![]() The city provided financing and contracted with the center in April 2012, and the center finalized federal funding in January 2013 to finish construction on the existing facility and begin building exhibits. The center has also entered into a partnership with the City of Los Angeles to take over and operate the former Children's Museum of Los Angeles facility at Hansen Dam, located in the northern San Fernando Valley. Future phases include a Life Sciences Hall, Courtyard of Learning and Living, Environmental Pavilion, an IMAX theater, and a " green" parking facility. ![]() Phase 1, opened on June 11, 2015, features the new 40,000 sq ft (3,700 m 2) Discovery Pavilion and 4,000 sq ft (370 m 2) of remodeled space. On September 29, 2012, it was announced that the center was seeking to expand its facilities. In 2008 the Center became an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affiliations program. Mark Walhimer served as the Vice President of Exhibits from 1996 to 2000 and oversaw the design, development and installation of the exhibits. The current 59,000-square-foot (5,500 m 2) facility was opened on December 17, 1998, in what had originally been a Bekins Van Lines depot. In the mid-1990s, prior to construction, a smaller "beta" version of the science center called Launch Pad operated in South Coast Plaza. A funding feasibility study in 1989 indicated that county leaders would support the project. ![]() ![]() In 1984, the Boards of the Exploratory Learning Center and the Experience Center joined to form the Discovery Museum of Orange County with the dual goals of teaching children what life was like in Orange County in the 1900s and creating a world-class science center. A donated DCSS rocket and RL 10B-2 engine outside the Center ![]()
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