California Science Center

California Science Center

Established	1951; 73 years ago (1951) (as California Museum of Science and Industry) 1998; 26 years ago (1998) (as California Science Center)
Location	Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Coordinates	34°0′56″N 118°17′9″W / 34.01556°N 118.28583°W / 34.01556; -118.28583
Type	Science museum
Accreditation	AAM, ASTC, AZA
Visitors	1,694,000 (2022)[1]
Public transit access	Expo Park/USC
Website	californiasciencecenter.org

The California Science Center (sometimes spelled California ScienCenter) is a state agency and museum located in Exposition Park, Los Angeles, next to the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and the University of Southern California. Billed as the West Coast's largest hands-on science center, the California Science Center is a public-private partnership between the State of California and the California Science Center Foundation. The California Natural Resources Agency oversees the California Science Center and the California African American Museum. Founded in 1951 as the "California Museum of Science and Industry", the Museum was remodeled and renamed in 1998 as the "California Science Center". The California Science Center hosts the California State Science Fair annually.

Admission is free for their permanent exhibition galleries, such as the Space Shuttle Endeavour and other prominent aircraft and spacecraft, and to various demonstrations. There are price charges for special exhibitions, educated films shown in their IMAX theater, and special activities that include a climbing wall, a motion simulator, and a high-wire bicycle.