Fort Discovery Explained

Fort Discovery
Coordinates:33.4768°N -81.9622°W
Established:April 1997
Dissolved:December 2010
Location:1 7th Street
Augusta, Georgia,
Visitors:200,000 (2007)
Director:Rob Dennis

The National Science Center's Fort Discovery, generally known as Fort Discovery, was a 128000square feet, children's science exhibition center and museum located in downtown Augusta, Georgia, at Riverwalk Augusta. The museum was located in the former Shoppes at Port Royal, which operated from 1991 to 1994.

Fort Discovery featured over 250 hands-on exhibits that demonstrated various scientific concepts. It featured several rides such as a high-wire bicycle, the human gyroscope, and space Moon walk, each demonstrating a fundamental concept of physics. The center opened in April 1997. In late 2003, the state cut off funds to the center and Fort Discovery was at danger of closing.[1] [2] In early 2004, the city and community funded Fort Discovery until January 2005, when the state started funding the center once more.

National Science Center relocated to Washington, D.C. after Fort Discovery closed permanently on December 31, 2010.[3]

After Fort Discovery closed, Unisys purchased a portion of the building as its new center in Augusta.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Perdue proposing biggest budget reform in 30 years . AccessWDUN . 24 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210324140707/https://accesswdun.com/article/2003/5/178439 . 24 March 2021 . en . 26 May 2003 . ATLANTA - The state budget for next year shows a big fat zero on the line for Fort Discovery, the interactive educational museum for science and math in Augusta..
  2. Web site: LBO 203.01 - H.B. 1211 THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS OFFERED THE FOLLOWING SUBSTITUTE TO HB 121 . www.legis.ga.gov . Georgia General Assembly . 24 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210324141154/https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/legislation/document/20032004/25330 . 24 March 2021 . 604: Fort Discovery National Science Center, $0.
  3. News: Pavey . Rob . National Science Center will leave Augusta . 24 March 2021 . The Augusta Chronicle . 19 October 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210324135359/https://www.augustachronicle.com/article/20101019/NEWS/310199882 . 24 March 2021 . en.
  4. Web site: Martin . Jenna . Augusta Tomorrow UNISYS’ Move into Fort Discovery is Official . Augusta Tomorrow Incorporated . 24 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201205214949/https://www.augustatomorrow.com/unisys-move-into-fort-discovery-is-official/ . 5 December 2020 . en . 16 March 2015 . Unisys announced Monday that it finalized a lease to occupy much of the former Fort Discovery space along Riverwalk Augusta. The news puts to rest months of speculation that the global information technology company would chose the Port Royal building at 1 Seventh St. as the permanent location of its new client service center..

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