McWane Science Center is the cornerstone of Birmingham, Alabama's downtown revitalization. This state-of-the-art museum is housed in the historic and refurbished Loveman's department store building.
In 1998, Discovery Place and Red Mountain Museum merged to create a stimulating interactive science museum now called McWane Science Center.
McWane Science Center, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, gets its name from the McWane family and McWane Foundation, sources of funding that made the center a reality for Birmingham and the region.
Designed to inspire a life-long love of learning, McWane Science Center has welcomed millions of visitors since opening its doors in 1998. Explorers — from ages 1 to 100 — flock year-round to see, to hear, to touch, and to experience the wonder of science in one of the South’s most unique venues.
Mission:
To change lives through science and wonder.
Strategy:
To combine our unique assets to create unique experiences that parents and teachers value and that kids love.
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Annual Report:
Learning is a journey at McWane Science Center. Click here to read the Annual Report
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Board of Trustees
The primary responsibility of the McWane Science Center Board of Trustees is to establish policy for the science center and monitor the execution of that policy.
Chairman: André Taylor
Vice Chairman: Charles Powell
Secretary: Thomas Ritchie
Treasurer: Kristen Hudak
Robert Aland
Jamy Ard
Gene V. Ball
Pamela Baugh
Harry Bayer
J. Claude Bennett
Richard Bielen
Nina Botsford
Archie Cobbs
Charles Daniel
Carnetta Davis
Jim Davis
Suzan Doidge
Kaye Emack
Charles Ernst
Hubert Goings, Jr.
Gary Grooms
Elias Hendricks, Jr.
C. Duncan Hulsey, II
Norman Jetmundsen
Lynn LaRussa
John McDonald
Michelle McNamee
C. Edwin Miller, III
Charles Miller
April Odom
Margaret Porter
Charles Redden
James E. Richardson
R. Stephen Ricks
William Ritter
Linda Paulmeno Sewell
William Smith III
Elissa Tyson
Forest Whatley, Jr.
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Endowment Board
Chairman: James D. Davis
Secretary: Garland Smith
Treasurer: Kristen Hudak
Harold L. Abroms
James T. McManus, II
C. Phillip McWane
James P. Naftel, II
Andre’ J. Taylor
Lloyd R. Wilson
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