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On This Day In Alabama History: McWane Science Center Opens In Birmingham

| July 11, 2017 @ 5:00 am

By Graydon Rust
Alabama 200

July 11, 1998

The McWane Science Center opened in its current facility, the historic building of the former Loveman’s department store in downtown Birmingham. The center grew from the merger of two older science centers, the Red Mountain Museum and Discovery Place, funded by the McWane Foundation. The new 180,000-square-foot facility included permanent attractions such as an IMAX® dome theater, a museum with interactive educational features, an aquarium and interactive water exhibit and a simulated space mission. The center reported more than $1 million in earnings in its first nine weeks and continues to host more than 500,000 visitors annually.

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