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The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, which is set to open in Miami on Monday, features a suspended, 500,000-gallon aquarium tank filled with sharks, devil rays and other creatures.
SCOTT MCINTYRE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Long-Awaited Miami Science Museum Comes to Life
The opening of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science comes after a scramble to finish the 250,000-square-foot structure.
By NICK MADIGAN
MAY 3, 2017
MIAMI — For decades, South Florida schoolchildren and adults fascinated by far-off galaxies, earthly ecosystems, the properties of light and sound and other wonders of science had only a quaint, antiquated museum here in which to explore their interests.
Now, with the long-delayed opening of a vast new science museum downtown set for Monday, visitors will be able to stand underneath a suspended, 500,000-gallon aquarium tank and gaze at hammerhead and tiger sharks, mahi mahi, devil rays and other creatures through a 60,000-pound oculus, a lens that will give the impression of seeing the fish from the bottom of a huge cocktail glass. And that’s just one of many attractions and exhibits.
A rendering of the aquarium showing the oculus lens that will give visitors the impression of seeing fish from the bottom of a huge cocktail glass.
PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
Officials at the $305 million Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science promise that it will be a vivid expression of modern scientific inquiry and exposition. Its opening follows a series of setbacks and lawsuits and a scramble to finish the 250,000-square-foot structure. At one point, the project ran precariously short of money.
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New York Times: GO TO THE LINK FOR AMAZING PHOTOS
Science
The Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science, which is set to open in Miami on Monday, features a suspended, 500,000-gallon aquarium tank filled with sharks, devil rays and other creatures.
SCOTT MCINTYRE FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES
Long-Awaited Miami Science Museum Comes to Life
The opening of the Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science comes after a scramble to finish the 250,000-square-foot structure.
By NICK MADIGAN
MAY 3, 2017
MIAMI — For decades, South Florida schoolchildren and adults fascinated by far-off galaxies, earthly ecosystems, the properties of light and sound and other wonders of science had only a quaint, antiquated museum here in which to explore their interests.
Now, with the long-delayed opening of a vast new science museum downtown set for Monday, visitors will be able to stand underneath a suspended, 500,000-gallon aquarium tank and gaze at hammerhead and tiger sharks, mahi mahi, devil rays and other creatures through a 60,000-pound oculus, a lens that will give the impression of seeing the fish from the bottom of a huge cocktail glass. And that’s just one of many attractions and exhibits.
A rendering of the aquarium showing the oculus lens that will give visitors the impression of seeing fish from the bottom of a huge cocktail glass.
PHILLIP AND PATRICIA FROST MUSEUM OF SCIENCE
Officials at the $305 million Phillip and Patricia Frost Museum of Science promise that it will be a vivid expression of modern scientific inquiry and exposition. Its opening follows a series of setbacks and lawsuits and a scramble to finish the 250,000-square-foot structure. At one point, the project ran precariously short of money.
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