings of Native teepees, landscapes and portraits of
American Indians and cultural symbols. Gilleon’s works are illustrative in their
narrative quality, and poignant in their iconography. His interpretations of the
American West are displayed in prominent museums and are the subject of highly
anticipated public showings.
Gilleon’s path to Western art was roundabout. During the early 1960s, he
joined the Navy and afterwards served as an illustrator for NASA’s Apollo space
program. Eventually, he went solo as a freelance illustrator and was hired by The
Walt Disney Corporation to deliver conceptual sketches and designs for its Disney
World theme park. Later, he joined a team of illustrators to work at Disney’s
Imagineering studio and was placed in charge of designing Epcot Center. He went
on to assist the company with its planning of Disneyland Tokyo, Disneyland Hong
Kong and Disneyland Paris.
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CSI: The Experience
CSI: The Experience, an interactive forensic science exhibit related to
the hit television series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, runs through
May 2, 2010 in the Special Exhibitions Gallery of the Fort Worth
Museum of Science and History.
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“This project is a great
example of how the two
worlds of entertainment
and educational learning
can come together to
benefit the public.”
Visitors to CSI: The Experience, an interactive forensic science exhibit, investigate forensic clues at a
crime scene. The interactive exhibition runs through May 2, 2010 in the Special Exhibitions Gallery of
the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History.
When the newly constructed Fort Worth Museum of Science and History opens
to the public, Nov. 20, 2009, it will open CSI: The Experience, recipient of the Themed
Entertainment Association’s (THEA) Award for Outstanding Achievement in 2008.
The immersive, interactive forensic science exhibit related to the hit television
series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, will be on display in the Special Exhibitions
Gallery on the second floor of the new building through May 2, 2010.
CSI: The Experience was developed by the Fort Worth Museum of Science and
History for the Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative (SMEC) with: experts at
the top of their field, Crime Lab Director for Tarrant County Medical Examiners
Office Ron Singer and Professor and Chairman of the Department of Forensic and
Investigative Genetics and Co-Director of the University of North Texas (UNT)
Center for Human Identification at the UNT Health Science Center Dr. Arthur
Eisenberg; support from CBS Consumer Products; Bob Weis Design Island, the cast
and crew of the television show, the American Academy of Forensic Sciences; Rice
University’s Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning, and the National
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Courtesy Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (2)
CSI: The Experience
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csi: the experience
Science Foundation, which provided $2.4 million in funding for both the
exhibit and Web experience.
The traveling museum exhibit and interactive Web experience, recipient
of the Interactive Media Award (IMA) for Outstanding Achievement Award,
invites people to use real science to solve hypothetical crimes in an exciting
multi-media environment by providing three “crime” scenes where they
identify and record
evidence.
“This project is
a great example of
how the two worlds
of entertainment and
educational learning
can come together to
benefit the public,” said
Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History
President Van A. Romans.
“When you consider CSI’s popularity, coupled with our Museum’s ability to
produce extraordinary learning exhibits and the work of some very important
partners, it makes for a powerful exhibit experience.”
Randi Korn and Associates, in its research to evaluate the knowledge
visitors to the exhibition gain, determined that the average “stay time” at this
exhibit is 44 minutes, compared to a national average of about 13 minutes for
similarly sized exhibitions.
The experience gives a full view of the forensic science process by
taking guests inside “laboratories” for scientific testing, “autopsy” rooms
for pathology analysis and to the “office” to build their case based on the
scientific evidence. The exhibition brings to life scientific principles and
techniques used by crime scene investigators and forensic scientists today.
From DNA and firearms analysis to forensic anthropology and toxicology,
visitors learn through hands-on science with dazzling special effects directly
from the CSI television series. Cast members from the television show
welcome guests into the exhibit from a large video monitor, lead them through
the experience, and praise them for a job well done at the end. The exhibit is
geared toward adults and youth ages 12 and older.
In recognition of his generous contribution toward the Museum’s
campaign to construct the new building, brushed aluminum lettering near the
entrance will designate this space as the Gary Havener Gallery.
Creating CSI: The Experience was not the Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History’s first venture into the world of forensic science. The Museum
also developed the exhibit, Whodunit? The Science of Solving Crime, 13 years ago
for SMEC, which toured 32 science centers. “As advances in DNA science and
information technology dramatically changed the field of forensic science, the
Museum thought it was time for a new exhibit on the topic,” said Executive
Vice President, Programs Charlie Walter. “We’re excited about our partnership
with CBS and the CSI television show, which helps us reach and engage a much
larger audience in this field of science.”
Pleasure-seekers assemble here every evening — Lake Como
Lake Como was built in 1889 on the west side of town by promoter H.B. Chamberlain to cool
power generating equipment. The 40-acre artificial lake provided water for the resort and cooled
the generators that powered the Inn and a street car line that ran the three and half miles from
downtown to the hotel.
“Let’s Take The Streetcar: Journeying Through
Fort Worth’s Past”
When the newly constructed Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
(FWMSH) opens to the public Friday Nov. 20, 2009, it will feature a new permanent
gallery in support of the Museum’s commitment to history. This 3,000 square-foot
Fort Worth History Gallery will feature a changing stream of stories about the
region.
“One of our goals for expanding the physical Museum was to enhance the
historical aspect of the exhibitions we offer and the stories we tell,” said Museum
of Science and History President Van A. Romans. “This new gallery gives us the
opportunity to create and present large, multi-layered exhibitions that tell the
many stories of this region’s colorful history.”
In recognition of
the family’s generous
contribution toward the
Museum’s campaign to
construct its new building,
brushed aluminum lettering
on the entrance to the
gallery will designate the
space as the Ed and Vicki
Bass Fort Worth History
Gallery.
The Museum’s opening
exhibition, Let’s Take the Streetcar: Journeying Through Fort Worth’s Past, follows the rise
and decline of city and interurban rail travel in Fort Worth from the mid-1870s
to the mid-1930s. By focusing on the development of five areas — Spring Palace;
North Side Rosen Heights; Lake Como and Camp Bowie; the TCU Area; and Stop
Six/Handley, Lake Erie and the Interurban. The exhibition reveals how rail travel
greatly influenced the settlement and development of the city.
Museum guests are encouraged to board an exquisite replica of a late-19thcentury street car and travel throughout Victorian Fort Worth. “Designed and
constructed by Museum exhibits staff, the street car moves and rumbles as it takes
guests to popular Fort Worth landmarks,” said Museum Curator of History Dr. Gene
Allen Smith. “It’s as if families are on a Sunday afternoon outing, exploring the
sights and sounds of Fort Worth during an early heyday.”
Stops within Let’s Take the Streetcar: Journeying Through Fort Worth’s Past, include:
Lake Erie Tonight — The Lake Erie Amusement Area
The 30-acre Lake Erie, with its pavilion, was one of the most elaborate theaters and amusement
areas in North Texas. The two-story pavilion that jutted over the lake had indoor vaudeville acts,
concerts, movies, dances, and a roller skating rink.
Buy a Lot in God’s Country – North
Side, Rosen Heights, and White City
Cattle have always been important to the city of Fort
Worth, but by the early twentieth century, meat packing
plants and stockyards emerged as a major presence on Fort
Worth’s north side. Workers rode the street car down North
Main Street on a line that crossed the Trinity River and ended
at the steps to the Armour and Swift plants.
A young Jewish immigrant named Sam Rosen from
Kovarsk, Russia, saw the possibilities the meat packing plants
brought to the area. In 1901 he purchased land west of North
Main Street at present-day Twenty-Fifth Street. He divided it
into home lots to sell, naming the subdivision Rosen Heights.
“One of our goals for
expanding the physical
Museum was to enhance
the historical aspect of the
exhibitions we offer and
the stories we tell.”
Karporama – Texas Spring Palace
Visitors could take the South Main mule-drawn street car to the end of the line, near the Texas
and Pacific Railway, and walk a short distance to the Texas Spring Palace.
Modeled after the 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia, Corn Palace of Mitchell, South
Dakota, and Ice Palace of St. Paul, Minnesota, the Spring Palace was conceived as a regional
agricultural fair. It advertised Texas by displaying all the natural products of the state in an
educational, cultural, and entertainment exhibit designed to attract settlers and investors.
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Free land, Free utilities, and a Street
Car – Camp Bowie
Named for Alamo defender Jim Bowie, the camp occupied
2,186 acres in the Arlington Heights and Monticello neighborhoods
of west Fort Worth. Geographically most of the camp encompassed
an area between the current University Drive to the east, Horne
Street to the west, the current Camp Bowie Boulevard to the
north, and Vickery Boulevard to the south
Black Boot Snuffbox, common to
visitors of North Side, created from
bakelite and silver, the boot top lid
opens with a push button on the
side (c.1900).
Church, Community, and Education
– Stop Six
Courtesy Fort Worth Museum of Science and History (2)
fort worth history
new exhibit
Enhances History
Stop Six is located between the communities
of Polytechnic and Handley. The historically African
American community, one of the oldest in Tarrant
County, stretched between Rosedale and Berry Streets
and from Edgewood Terrace to Stalcup Road. Village
Creek separated Stop Six from the mostly anglo area
of Polytechnic Heights.
Horned Frog Crazy! – TCU
Texas Christian University, founded in the city in 1869 by
brothers Addison and Randolph Clark, returned to Fort Worth
in May 1910 after a fire gutted its administration building on
the Waco campus. The school’s trustees chose to return to Fort
Worth because the city’s civic leaders had made a genuine and
generous offer to the university. TCU would receive 50 acres of
land, $200,000 in cash, guaranteed utility hookups, and street car
services for the campus.
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Pallaci Firenze Powder Compact,
created from silver, the object was
familiar to visitors of Stop Six.
(1920-1930)
Osage
Friendship
Blanket
North American
Indian Collection
Wool Fabric, silk ribbon,
thread, late 19th century
Through Cooperative Sharing Program with
Houston Museum of Natural Science
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History will exhibit artifacts from the
Gordon W. Smith North American Indian Collection through a cooperative sharing
program with the Houston Museum of Natural Science. The Houston Museum recently
acquired the Collection with support from the Lillie and Roy Cullen Endowment
Fund. The Fort Worth Museum
will open a special exhibition
“It has been of the
featuring highlights from the Smith
utmost importance to
Collection when its new building
my father and our family opens in late November 2009.
“The Museum of Science and
to have a significant
History is honored that Gordon
ongoing presence for his has chosen to share his unique
of Native American
collection in Fort Worth, collection
artifacts with us,” said Museum
President Van A. Romans. “He is
where he was born and
friend of the Museum and
has lived his entire life.” awasgood
an active member of our Board
of Trustees during two consecutive
terms. We are quite pleased to have this important partnership with the Houston
Museum of Natural Science that adds a vital historic component to our role as a
significant Science and History museum,” Romans added.
This nationally-significant collection of more than 600 objects comprises a wide
range of artifacts of the material culture of all the major North American Indian
groups, including dozens of examples of beautifully hand-crafted American Indian
necklaces and stunning examples of American Indian clothing. Items range from
beaded dresses and vests, to beaded moccasins from the far corners of the country,
weapons, musical instruments, and important examples of basketry and pottery of
the Southwest.
“It has been of the utmost importance to my father and our family to have a
significant ongoing presence for his collection in Fort Worth, where he was born
and has lived his entire life,” said Dee Smith. “We are extremely gratified that we
can continue our long family relationship with the Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History through the collection sharing arrangement — and that the citizens
of two great Texas cities will be able to experience the collection on a continuing
basis.”
Gordon Smith began his collection of beautiful and fascinating American
Indian artifacts in the 1920s. He had a unique relationship with several American
Indian tribes. These friendships drove his collection, as each visit brought more
gifts and a sense that these amazing relics should be preserved. Artifacts include a
leather rattler given to Smith at the age of five — the very first piece he acquired;
striking, painted story bison skins of the Sioux; exquisite War Bonnets, created by
members of the Lakota and Northern Cheyenne Indian nations.
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Lone Dog’s
winter count
Tanned hide, paint
Ca. 1880, South Dakota
Courtesy houston museum of natural History (2)
Native American
Gordon W. Smith
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omni Theater
big dome experience
Omni IMAX® Theater Remains Major Component
T
he Fort Worth Museum of Science and History’s (FWMSH) Omni Theater, an
IMAX® Dome, is a major component of the Museum’s new campus. When
the newly constructed Museum opens to the public Friday Nov. 20, 2009, the
theater will feature new films and a WWI aviation artifacts display. Guests can access
the Omni Theater from the main portion of the Museum through the “Omni Link.”
The Omni Link is a 3,300-square-foot connecting structure located between the
Omni Theater and the main Museum facility. The theater closed for less than a
year beginning in September 2007 for renovation, reopening in July 2008, as crews
completed the connecting structure designed by the internationally renowned
architectural firm Legorreta + Legorreta, of Mexico City.
The link and the adjacent theater lobby space gave guests a first look at the new
facility’s bold architecture and design elements: the theater’s exterior brick façade,
stained to match the new building; open spaces illuminated by banks of square
windows; and bright paint, carpet and tile colors signature to the Legorreta style.
The Link features new guest amenities, including a concession area in the
theater lobby named “Reel Refreshments” and a suite of museum staff offices. The
Link also includes a collection showcase and a free standing display case that will
highlight the rich aviation history of Fort Worth through an exhibition of WWI
aviation artifacts from the Royal Canadian Air Corps.
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“The Canadian Air Corps trained American soldiers from November 1917 to April
1918 at three Fort Worth-based airfields, Taliaferro 1 (Hicks), Taliaferro 2 (Benbrook)
and Taliaffero 3 (Everman),” said Museum of Science and History Curator of History
Dr. Gene Allen Smith. “This is a very visible way for us to reintroduce to the public,
a period of history that often gets overlooked in the history of aviation.”
In addition to the new construction and redesigned lobby area, the dramatic
theater transformation continues with high-tech improvements beneath the
theater’s 80-foot IMAX® dome. Between film showings, a new lighting system
projects a sea of colors and themes on the screen surrounding the theater’s nearly
400 seats, and lights the area behind the dome to give guests an impressive view of
the theater’s new sound system during pre-shows.
That sound system — converted in 2008 from analog to digital — is likely
the most dramatic of the technological improvements that will affect the guest
experience. Considered to be the “flagship” of IMAX® sound, the system includes 50
new speakers and has been retuned and optimized for the geometry of the theater
using professional IMAX® audio tuning software. The retuning ensures that every
seat in the house receives the same level of sound quality from a system that has
increased power, fidelity, crispness and clarity.
With the Grand Opening of the Museum, the Omni Theater will continue to play
The Alps, and will feature a new film, Animalopolis. Tickets can be purchased online at
www.fortworthmuseum.org, by phone at 817-255-9540, or at the Omni Theater ticket
office during operating hours. Ticket prices are $7 for Adults and $6 for children
(3-12) and seniors (60+). Membership rates vary depending on level of purchase.
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brand
New Identity
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History
Announces New Brand
D J Stout, of Pentragram, has created a fresh brand identity for the newly
constructed Fort Worth Museum of Science and History. The identity gets its
inspiration from Mexican architect Legorreta + Legorreta’s reccurring use
of the square as a design motif
and the application of rich,
bright colors in the design of the
new building.
Stout and his team in Austin
developed a logo consisting of three
squares representing the letters F,
W, and M (Fort Worth Museum).
These symbolic “building blocks of
knowledge” are a metaphor for the
Museum’s early roots as a children’s museum and its commitment to families
and learning. “This place is different from the other museums in the Cultural
District,” says Stout. “It’s fun, fun, fun. I wanted the identity to reflect its
playful, childlike sense of discovery.”
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“It’s fun, fun, fun.
I wanted the identity
to reflect its playful,
childlike sense
of discovery.”
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1501 MONTGOMERY STREET, FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76107 P 817.255.9300 T 888.255.9300 F 817.732.7635 WWW.FWMUSEUM.ORG
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capital campaign donors
$
2,000,000 and above
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
Perry and Nancy Lee Bass Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Bass
Mr. and Mrs. Sid R. Bass
Mr. and Mrs. Lee M. Bass
Anne T. and Robert M. Bass
XTO Energy Inc.
Amon G. Carter Foundation
The Walton Family Foundation, Inc.
Devon Energy Corporation
Gary W. Havener
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Foundation
Paul E. Andrews, Jr. Foundation
The Burnett Foundation
Jane and John Justin Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Kleinheinz
Louella and Nick Martin
Betsy and Steve Palko
Jane F. Rector
$
1,000,000-$1,999,999
T. J. Brown and C. A. Lupton Foundation
Burnett Oil Co., Inc.
The William and Catherine Bryce Memorial Fund,
Web Maddox Trust,
Adeline and George McQueen Foundation,
Martha Sue Parr Trust,
Leo Potishman Foundation, Frances C. and
William P. Smallwood Foundation
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Trustees
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Chief Oil & Gas
The Discovery Fund
EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc.
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Hart III
The M.R. & Evelyn Hudson Foundation
The Kresge Foundation
Glade M. Knight Family/Slate River Ranch
Mollie and Garland Lasater Fund of the CFNT
The Lowe Foundation
The J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation
Wm. A. and Elizabeth B. Moncrief Foundation
The Morris Foundation
The Ryan Foundation
$
$
500,000- 999,999
Alcon
Anonymous (2)
BNSF Railway Company
Charlotte and Jim Finley
The Meadows Foundation
Once Upon a Time…
Range Resources Corporation
Rosalyn G. Rosenthal, Rozanne and Billy Rosenthal
William E. Scott Foundation
Southwestern Exposition and Livestock Show
$
250,000-$499,999
Ben E. Keith Foundation
Crystelle Waggoner Charitable Trust
Bank of America Trustee
Encore Acquisition Company
Kay and Ben Fortson
Hattie Mae Lesley Foundation
Dan E. Lowrance
:: 90 ::
Stacie and David McDavid
GWR Foundation, A. Williamson and R. Pomeroy,
Williamson-Dickie Mfg. Co.
Rae and Ed Schollmaier/Schollmaier Foundation
Nancy and Andy Thompson
Marshall R. Young Oil Co.
$
100,000-$249,999
Anonymous (3)
Mrs. Frances Fry Bird
Citigroup Foundation
Collins and Young, L.L.C.
Colonial Country Club Charities
The Fondren Foundation
Marcia & L.R. Bob French
Shirley F. Garvey, Tera & Richard Garvey, Carol &
Warren Sweat
Mr. and Mrs. John Goff
Mrs. W. K. Gordon, Jr.
Shirlie and Roger Harris
Barbara Jane Harvey
Healthpoint/Paul Dorman
The Hodges Fund of the CFNT
Jetta Operating Company, Inc.
Klabzuba Family Foundation
Mary Potishman Lard Trust
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company
Lowdon Family Foundation
Priscilla and Joe Martin
Microsoft Corporation
The Pace Fund
RadioShack Corporation
Ruthie Brock and Allan A. Saxe
Summerlee Foundation
Anna Belle P. Thomas
Rex and Renda Tillerson
J. Scott & Elizabeth Tindall, Conrad Scott & Charles
Theodore Tindall
Allie, Allison, Bryan, Campbell, Caroline, Eliza &
Lauren Wagner
The Walsh Foundation
Wells Fargo
$
50,000-$99,999
Elaine and Neils Agather
Mr. and Mrs. Louis G. Baldwin
Bank of America
Bell Helicopter Textron
Marilyn and Mike Berry
Bratton Family Foundation
Cash America International, Inc.
Patricia and Tom Chambers
Crescent Real Estate Equities Ltd.
Katrine M. Deakins Charitable Trust
Bank of America Trustee
EOG Resources, Inc.
Fort Worth Aviation Heritage Association
Beckie and Pete Geren
Gideon Toal
Adele and Mark Hart
JPMorgan Chase
The Junior League of Fort Worth, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Dee J. Kelly
Kelly, Hart & Hallman LLP
Luther King Capital Management
LINBECK
Beth and Dan Meeker
Edna H. Meeker Trust
Allison, Terry, John, Janet and Emma Montesi
Leslie and John David Moritz
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen M. Nolan
Oh, The Places You’ll Go!
Oncor
Susan Murrin Pritchett
Qurumbli Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Breck Ray
Dorothy Rhea
Suzanne and Travis Sanders
Hollis R. and Donna Sullivan
Sallie and Joseph Tarride
Vaughn O. Vennerberg, II
$
10,000-$24,999
$
25,000-$49,999
Robert D. & Catherine R. Alexander Foundation
Anonymous (4)
James E. and Martha Jane Anthony
Ninnie L. Baird Foundation
Bank One
BJ Services Company, U.S.A.
James R. and Cornelia C. Blake Foundation
Judy and Martin Bowen
R/J Campbell Foundation
Dr. Robert and Joyce Pate Capper
Gretchen Denny and George Bristol
Virginia and Paul Dorman
DuBose Family Foundation
Carol Winn and James Reed Dunaway
Family Foundation, Inc.
Jennie Beth & Cass Edwards Charitable Fund of the CFNT
Frost
Bill Fuller
Maurine and Robert D. Goodrich
Memorial Trust
Dr. and Mrs. Jack Graham
Michelle and William Holloway
Tracy Holmes
Cate, Camille, Lynn, Dana and Dee Kelly
Carl B. & Florence E. King Foundation
Marie and Bob Lansford
Martha V. Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin G. Levy
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Employees’ Reaching Out
Club
Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Lydick
Wilson-Lyon Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John L. Marion
Natalie and Brant Martin
Carter and Eddie Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Moncrief
Mr. and Mrs. Ardon Moore
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Oudt
A. M. Pate, Jr. Charitable Trust
Sherri, Bobby, Robert and Rachel Patton
Frasher H. and John F. Pergande
Mr. and Mrs. David M. Porter
The Reynolds Company
The Leonard H. and Laurie S. Roberts Charitable
Foundation
Richard A. Russack and Cynthia H. Hammett
Jareen E. Schmidt, J.E.S. Edwards Foundation
Edith and Bob Schumacher
Cathryn, Shelly and Bertha in memory of Tom Seymour
Mr. and Mrs. Brian K. Sneed
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Sterling
Dr. and Mrs. George C. Sumner
Matthew D. and Jessica H. Upchurch
Anna Jean and Richard F. Walsh
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Williams III
Mitch, Kimbell, John, Lisa and David Wynne
Keith and Wendy Albright
Jeff and Laura Alexander
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Mark E. Anthony
Jil and Brad Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Gus Bates III
Stephen Berry
Bill and Silvia Birk
Dr. and Mrs. Robert C. Bolz, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. William F. Bonnell
Megan and Victor Boschini
Mr. and Mrs. G. Thomas Boswell
Kim and Marshall Boyd
Caroline, Katherine, and Carter Brownlie
Mr. and Mrs. Jonny Brumley
Kay and Buz Campbell
Louise and Frank Carvey
Pete and Raney Chambers
Chase Foundation
Julie and Jeff Clark
Clements Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff H. Condrey
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Craine
The Cravens Family and Mary Wysong and Michael D.
Haney
Dale Resources, LLC
Dawson Geophysical Company
Shirley and John H. Dean III
The Dent Family: E. Dwain Dent
Diana Guajardo, E. Garrett Dent
The Spencer Dent Foundation
E. Dwain Dent, E. Garrett Dent
Sara and Buddy Dike
Susan and Fred Disney
Harry S. Earl, M.D.
Marilyn and Marty Englander
Fifth Avenue Foundation
Jill and Charles Fischer
Dr. Vanessa Armstrong and Mr. Kenny Fischer
Mr. and Mrs. Russell L. Fleischer
Fort Worth Harley-Davidson
The Kenneth and Cherrie Garrett Foundation
Priscilla and John M. Geesbreght
Sarah and Baker Gentry
Toni Ray Geren
Scott and Wendy Gerrish
Arch and Jo Gilbert
Felice and Marvin Girouard
Heather, Elliot, Grace, and Grant Goldman
Frank and Kay Goldthwaite
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Grable
Judie W. and Dick Greenman
Dr. Anne Guenzel
Shannon and James Haddaway
Elizabeth L. and Russell F. Hallberg Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. James M. Harrison
The Hazelwood Foundation
Cathy and Darrell Hirt
Venessa and Robert Howard
Carolyn and Randall Hudson
The Inge Foundation
Roger and Janet Jackson
Sadie, Judd, Vee, & Blake Johnson
Mark and Catherine Kalpakis
Jones Audiology
Dodge Jones Foundation
Donna and Mike Jones
Mr. Raymond B. Kelly III
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:: 92 ::
$
5,000-$9,999
Acme Brick Company
ADDC Foundation
Connie Beck
Marlene and Jim Beckman
Jason and Lillian Bell
Mike and Susi Bickley
Mr. and Mrs. William V. Boecker
Jim and Dianne Bosler
Mrs. Edward H. Brainard II
L. O. and Ruth Brightbill
Trey, Paul and Scott Campbell
Drs. Gray and Jill Chilcoat
Michelle and Kirk Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah Collins
CSG/Hull Benefits, Inc.
Joanne and Gabriel Cuadra
Sue Stubbs Cutler Charitable Fund of the CFNT
Holt and Theresa Daniel
Julie & Glenn Davidson
Dr. and Mrs. David J. Eckberg
Ralph E. Faxel
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Follit, Jr.
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History Guild
Steven, Viki and Whitney Gage
Jeanette and Frances Ginsburg, Stephanie Nelson
Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie L. Goolsby, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Theodore P. Gorski, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Gray
Halliburton Energy Services
Patrick and Alinde Harris
Haynes and Boone, LLP
Dr. Shelly Harvey and Mr. Holman Harvey
Dwight and Joni Horton
The Hyde Foundation
Kid World
Brenda and Al Lewis
Mrs. Nancy Quarles Lorimer
Pepper and Scotty MacLean
Pat and Bill Massad
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry L. Milligan
The Honorable and Mrs. Michael J. Moncrief
Mr. and Mrs. William K. Nix
Sylvia and Don Otto
Janna S. Poland
Mr. and Mrs. John Pritchett
Hector and Renee Quintanilla
Elizabeth and Paul Ray, Jr.
The Cleaves and Mae Rhea Foundation
Ms. Maudi Walsh Roe
Win and Patricia Ryan
Holly and William Schur
Patricia and Jack Schutts
Sproles Woodard LLP
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel W. Sykes
Laura and Bruce Terry
Jimmy and Branda Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. R. Weldon Turner/Turner Boaz
Architecture
E. Paul and Helen Buck Waggoner Foundation, Inc.
Carol and Loftin Witcher
Jeannie and Dennis Wolfe
Mr. J. Robert Wynne
The Yamagata Family
$
1,000-$4,999
Mr. and Mrs. Craig W. Adams
Pat and Shelby Adams
Carol Margaret Allen
Betty Bell Amos
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher Anagnostis
Frank and Tasa Anderson
Anonymous (7)
Lauren and David Anton
Mr. and Mrs. Fred A. Antonini
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Appleman
Ian, Julia and Robin Arena
Dr. Barbara A. Atkinson and Dr. William E. Wallace
Debra and John Aughinbaugh
Larry and Tiffany Autrey
Ayco Charitable Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robbie L. Baker
Jimmy D. Banks
Barbara Barnes
Bill and Cathy Barthelemy
Bates Container, Inc.
Kara and Brian Bell
Steven and Holly Beyt
Colleen and Bob Blair
Duff Blair
Scott, Marissa, Shelby, Meredith, and Julia Blattner
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Bollinger
Mr. Bill Bond
Jon and Melinda Bonnell
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Borgers
Mr. and Mrs. Coulter T. Bostick
Ms. Edith A. Boswell
A.J. Carter Bowden
Will and Wes Bowers
Mr. and Mrs. A. William Brackett
Gina Puente-Brancato and John S. Brancato
Bravo!! Catering and Event Planning
Stephanie and Billy Brentlinger
Miss Brandy Brewster
Becky Britton
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas A. Brooks
Commissioner Roy C. Brooks and
Dr. Jennifer Giddings Brooks
Rebecca and Jon Brumley
Sean and Karen Bryan
Mr. and Mrs. Gantt Bumstead
The Honorable and Mrs. Carter Burdette
Angie and William Butler
Jackie — Barry Bzostek
Mary Callum and Madi Kuenzli
Elizabeth and Brian Carlock
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Carter
Nancy and Tim Carter
Eduardo and Tina Castillo
Gabriella and Alfonso Enrique Chan
Mr. and Mrs. David F. Chappell
Janie and Steve Christie
Judy and Ray Clark
Brenda and Chad Cline
Drs. Murray and Elizabeth Cohen
Mr. and Mrs. Lester L. Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Coleman
Mr. and Mrs. Darron Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Brian C. Cook
Coors Distributing Company
Cornerstone NG Engineering, LP
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Cothran
James P. Cox
Susan M. Cox
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Cranz
Mr. and Mrs. David Crawford
Tyler and Brian Crumley
Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Cumbie
Jim and Martha Cunningham
David and Sally Dalton
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew S. Daly
Martha Danhof and Roger Belcher
Juana Rosa and Dr. Ron Daniell
Stephen, Konnie and Greg Darrow
Sandie and Don Davis
Derek and Ranea DeCross and Family
Margaret and Jim DeMoss
Norman and Monika Dewar
Courtney and Ray Dickerson
Jaime E. and Nancy Penick Dickerson
Dr. and Mrs. Jason Disney
Lisa W. and David M. Diffley
Michael and Stephanie Dike
Kerry Yancy Dolan and Jeff Dolan
Dollinger/Bergamini Family
Drs. Kevin and Kathleen Doody
Mr. and Mrs. David Dozier
John and Ginger Dudley
Edna B. and Dan Earl Duggan
Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Dulle
Mr. and Mrs. Donny D. Edwards
Dr. Mark and Sarah W. Eidson
Dr. and Mrs. Dick G. Ellis
Amy Adams Ellison
EOS Foundation
Joe and Betsy Eudy
Dr. and Mrs. Christopher S. Ewin and Family
Thelma Emil and Edmund Fahrenkamp Memorial Trust
Margaret and Porter Farrell
Mr. and Mrs. Dan Feehan
Debbie and Eddie Feld
Rhonda and Rob Felton
Jack W. Ferrill
Reid and Elizabeth Ferring
Ann and Charles Florsheim
Lisa and Ben J. Fortson III
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Freese
Mr. and Mrs. J.R. French
Mrs. Cornelia Friedman
Joyce Fuller
Arnold and Harriette Gachman
Mr. and Mrs. Taylor Gandy
Mr. and Mrs. Gavin R. Garrett
Ms. Josephine Garrett
Sylvia and Albert Garza
Jason and Kelly Gatewood
Ben and Mary Carolyn Gatzke
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Gearheart
Clo Genovese
Gordon and Mary Ann Gibson, Glenn Gibson
Mrs. Marcus Ginsburg
Give Thanks Every Day
Laila Minder Gleason
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Goldman
Janet and Mike Greene
Judie B. and Bob Greenman
Susie and Clark Gregg
Helen K. Groves
Toby and Genie Guynn
Dr. and Mrs. James R. Haden
Julie Haines
Estelle and Dale Haley
Marcelyn and Carl Hamm
Kelly and Bill Hanley
Nancy and Chris Harmon
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Harris, Jr.
Anne and Mike Harrison
Harvard Business School Club of Fort Worth
Ms. Carol Havener
Joy Ann, Bob, Barrett and Blake Havran
Cindy and Pat Hawkins
Debbie and Albon Head
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Mr. and Mrs. W. Whitney Kelly
Ed & Laura Keltner Charitable Fund of the CFNT
Cindy and Nick Kypreos
Gail and Bill Landreth, Jr.
John E. Langdon
Ellison and Edward Lasater Charitable Fund of the
CFNT
Lauri Lawrence
Dr. & Mrs. J. Walton Lawrence, Jr.
Legett Foundation
Joseph D. Lesley
Light Charitable Trust
Brooke Elizabeth, Johnathan and Lauren Whitney
Lively
Mrs. Janet J. Jenson and Dr. Bruce Magill
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. McConnell
Ryan and Megan D. McConnell Family
Pati and Bill Meadows
Victor and Susan Medina
Carol and Richard Minker
Molyneaux Charitable Foundation
Scott & Sally Mooring Charitable Fund of the CFNT
Clifton H. and Sheridan C. Morris Charitable Fund
of the CFNT
Michael and Linda Nolan
Novum Structures LLC
Scott, Christen, Grant & Jack O’Neal
Beth and Doug Park
Dina and Kortney Paul
Mr. and Mrs. H. Richard Payne
Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation
Tinsley and Hunter Prescott
Mr. and Mrs. Frost Prioleau
Bear and Dana Quisenberry Family
Radiology Associates of Tarrant County
The Ratliff Family in memory of John W. Ratliff
Jean and John Roach, Amy Roach, and Lori and
Craig Davis
Mike Roach
Missy and Randy Rodgers
Drs. Audrey and Jeff Rogers
Van and Margy Romans
Stacey and Aaron Rumfelt
Lynny and Eddie Sankary
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schaffer, Jr.
Sara and Greg Scheideman
Deborah Schutte and Kevin Ullmann
Sear Family Foundation
Lynda and Grady Shropshire
Charles M. Simmons
G. Whitney and Gretchen F. Smith
Christy and Jason Smith
JD Smith and Family
Virginia Street Smith Charitable Fund of the CFNT
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Stevenson
Mike and Linda Stinson
Theodore S. Takata, M.D.
Dr. and Mrs. Rajendra K. Tanna
Nenetta and Steve Tatum
Linda R. Taylor
Tejon Exploration Company
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly R. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. J. David Tracy
Dick and Emilie Varnell
Village Homes and V Fine Homes
Howard and Renee Walsh
Robert Weis and Diane Fredel-Weis
Sharon S. and Greg L. Wilemon
Pat and Don Williamson
Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Williamson
Sandi and Greg Wilson
Drs. Dale and Alisa Winkler
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Jay and Toni Meadows
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Meehan
Dr. Brad and Marisa Mercer
Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer
Thomas and Genifer Michel
Elaine H. Michero
Mr. and Mrs. William S. Michero/Mr. and Mrs.
Stephen P. Christie
Mr. and Mrs. Matt H. Mildren
The Million Family
Patsy and Lary Milrany
Bill and Betty Mitchell
George P. Mitchell
Tom and Stacy Mitchell
Gloria Moncrief
Mr. and Mrs. R. Wesley Moncrief
Mr. and Mrs. Tom O. Moncrief
Ms. Ygracio Franco and Mr. Todd Moore
Whitney H. More
Nesha and George Morey
Pat and Laura Moynihan
Linda Todd Murphy
Mr. and Mrs. Fulton Murray
The Philip Murrin Family
Mr. Stephen Murrin III
Brad and Araceli Nance
Judy G. Needham
Mr. and Mrs. Craig Nicholson
Kathy and Lee Nicol
JJ and Bobby Norris
Bettye and Wade Nowlin
Mr. and Mrs. Neftali Ortiz
Marc and Becky Ozaeta
Mr. and Mrs. J.M. Palmer
Katie Pritchett Parkey and Rob Parkey
Ms. Martha Parks
Mr. Charles P. Pate
Paige and Graham Pate
Mr. and Mrs. Sebert L. Pate
Ms. Ann Patrick
Gary and Kelsey Patterson
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald E. Paul
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Paup
Mrs. Olive B. Pelich and Mrs. Johnnie Day Beaton
JCPenny
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Pepper
Mr. and Mrs. Evan D. Peterson
Pier 1 Imports
Don and Nancy Plattsmier
Dr. Paul and Kathryn Pompa
Alice Pelton Posey and Wayne Posey
Mr. and Mrs. L.D. Prescott, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Pritchett
Clare Pritchett
Mr. and Mrs. James Ramsey
Tracy Rector
Greg and Wendy Reese
Reilly Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Doug W. Renfro
Dr. Ray N. Rhodes, Jr.
Virginia and John G. Richards
Mrs. Robert C. Richardson
RigData
Katie and Alston Roberts
Lori and Tom Roberts
Jamie, Stella, Doug and Paul Robertson
Mrs. Francis Ann Rodgers
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Roels, Sr.
The Rogenski Family
John and Rose Romanko
Chris and Diana Rotan
Bill and Kelley Royer
Mr. Charles W. Royer III and Adelaide Moncrief
Royer & Schutts Commercial Interiors
Lee Rogers and Yvonne Rubenstein
Mr. and Mrs. Jason Rynd
Mrs. Hardy Sanders
Rand Sanders and West Sanders
Michelle and Scott Sankary
Dr. and Mrs. Allen Schuster
Seger Family
Cathy and Hal Sewell
Jack and Scottie Sewell
Tom Seymour
Mr. Roy Shafer
Katie Shide, M.D. and Brendan Hayes, M.D.
Mr. J.S. Shook
Michael and Barbara Shropshire
Mr. and Mrs. Gary M. Silman
Helen L. Sims
Benjamin and Beth Siu
SkiHi Enterprises, Ltd.
The Smart Family
Dr. Tracy A. Hanna and Dr. Brian C. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Smith
Smith Drywall I, LTD.
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick F. Spears
Dee and Linda Steer
Dr. G. Robert Stephenson and
Mrs. Azilee L. Stephenson
Mrs. John R. Stevenson
Scott and Myra Stoll
Strings
Dr. Robert Stroud
David and Cindy Stueckler
Tom and Deborah Sturdivant
Neel and Amar Tanna
Mr. and Mrs. Eric Taschner
Dr. and Mrs. Larry Tatum
Mairin and Kevin Terry
Mike and Patsy Thomas
Patsy and Randy Thompson
Joe and Ginny Tigue
Buddy and Sandy Townsend
Ann Treleven
Ms. Shelia Trice and Mr. Dave Gillespie
Cindy and LC Tubb
Dr. and Mrs. William E. Tucker
Dr. and Mrs. James N. Tulloh
Sandra and Troy Tuomey
Anna Laura, Kenneth, Anna Caroline and
Estella Turner
Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Tran
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Patsy and Arch W. Van Meter
Chandra and Raj Venkatappan
Mrs. Senorita G. Walden
Gary, Janice, Jack and Elizabeth Walsh
Mr. Charlie and Dr. Diane Walter
Theodis “T” and Wyntress B. Ware
Colonel and Mrs. Robert C. Watson
Mr. and Mrs. W.R. Watt, Jr.
Dr. David and Melissa Watts M.D.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Webster
Arthur and Elizabeth Weinman
Eran and Britt West
WGG Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Joe H. White, Sr.
Whistle and Brook Whitworth
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Widmer
Jim and Toni Wietholter
Beryl W. Wilkinson
Terry D. Wilkinson
Doyle and Janis Williams
Carol & Stan Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Doyle H. Willis, Jr.
Jon and Teresa Willis
Wilson Exploration Company
Mr. and Mrs. Jackson Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Wilson II
Ron and June Wilson
Susan & Weir Wilson
Don Wirtanen and Gail Wirtanen
Woodard Building Supply Co., Inc.
Susan and Bobby Wroten
Mr. and Mrs. Tadashi Yamagata
$
500-$999
Rebecca Adamietz
Mr. and Mrs. J. Turner Almond
Steve, Suellen, and Lauren Anderson
Anonymous (7)
Debby and Bill Arnold
Glenn W. Askew III Family
Austin McGregor Co.
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Bahan
Mr. and Mrs. Barclay E. Berdan
Kathy Blackmon
Sissy and Mitch Boll
Mr. and Mrs. Tom W. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Browning, Jr.
Ms. Jamie Burton
Mr. and Mrs. Quintin W. Cassady
Van Cliburn
Jan and Bill Clinkscale
Ms. Gabriela J. Corretjer and Dr. Angel Hernandez
Alice and Bill Cranz
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Cranz
Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Crates
Paula C. Croxton
Dr. and Mrs. Tom Deas, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Kevin D. Diamond
Deborah and Jim Diffily
Diversified Components
Karen Genovese Dozier
Ms. Caroline M. Dulle
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Dunavant
Jan E. Fersing
Jack C. Fikes
Lynn and Mike Fisher
Patty and Elliot Garsek
Preston and Colleen Geren
Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Guerra
Mr. and Mrs. F.S. Gunn
Dr. and Mrs. Kenneth C. Hancock
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick K. Hare
Lindy Harisis
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Hart
Anne Herndon
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Herndon
Mr. and Mrs. Clayton R. Hook
Gina and J.B. Huck
Jacobs Exploration, Ltd., Charles & Marcia Jacobs
Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Karpman
Mary Ann and Byron Keil
Lane Anne and John Paul Kimzey
Kincaids Hamburgers
Mrs. Ann Kinscherff
Mr. and Mrs. Henry P. Kologe
Dr. Stan and Marcia Kurtz
Karen and John Lanigan
Mr. and Mrs. Scott F. Langlinais
Bruce and Lisa Lowry
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Mr. and Mrs. Andy Hedges
Beverlee and Dr. James Herd
Jenny A. and Michael Herman
Shawn and Lori Hessing
Mary Lu Highnote
Hill Trusts
Drs. Kip and Jennifer Hinkle
Dr. and Mrs. Long T. Hoang
Cathleen & Tony Hodnett
Mrs. Alberta D. Hogg
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Howard
Stan and Nancy Kay Howard
Susan and Thomas Howard
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Hubbard, Jr.
Gina and JB Huck
Dr. Chris and Karen Hull
Larry O. Hulsey & Co.
Isabelle and Sam Hulsey
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Humphries
Mr. and Mrs. C. Brodie Hyde III
Mr. and Mrs. Elton M. Hyder III
Mrs. Martha R. Hyder
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin M. Jackson III
Jackson Family Foundation
Drs. Louis and Bonnie Jacobs
Sarah and John Jeffers
Dr. and Mrs. J. Daniel Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew L. Johnson
Sheila B. Johnson
Dr. and Mrs. Steven E. Johnson
Rodney and Gale Johnston
Richard and Denise Jones
Kappa Alpha Theta Fort Worth Foundation, Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom A. Karsten
Dr. and Mrs. Robert Kaufmann
Mary Ann and Byron Keil
Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Kelly
Charles and Libits Kendall
Sherry and Roby Key
The Don C. King Family
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Kleuser
Kathy and Frank Kyle
Alan and Kendal Lake
Dr. and Mrs. Tom Leavens
Ms. Glenn Hill Lattimore
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Ledyard
Leonard Enterprises, Inc.
Amanda and Andrew Lewis
Dr. and Mrs. Frank R. Lonergan
Ron and Brandi Lott
Mr. and Mrs. Tim H. Love
Ms. Mary Ralph Lowe
Stephen and Michelle Maberry
Ellen and Theodore Mack
Maner Fire Equipment, Inc.
Dr. and Mrs. Scott G. Marlow
Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. Robert T. Martin
Mr. and Mrs. John W. Mason
Dr. and Mrs. G. Sealy Massingill
Judy and Ted Mayo
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Mays
Mr. and Mrs. Ben R. McBroom
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. McCraw
Kevin Connelly and Cheryl McDonald
Dr. and Mrs. Stuart D. McDonald
Mr. Scott McDonald
Jane and Kevin McGarry
Bruce R. McKee
Major General Chet and Sally Werst McKeen
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy W. McKinney
$
250-$499
Bob and Donna Abernathy
Mr. Richard E. Aguirre
Jill and Ryan Ahrens
Jeff and Kristin Anderson
Anonymous (11)
Mr. & Mrs. John Anthony
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Austin
Una and Joe Bailey
Mr. Allen Baird
Socorro Barrera
Alan & Wendy Barron
Mark and Paula Beckerman
Mr. and Mrs. George Beggs III
Steve and Priscilla Bennett
In memory of Pat and Betty Benson
Jim and Sandra Bews
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Billingsley
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Bishop
Jill and Doug Black
Truman D. and Marjorie L. Black
Constance Blake
Kenneth Blasingame
Dr. and Mrs. Scott Bloemendal
Mr. and Mrs. James H. Bordelon
Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Boswell
Madelon L. Bradshaw
Mr. and Mrs. Mark L. Brannon, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert W. Brown
Lowell and Kathryn Bryan
Dr. Roberto and Mrs. Lynnda Caballero
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Greg and Vicki Cantwell
David and Clare Capps
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Carrington
Marshall and Brian Cash
Melisa Caston
Ms. Ann Cave
The Chevaillier Family
Sandy Clement
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald William Clinkscale
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Cockerham
Mr. Cooper Reid Collins
Aaron and Brenda Cook
Nancy M. Cook
Mr. and Mrs. Burr Cordray
Mr. and Mrs. Van H. Cosby
Will A. Courtney
Cowboy Towing
Lynn Cowden
Dennis and Malinda Crumley
Jerry and Suzanne Daniel
Marcella Daniel
Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Daniels
Mr. and Mrs. Adam Davidson
Dr. and Mrs. James E. Davidson
Mr. and Mrs. Sam R. Day
Adair Deiterman
Mr. and Mrs. Jason D. Dial
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Dickerson
Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Diseker
Gary L. Douglas
C.J. and Helen Dowling
Amy Duncan
Barbi and Stanley Eisenman
A. Ryan Engelman
Bryan and Kim Eppstein
David and Sarah Evans
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan M. Falk
Jeff and Katie Farmer
Linda and Jay Fierke
Mrs. Sharon V. Foster
Mr. and Mrs. Fred N. Reynolds
James and Kathy Friedman
Dr. and Mrs. Edward Furber
Miki and Dennis Gabbard
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gafford
Raj and Swati Gandhi
Scott Gentling
Stuart Gentling
Dr. and Mrs. Phil Giles
Mr. and Mrs. Diego Giordano
Ms. Sandra Gould
Mr. Warren H. Gould
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Grant
Mr. Peter Graves
Frank Pierce Greenhaw IV
Andree and Gary Griffin
Michael and Elaine Griver
Mrs. Erma Johnson Hadley
Ms. Gayle Hall
John and Sharon Hamilton
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Harman
Bill and Reba Harvey
Melvin, Laura, Thomas, Madelyn Haas
Gynna and William R. Harlin
Mr. and Mrs. Viktor Heinz
Monroe and Sharon Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. Wm R. Hill
Cynthia & Grant Hodgkins
Baleria Hopkins
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Jacobs
Jenny Dennis and D.J. Jancosek
Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Jensen
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Jensen
Eric and Jennifer Johnson
Linda and Glen Johnson
Louis and Mary Ruth Jones
Asagar Kapasi
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Kapsos
Allen and Suzanne Kent
Mr. and Mrs. John R. Kent
Cathy and Jim Kerrigan
Dr. Cheryl Kimberling and David Branch
Mr. and Mrs. Jay Kizer
Dr. Shannon Baker and Mr. Brad Klemesrud
Robert and Beverly Koch
Teri Kramer
Mr. and Mrs. Jim D. Kunke
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Laker
Mr. and Mrs. Hal A. Lambert
Janeen and Bill Lamkin
Nancy and Jack Larson
Sue and Jim Lavender
Pam and Bill Lawrence
Carol Lea, Realtor & Appraiser
Dr. and Mrs. Jason Ledbetter
Mr. and Mrs. Joe T. Lenamon
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lippert
David and Ellen Long and Family
Dr. Robert and Priscilla Lovett
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Lydick
Scott and Annette Mahan
James L. Marshall
John Michael McBride
Dr. and Mrs. Jack McCallum
Dr. Charles and Carol McCluer III
Mr. and Mrs. Tim McElroy
Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. McInnis
Mike and Joan McKee
Mr. and Mrs. Urbin C. McKeever
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. McNamara
Mrs. Margaret Meihaus
Cheryl and Pat Mente
Patricia J. O’Neal and Jesse Miles
Mary Beth & John Millett
Karen and Chuck Milling
Yvonne Munn
Dr. and Mrs. Matthew M. Murray
National Service Research
Mr. and Mrs. Pete M. O’Brien
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Ourada
Dr. and Mrs. Aaron D. Pan
Sue and Bill Parrish
Carole and Tom Petty
Dr. and Mrs. Stuart C. Pickell
Dr. Creighton A. Pickett
Debbie and Keith Pittman
Susan Pratt
Ms. Victoria Prescott and Mr. Richard Henderson
Mr. and Mrs. S. Trent Prim, Virginia and Sam
Cynthia and Scott Prince
Dr. and Mrs. William L. Purifoy
Rall Family Living Trust
Mr. and Mrs. Nowlin G. Randolph
Ms. Sandra Reed
Mr. and Mrs. Barry C. Richardson
Mr. and Mrs. Juergen Richter
Amber and Troy Robertson
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Robinson
Drs. Daniel and Denise Rodehaver
Dr. and Mrs. John T. Rogers, Jr.
Brooke and Mark Rollins
Andrew and Jenny Rosell
Drs. Emily Isaacs and Donald Rosen
Dr. and Mrs. Bernard Rubin
Mr. Sherwin B. Rubin
Ruth Ann and Jerry Rugg
Dr. and Mrs. Richard C. Schaffer
Jay and Venita Scheideman
Avery, Elliot and Wyatt Schwausch
Corina R. Schwintz
Dr. William B. Scroggie
Carolyn and Victor Sedinger
Mike Strange and Christina Shahan
Mr. and Mrs. Scott Sherman
Peggy and Bill Sims
Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Skipper
The Slezak Family
Bernadette Snell
The Sunflower Shoppe
Wanda and David Stovall
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Streitfeld
Robert, Cynthia, Alex, Sam Sturns
Ronald J. and Joan L. Suter
Nancy Swartz
Dean and Mary Katherine Tetirick
Mr. and Mrs. Keith Thode
Mr. and Mrs. David Townsend
The Troutman Family
Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Turner
Laurie and Todd Turner
Dr. Avinash Vallurupalli and Mrs. Malathi Ravi
Mrs. Melinda Vance
Martha Vargas
Deanna and Phillip Walker
Catherine and Holland Walsh
Renee and Michael Walter
Dr. and Mrs. Robert K. Watson
Jim and Elizabeth Webb
Mr. and Mrs. Ted S. Webb, Jr.
Valerie A. Webber
Dr. and Mrs. Bruce H. Weiner
Mr. and Mrs. William P. Weir
Elisa E. Werner
Tom and Sue Wernet
Reed and Brandi West
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Westerfield
Steve and Jenny Westerman
A.B. Wharton
Mr. and Mrs. J. Ralph White
Wade Wiley III
Mr. and Mrs. Glen T. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Withers
Susan Wolcott
Robert Wright and Linda Krouse-Wright
Mr. and Mrs. William Reagan Wynn
Dr. and Mrs. Hector O. Yanes
Patsy C. and B.J. Zimmerman
This list reflects gifts received as of October 8, 2009
CFNT, gifts made through the Community
Foundation of North Texas
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Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Markwardt
Olivia Gouger Mason
Gray & Mary Matlock, Gray, Elizabeth, James and
Heather
Mr. Austin McGregor
Richard M. Miles
Mr. and Mrs. Dana J. Miller
Johnnie and Jim Miller
Eva and Jim Motheral
Paxton E. Motheral
Carol and Dan Murray
Nancy and John Nichols
Monta and Paul Noe
Virginia and Jim O’Donnell
Sylvia and Don Otto
Kate Park
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Parrish
Becky and Wayne Pound
Maura and Jeff Rattikin
Sarah C. Ray
Chick Russell Communications
Mrs. Deborah Beggs Ryan
Joanne O. Sarsgard
Kathryn Schutts
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Scott
Mr. Feroz Shalwani
Mr. and Mrs. Jack O. Shannon, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris L. Sheats II
Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Sherman
Mr. and Mrs. Gene A. Smith
Dr. Lindsay Stadtler and Mr. Kevin Stadtler
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick T. Stanford
Kim and Mike Steinberg
Melissa, Margaret and George Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Voss
Mike and Letty Waltrip
Jeffrey K. Wentworth
Richard W. Wiseman
Jamie Burton-Wright and Terry W. Wright
Senior staff
Van A. Romans
President
Van A. Romans, M.F.A., has spearheaded the
Museum of Science and History’s dramatic
transformation into a new 166,000 square-foot
facility, which opens Nov. 20, 2009. Before his
recruitment in 2004 as museum president, Romans
had a 25-year tenure at the Walt Disney Company
— including Walt Disney Imagineering — during
which he created galleries and cultural exhibitions
around the world. For more than 30 years, he was a
professor of Design and Museum Studies at Orange
Coast College. Romans has served as key advisor
to numerous prestigious museums, and has been a
featured speaker at numerous museum and industry
conferences over the years, addressing topics related
to the integration of the entertainment industry,
education, and the museum world.
Kit Goolsby
Senior Vice President of Education
Kit Goolsby has 31 years of experience working in
education with the Museum of Science and History,
as a teacher and an administrator in Museum School
and programs. Most recently, Goolsby served as
project leader for the development of the new Fort
Worth Children’s Museum gallery and the state-ofthe-art Museum School classrooms. Goolsby serves
as a museum liaison for children and their families,
educational partnerships, and community-based
organizations.
Carl G. Hamm
CFRE, Senior Vice President of
Development and Marketing
Carl Hamm has more than 20 years experience in
the non profit sector in marketing, fund raising and
executive positions, working with organizations
representing practically every discipline of the arts,
from public radio and chamber music to theater,
ballet and the visual arts. Before joining the Fort
Worth Museum of Science and History in 2005, he
directed annual programs for the Dallas Museum
of Art and Children’s Medical Center of Dallas, first
receiving Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE)
accreditation through the Association for Fund
Raising Professionals in 1998. Over the course of his
career, he has overseen fund-raising programs which
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have raised more than $100 million in philanthropic
support. Hamm has served on numerous community
boards and professional committees, and has spoken
at numerous national conferences on fund raising
and marketing, including the Direct Marketing
Association’s Non Profit Day in New York, the
national conference for PBS affiliate stations, and
recent conferences for the American Association of
Museums in Portland, Indianapolis, Boston, Chicago
and Philadelphia. He currently serves as Chair of the
Standing Professional Committee on Development
and Membership (DAM) for the American
Association of Museums.
Colleen Blair
Executive Vice President for Innovation
Colleen Blair joined the Museum of Science and
History in 1977 as an early childhood educator. In
her capacity as a museum educator and director of
school services, she developed numerous programs
for Museum School and developed a full range of
programs supporting K-16 schools and universities.
Initiatives include Hands On Science Learning Lab,
Family Science Nights, Texas Center for Inquiry,
Distance Learning and Discovery Labs on Wheels.
In 2005 Blair was named Vice President for Guest
Services where she was responsible for renovations
of program and infrastructure for the Omni Theater
and revisioning retail and food services operations
for the new Museum campus. In April, 2009 she was
named Executive Vice President for Innovation.
Tom Mitchell
CPA, Executive Vice President for
Finance and Administration
Tom Mitchell manages all financial and legal
matters, as well as the human resource and
information systems functions for the Museum of
Science and History. Hired in 2004, Mitchell was a
key player in the development and execution of the
Museum’s $45,000,000 incremental draw revenue
bonds in support of the current expansion project.
He brings 15 years of experience in industry and
public practice of accountancy to the Museum, with
an emphasis in audits of not-for-profit institutions.
Prior to the Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History, Mitchell was the Vice President of
Finance for Vermeer Equipment of Texas, Inc., an
international distributor of heavy equipment with
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Charles H. (Charlie)
Walter
Executive Vice President for Programs
Charlie Walter has worked with the Museum of
Science and History for 23 years. He joined the
Museum staff in 1986 as visitor services manager,
responsible for operations and training of all
front-line staff. In 1991, he was promoted to senior
vice president of interpretation and integrated a
“systems” strategy for developing and broadening
the Museum’s educational programs and
partnerships. Walter was interim director of the
Museum and COO before taking his current position
in 2009. Walter holds a bachelor’s degree in wildlife
and fisheries science from Texas A&M University,
with an emphasis in museum science, and an Master
of Business Administration from the University of
North Texas.
Walter has served on the board of directors of
the Association of Children’s Museums and as chair
of the annual conference planning committee for
the Association of Science and Technology Centers.
In addition he serves in many leadership capacities
with the Science Museum Exhibit Collaborative,
the American Association of Museums, the Youth
Museums Exhibit Collaborative, and the Informal
Science Education Association of Texas and is a past
board member of the Science Teachers Association
of Texas. He also serves as a national advisor to the
Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and has served
as Principal Investigator or Senior Personnel on
numerous NSF funded initiatives including The
Texas Network for Exhibit-Based Teaching and
Learning, and CSI, The Experience, An integrated
Exhibition and Web-based Learning Initiative in
partnership with the CBS and the television show,
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Gretchen Denny
Vice President of Community Relations
Gretchen Denny has been passionate about the
Museum of Science and History for decades. As a
Trustee from 1987 to 1995, she was active in diverse
areas of the Museum — from Chair of the Board,
1993-995, to volunteering for science projects —
extracting dinosaur bones from limestone and
pickling frogs for the Museum’s extensive science
collections. Denny is currently a liaison for the
Museum to numerous community collaborations as
well as internally to the Board of Trustees.
Amy M. Duncan
Vice President of Operations
Amy Duncan has more than 20 years of guest service
and operational experience in both the non profit
and for profit sectors. She holds a Master of Business
Administration from Southern Methodist University,
Dallas. Duncan served the Museum of Sciene and
History from 1995 to 2000 as Director of Guest
Services. Previous operational and management
experience includes tenures with Six Flags Over
Texas and the Fort Worth Zoo. Prior to returning to
the Museum in 2006, Duncan garnered new building
project experience as Museum Administrator for the
Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University,
Dallas during the museum’s transition into a new
facility in 2001. She gained additional operational,
sales and guest service experience while working
at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie as Director of
Admission and Sales, where she led the Lone Star
Park operations/admissions teams during the track’s
hosting of the 2005 Breeders’ Cup, an event that
culminated in a one-day attendance of more than
55,000 visitors.
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Senior Staff
locations throughout Texas and Mexico. During
his tenure there, Mitchell helped to successfully
negotiate a $50,000,000 syndicated line of credit
and was instrumental in right-sizing operations
following the dot com bust of the late ‘90’s.
A graduate of the Neeley School of Business at Texas
Christian University, Mitchell holds a Bachelor of
Business Administration in Accounting. As a person
dedicated to professional growth and development,
he is an active member of the Texas Society of
Certified Public Accountants and Leadership
Fort Worth.
background
Pillars of
learning
The Fort Worth Museum of Science and History has been a magical place for
imagination, innovation and first-hand learning for students of all ages since 1941, when
it was founded by a group of school teachers who had a vision to create a special place
where children could learn more about the natural world and their place in it. Still
supporting our founders’ big idea, creating extraordinary learning environments has
remained central to the organization’s purpose for almost 70 years.
Today, the overarching philosophy guiding the Museum’s vision can be characterized
through four Pillars of Learning which support the Museum’s unique covenant with its
constituents.
These include our commitment to the following principles:
(1) Advancing Early Childhood Learning,
(2) Improving Learning Programs in our Schools,
(3) Engaging Families in Learning Activities Together, and
(4) Encouraging Lifelong Learning
In addition, it is the Museum’s permanent collection of scientific items and historical
artifacts that provides the strong foundational resource upon which all of the Museum’s
educational programs are built.
The following narrative illustrates the Museum’s commitment to each of these Pillars
and the programs which correspond to each ideal.
(1) Early Childhood Learning
Museum School
For almost 60 years, Museum School® has served as the bedrock of our museum’s
work in early childhood learning. In fact, since its founding in 1949, more than 200,000
children have participated in this one-of-a-kind program, which has since become a
national model for informal science education. The curriculum combines natural and
physical sciences, history, and anthropology with art, music and literature. The goal of
Museum School is to provide age-appropriate learning experiences that enrich children’s
lives.
Museum School is a tuition-based enrichment program for pre-school, elementary
and middle-school aged children. Beginning at age 3, children are eligible to begin
attending a two-hour, one-day-per-week class during the school year and/or participate
in daily classes during week-long periods during the summer. The classes during the
school year span a wide range of workshops such as those listed above, while the weeklong summer programs focus on a specific theme, such as ‘On the Farm,’ or ‘Up in Space.
Saturday programs for children in kindergarten or elementary school include programs
such as ‘Gingerbread Architects,’ where children work with the scientific principles of
structure to build and decorate a gingerbread house, ‘Charged Up,’ where the class focuses
on magnets, static electricity, metals, induction, atoms and positive and negative charges,
or ‘Science Symphony, through which children experiment with sound by making
homemade musical instruments and learning about pitch, frequency, vibrations and
more.
One of the elements that has made Museum School so effective – and genuinely
loved by every child who has participated over the past 60 years – is the way in which
the Museum’s collections and programs are integrated into the curriculum. For example,
three and four year-olds have held moon rocks and meteorites, touched an actual
astronaut suit, then experienced an out-of-this-world program in the Noble Planetarium
during the ‘Up in Space’ week-long summer class. The children also learn by observing,
touching, and holding real, live animals which the Museum keeps exclusively for these
experiences, such as baby chicks, rabbits, a raccoon, guinea pigs, barn owls, and more, for
programs such as ‘Out on the Farm.’
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There is no better way to learn the principles of child development and
developmentally appropriate practice than to be in a classroom where it is so competently
demonstrated. To that end, beyond the classroom experience for children, Museum
School has also provided an important field learning experience for generations of
future schoolteachers for more than 10 years through an ongoing relationship with Texas
Christian University’s college of education. Through this program, students studying
early childhood education have participated in Museum School classrooms each semester,
having the opportunity to prepare a formal report for course credit.
(2) Improving School-Based Learning
As a leader in the field of informal learning, the Fort Worth Museum of Science
and History is committed to improving learning opportunities for children in our schools
by working with school districts to provide enhancement programs which supplement
the schools’ formal curricula, appropriately drawing upon our organizational strengths
and resources made possible through our permanent collection.
Over the years, the Museum has taken a systematic approach in developing its
programs designed to support schools’ work, collaborating closely with partners in
formal education to align all of the Museum’s school-based activities to important state
standards.
These efforts can be categorized into two areas, including programs through
which Museum staff interacts directly with students in classrooms (either in person
or via technology), and our ongoing work with educators to help them improve their
effectiveness in the classroom.
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The primary program through which the Museum physically interacts with students
out in the community is our Discovery Labs on Wheels program. Through these engaging
sessions – which directly support elementary TEKS and TAKS objectives – the Museum’s
high-energy team of science educators takes the excitement of learning directly into
classrooms. We provide support materials for the classroom visit as well as pre- and postvisit activities, connections to other subject areas, and a family science activity each child
can take home. A good example of a program offered through the Discovery Labs program
might be ‘States of Matter: Matter Explorations,’ through which students use super-cold
nitrogen, household items and hands-on exploration to learn how and why things change
from solid to liquid to gas. Through experiences such as those offered through Discovery
Labs on Wheels, students broaden their conceptual understanding and develop a better
sense of the world around them.
Educator Loan Kits Program
Drawing heavily from our vast collection, the Museum offers an extensive loan kit
program for science and social studies through which educators ‘check out’ materials
from the Museum to use in enlivening their classrooms. Each of these loan kits are
specially prepared to meet TEKS learning objectives. Over the past decade, tens of
thousands of children have investigated historical artifacts and scientific specimens,
used printed information prepared by the Museum’s educators and curators, viewed
videos and read books provided in these social studies and science loan kits – students
throughout the region who might not have otherwise had the opportunity to visit the
Museum in person.
Our science loans are unique in that each kit is customized based on the educator’s
request. Drawing from our teaching collection of science-based materials, they tend to
focus on natural history, primarily species that are native to Texas and the Southwest.
Social studies kits contain artifacts, books, videos, games and activities on topics ranging
from Texas pioneers, ancient Egypt, to astronomy.
Ongoing Field Trips Programming
Third Grade Field Trips Program with the Fort Worth
Independent School District
Overall, more than 150,000 schoolchildren visit the Museum annually on field trips.
Each year, Museum staff carefully handpicks educational films for the Omni Theater
to deepen the learning effectiveness of students’ visits, tying together the IMAX®
experience with exhibits and hands-on activities. In the recent past, we have also offered
professional enhancement for educators on the day of their field trip visit.
For more than 20 years, every third grade student in the Fort Worth ISD has visited
the Museum at least once per school year on an organized class field trip, made possible
through an ongoing contract arrangement between the Museum and the school district.
Even in today’s era of reduced budgets and standardized testing, this program has
remained a priority to the district and has become a popular tradition which has now
impacted a generation of young students. Over a three week period each spring, more
than 6,800 students from 80 campuses visit the Museum — well over 100,000 FWISD
students since 1985.
Distance Learning
Acknowledging that field trips were not an option for many schools because of
transportation costs and time lost from the classroom, the Museum took a grand
leap in expanding its definition of extraordinary learning environments in 2004 by
implementing what has become one of the nation’s leading museum Distance Learning
programs. Today, using cutting-edge video conferencing technology, our museum’s staff
and curators interact almost daily with classroom students across the country in real
time, holding live, interactive discussions on science and history-related topics.
Students in rural areas especially benefit from the high quality learning experiences
made available through Distance Learning. In fact, our program was originally
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established when the Texas Department of Agriculture provided funding to the Texas
Education Agency’s regional office supporting North Texas who then subgranted our
Museum seed funding to purchase the equipment necessary to launch our program.
Through the Museum’s sustained, increased commitment to Distance Learning and
the addition of trained professional staff dedicated to this effort, the Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History is now a key player among active learning content providers in the
state, and our programs are among the most sought-after in the field. During the 2006-07
school year, we booked 67% percent of programs we offered; this year, we are almost ‘soldout’ with a booking rate of 97% to date, even considering a significant increase in the
number of programs added this year.
Unlike institutions more singular in mission, our Museum is fortunate to have a
variety of field experts on staff to conduct these programs, yet we often supplement our
staff by bringing in outside experts and local professionals for specialized presentations.
Drawing heavily on the breadth and depth of our Museum’s collection, we have offered
programs as diverse as ‘Are Frog and Toad Really Friends?,’ ‘Out of the Blue/Meteorites
in Your Own Backyard,’ and even ‘Dollars and Sense: Making Wise Choices with Your
Money,’ through which students are able to observe and discuss types of money used
in different cultures, such as an ancient Mayan coin held in the Museum’s collection.
Earlier in 2008, the Museum was presented with a prestigious national Teachers Choice
award in the Best Multidisciplinary Museums & Organizations category, alongside the
National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Community Studios
An extension of the Museum’s DesignIT Studios pilot program
The programs mentioned above in this section illustrate the Fort Worth Museum
of Science and History’s work with students to provide outstanding informal
learning experiences in different contexts of their formal school environments.
CommunITy Studios represents a much different facet of the Museum’s work to
engage and instill a passion for learning among students, implementing a more
direct approach.
As background, in 2003, the Museum received a major multi-year grant commitment
through the National Science Foundation’s ITEST program (Innovative Technology
Experiences for Students and Teachers) to create an innovative youth-based program
which was known as DesignIT Studios.
Designed to function as a pilot program to test innovative techniques that could
be applied more broadly on a national scale, DesignIT Studios was created to change
disadvantaged youths’ perceptions that they could realistically strive for adult careers in
Information Technology (IT) or occupations in Science, Technology, Engineering or Math
(often referenced using the acronym STEM).
Between 2004 and the program’s culmination in 2007, Museum staff directed a
program of activity involving IT professionals, students and staff representing four Boys
& Girls Clubs and a local junior high through a curriculum of fun, engaging experiences
meaningful both to the youth and their families.
Each year, a core group of students in the 7th, 8th, and 9th grades employed
innovation and creativity using tools like programmable microcontrollers, digital multimedia and video game animation software in ways that would help them understand a
new, basic level of technological fluency.
Every junior-high school student growing up today knows that technology is central
to our everyday lives. Most of them, of course, regularly use technological devices such
as cell phones, computers, IPods®, DVD players or video games. The point of the DesignIT
Studios program was to encourage them that someone — possibly someone like them
someday — must design how these technologies function, and that aspiring for a career
in this field was within the realm of their own possibility.
In 2005, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History staff was invited to testify before
Congress about the success of the DesignIT Studios program and its role as a national
model, and the NSF has widely acknowledged this program as one of the most unique
programs of this type created by a museum.
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background
Direct Interaction with Students
Discovery Labs on Wheels
eWeek
Each February, the Museum of Science and History partners with local science and
technology-oriented companies to host an intensive week-long festival, coinciding with
similar activity occurring at science centers across North America during the same week.
Coordinated by the National Engineers Week Foundation in Washington DC, this popular
international program engages students and families in a specially tailored program of
hands-on science-based activities designed to spark the students’ interest in pursuing
careers in engineering. Dozens of school groups plan their field trip visits to the Museum
around this popular annual event each year.
A contingent of corporate volunteers collaborate with the Museum to plan and
execute the activities for this well attended annual event; notably, a core group of
employees representing IBM, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Northrup Grumman and other
companies. This collaborative interaction has led to several of these companies becoming
involved in the Museum’s other programming with similar learning goals, such as the
CommunITy Studios program.
Professional Development
Texas Center for Inquiry
Another of the Museum’s initiatives aimed at improving learning systems in schools
is the Texas Center for Inquiry, an innovative professional development program for
educators and school administrators which was originally developed in partnership with
the Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin. This program equips
classroom practitioners and program administrators to be more effective by teaching
them about techniques in hands-on learning and developments in the field of inquirybased learning. Although it was originally established for educators in Texas and this
region, this nationally-recognized program now attracts participants from across North
America.
Since the program’s inception in 2001, the Museum has offered two tracks for
participation in the Texas Center for Inquiry program. The first track, which was
originally designed for school administrators and professional developers, begins with
an ‘Intro to Inquiry’ institute, followed by ‘Building Capacity for Classroom Inquiry.’
The second track, ‘Teaching Science through Inquiry,” was developed primarily for
professional developers who also serve as teachers in elementary and middle schools.
During the 2007-08 school year, the Museum is introducing a new ‘Teaching Science
Through Inquiry’ program that will extend the program to high school-level educators.
Designed to facilitate an understanding of inquiry for educators in a variety of science
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specialties, including chemistry, biology, and physics, this initiative is especially
important to our long term vision for the program.
Other Ongoing Professional Development for Educators
In addition to the Texas Center for Inquiry institutes, the Museum
also offers ongoing professional development workshops and programs for
educators throughout the year. For example, teachers can visit the Museum
and participate in Saturday morning workshops, learn new skills relevant
to material they’re currently preparing, and begin to integrate new learning
activities they’ve just learned into their classroom on Monday morning.
The Museum’s education staff regularly provides professional development
services on site for school districts as a standing function of our School
Services program. Both this training, as well as participation in the Texas
Center for Inquiry, qualifies for ongoing professional development credits for
educators. The Museum is also often contracted to provide ongoing professional
development for university-level science educators and program administrators
in Texas and throughout the country, notably through its ongoing relationship
with the Texas A&M University system.
Throughout the year, staff representing the Museum’s Noble Planetarium
travel throughout the southwestern United States leading telescope building
workshops which incorporate practical materials which can be easily found
and purchased, making astronomy interesting and accessible to educators and
others who, in turn, are able to build functioning telescopes with their students
or families.
(3) Engaging Families in Learning Activities
Family Science Festivals
An extension of the Museum’s Family Science Nights program
For many school-aged children and their parents, visits to our Museum may be their
only shared learning experience together outside of school. Capitalizing on that idea,
in 1995 the Museum and the Fort Worth Independent School District worked together to
establish what has grown into an incredibly powerful program to help parents engage in
the ongoing process of their children’s education and to interact with them in a learning
environment outside the home.
Through Family Science Nights, elementary-aged school children, their parents and
their teachers have enjoyed visiting the Museum together as a group on weeknights after
the Museum was closed to the public, experiencing specially-tailored learning programs
led by the Museum’s education staff. Since its first year, when the Museum served just
two schools and 450 participants, the Family Science Nights program has expanded each
year, ultimately reaching over 130,000 participants through more than 300 programs over
its 11-year history.
This program was created to benefit children and their families who might not
ordinarily visit the Museum. In 2006, 85% of the schools participating were designated as
Title 1 campuses, based on poverty level indicators. Of the nearly 25,000 participants that
year, 72% would be classified as economically disadvantaged, 35% spoke English as their
second language, and 58% were considered ‘at-risk.’
As an incentive for families to return and make the Museum a practical learning
resource and part of their everyday lives, each family participating in a Family Science
Night received a voucher for a future free visit to the Museum at their convenience
during the following year, including admission to exhibits, the Omni Theater, and the
Noble Planetarium.
While the Museum is under construction through October 2009, we have built upon
the highly successful Science Nights program by creating new Family Science Festivals,
an outreach program through which underserved children and families representing
participating elementary schools discover the scientific world through hands-on science
activities and special demonstrations during a carnival-style event hosted at their own
school, offered free-of-charge to students and their families.
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background
Building on the success of DesignIT Studios, in January 2008, the Museum received
a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation to create its new CommunITy
Studios program.
This program is designed to extend many of the basic principles established
through the DesignIT program into experiences with a slightly older group of students
representing a range between the 7th and 12th grades, through after school and summer
programming.
Whereas the DesignIT program was geared toward junior-high aged students and
planting the idea that a career in science, math or technology could be possible, the
CommunITy Studios program expands upon this idea with more of an emphasis on
workforce development programs and direct interaction with local high-tech industry
professionals. Most of the programming will occur in one of three venues: (1) a residency
program in the Fort Worth ISD’s Trimble Tech High School, (2) in Community Festivals in
neighborhoods throughout Fort Worth which will often be presented in tandem with the
Museum’s Family Science Festivals program, and (3) onside program activity at the Museum.
During the academic year, students will participate in a structured program of selfdirected activities that will help them think about the inner workings of technology,
understanding digital networking and gain valuable workforce development skills.
In the summer, activity will be more geared toward practical work experiences which
will include, in some cases, museum internships with Museum School and other public
outreach programming.
Free Family Fridays
As a part of its ongoing commitment to provide meaningful, entertaining and
accessible opportunities for families, the Museum launched its popular Free Family
Fridays program in 2006, through which the general public receives free general
admission after 5 pm on the last Friday evening of the month. Attendance has grown
steadily since the program began and Free Family Fridays has become an especially
popular attraction since the Museum of Science and History began offering programs and
exhibits in the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in September 2007.
(4) Programs Encouraging Lifelong Learning
The Museum’s Ongoing Offering of Exhibits, Films in the Omni
Theater and Programs in the Noble Planetarium
While the outreach programs listed above illustrate the Museum’s expertise in
creating extraordinary informal learning environments and experiences for an array of
specific constituencies, the programming for which the Museum is best known by the
public is its offering of outstanding programs, IMAX films and exhibits. With an annual
attendance of nearly a million guests in recent years, the Museum has truly established
its relevance as a popular place of learning for a widely diverse group of museum-goers,
many of whom visit throughout the year with their children, grandchildren and out-oftown guests.
Just as it was many years ago, the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History is a
magical place for imagination and learning for students of all ages. From its humble
beginnings, today’s Museum touches hundreds of thousands of lives each year through
its complete offering of exhibits, films, and educational programs, from early preschool
children attending KidSpace® and Museum School classes to children on field trips
to teenagers engaged in hands-on science exhibits to families seeking a meaningful
full-day family experience to educators participating in training programs and retired
professionals volunteering in the Museum’s galleries.
The Museum’s commitment to programs encouraging lifelong learning is evident
through the thoughtful, intentional choices its leadership makes on an ongoing basis to
provide programming appropriate to people of all ages and walks of life.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
1600 Gendy Street
Fort Worth, Texas 76107
Phone: 817.255.9300
Fax: 817.732.7635
www.fortworthmuseum.org
Press Inquiries
Becky E. Adamietz
Director of Public Affairs
Phone: 817-255-9411
Cell: 817-980-0688
E-mail: [email protected]
Ana Bak
Communications Coordinator
Phone: 817-255-9412
E-mail: [email protected]
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