“I really love the idea of having our work continually grounded in heavy research.” Do you know about Liberty Science Center’s ongoing collaboration with Rutgers University to conduct childhood research with kids and families at LSC? Check out our new video, and be on the lookout for the Rutgers team on one of your future visits to LSC! Learn more about the program at https://lnkd.in/ge_k5qTZ.
About us
Liberty Science Center is a nonprofit organization dedicated to getting learners of all ages excited about the power, promise, and pure fun of science and technology. We are located in Liberty State Park on the Jersey City bank of the Hudson near the Statue of Liberty. The Science Center houses 12 museum exhibition halls, a live animal collection with 110 species, giant aquariums, the Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium (the biggest planetarium in the Western Hemisphere), a 3D theater, live simulcast surgeries, tornado and hurricane-force wind simulators, K-12 classrooms and labs, and teacher-development programs. More than half a million students, teachers, and parents visit the Science Center each year, and tens of thousands more participate in the Center's offsite and online programs. As a leading cultural institution in the NYC metropolitan area we are always looking for bright individuals with a can-do attitude that turn the impossible into the possible.
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http://lsc.org
External link for Liberty Science Center
- Industry
- Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Jersey City, NJ
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1993
- Specialties
- STEM Education, Animal Conservation Education, IMAX Movie Experiences, Professional Teacher Development, Informal Learning, Event Space Rental, and Childhood Science Education
Locations
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222 Jersey City Blvd.
Jersey City, NJ 07305, US
Employees at Liberty Science Center
Updates
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If you heard a boom, felt a shaking, or saw a fireball in the sky on around 10:00 am to noon Tuesday, it may have been from a meteor! Meteors, also called shooting stars, are rocks that enter Earth’s atmosphere and burn up from friction, creating a bright streak of light across the sky. In this case, NASA officials estimate the rock to be approximately one foot wide. The meteor entered the atmosphere above New York city at 38,000 miles per hour, traveling west above the Statue of Liberty and Liberty Science Center, before totally disintegrating above Union County. Meteors like this pose essentially no danger to us. Due to their small size they burn up or fragment into much smaller pieces before making it to the surface of Earth. Tuesday’s meteor didn’t leave behind any meteorites—fragments of meteors that actually reach the ground. For this fireball to be visible during the day is rare. Meteors are much more often seen at night when fainter streaks of light stand out against the dark sky. If you want to see meteors in the night sky, the Perseid meteor shower will be most visible on the nights of August 11, 12, and 13! LSC's Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium is the region’s best place to learn what to look for in the night sky! Visit lsc.org/planetarium to see what's playing and get tickets now.
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It’s been HOT lately, but just be glad you’re not living on the blistering surface of Venus, where the temperature is 860 degrees F due to an out-of-control greenhouse effect! 🥵🔥 Cool off with us this week in the Jennifer Chalsty Planetarium! Head to lsc.org/planetarium to see what’s playing and get tickets.
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T.REX 3D begins this weekend at LSC! 🦖 T. REX 3D tells the true story of the young fossil hunters who made the discovery of a lifetime when they spotted a large fossilized leg bone on a walk on public lands in North Dakota! This 3D film intercuts the remarkable fossil dig, with cutting edge computer graphics that bring the iconic T. rex – from hatchling to hulking adult – to life. Narrated by Sam Neill from Jurassic Park! View showtimes at lsc.org/trex3d.
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Happy Fourth of July! 🎆 Liberty Science Center is OPEN today from 10 am - 4 pm, and our tower is lit up red, white, and blue tonight! 😁🇺🇸 Stop by and explore our new BARBIE exhibit, discover the world’s largest animal in the new BLUE WHALE exhibit, soar through space in the planetarium, and so much more!
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Check out our gorgeous new staircase! 🐋 #BlueWhale #NowOpen
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A gorgeous photo of LSC seen via boat ride, taken by our team member Mariam! 🌟 #LibertyScienceCenter
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June is LGBTQIA+ Pride Month, and today LSC celebrates the achievements of Lynn Conway, a pioneering computer scientist, engineer, and transgender woman. Born on January 2, 1938 in Mt. Vernon, NY, Conway’s first scientific passion was astronomy. She enrolled at MIT in 1959 to pursue a degree in physics. Her first attempt to transition during college resulted in abundant social backlash. With limited social and medical support available, Conway dropped out of MIT in her senior year. After some time, she returned to academics at Columbia University's School of Engineering and Applied Science, earning her B.S. in 1962 and M.S.E.E. degree in 1963 in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. After college, Conway was hired at IBM Research, working with the architecture team to create an early supercomputer. By 1967, Conway was able to receive counseling and began hormone replacement therapy. Her case was the first of its kind at IBM. Due to discriminatory practices at the time, IBM fired her in 1968 when they became aware of her transition. (IBM issued a formal apology to her in 2020–yes, 52 years later.) Learn more about Lynn Conway's revolutionary career over on the LSC blog: https://bit.ly/4clmX9w
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