COSI

COSI , officially the Center of Science and Industry, is a <a href="/facts/Science_museum/tSuCPQ1l">science museum</a> and <a href="/facts/Research_center/h1CjvE4X">research center</a> in <a href="/facts/Columbus,_Ohio/mREa53Ub">Columbus, Ohio</a>. COSI was opened to the public on 29 March 1964 and remained there for 35 years. In 1999, COSI was moved to a 30000 m2 (320000 sq ft) facility, designed by Japanese architect <a href="/facts/Arata_Isozaki/403uty1J">Arata Isozaki</a> along a bend in the <a href="/facts/Scioto_River/GGC2wK3M">Scioto River</a> in the <a href="/facts/Franklinton,_Columbus,_Ohio/LyeRr7LE">Franklinton</a> neighborhood. COSI features more than 300 interactive exhibits throughout themed exhibition areas.
Until the <a href="/facts/COVID-19_pandemic/0xTsh7Ut">COVID-19 pandemic</a>, COSI operated the largest outreach education program of any science museum in the United States. Anchored by COSI on Wheels – a whole-school outreach program traveling throughout Ohio and the surrounding Midwest – as well as local COSI on Wheels Workshops, Camp COSI on Wheels, and Interactive Videoconference programs reaching 350000 learners each year outside of the museum at their peak.
As a <a href="/facts/Nonprofit_organization/AmXu2c85">non-profit organization</a>, COSI is supported by ticket sales, a network of community and statewide partnerships (including relationships with a variety of donors and sponsors), a volunteer program supported by 10000 volunteers annually, and nearly 20000 member households. In 2008, COSI was named the #1 science center in the United States for families by Parent Magazine. In 2020, it was named the #1 Science Museum in the United States by USA Today.

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