LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER

WHERE THE FUTURE COMES TO PLAY About LSC

• Opened in 1993. Greatly expanded in 2007, then again in 2020 and 2021.

• Biggest and most-visited hands-on science learning center in the New York metropolitan area.

• Mission is to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers and close the STEM-workforce gap

• Home to the largest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere and 300,000 square feet of theaters, labs, and exhibition spaces.

• 750,000+ total annual attendance as of 2019. Fastest-growing established museum in the United States: 65% attendance increase in 5 years.

• 280,000+ K-12 students participate annually in STEM education programs at LSC.

• Serves 91,000+ “high needs” students from some of New Jersey’s lowest-income neighborhoods.

• During the COVID-19 pandemic, became NJ’s largest provider of live virtual STEM programming to sheltered-in-place students and teachers. The astronomy webcasts alone drew 201,749 viewers in 2020.

• Bestows prestigious “Genius Awards.” Annual Genius Gala is the must-attend innovation event in NJ.

• Building 30-acre SciTech Scity innovation campus (fully opening 2025).