A day at the Museum of Science & History
Located on the Southbank, the Museum of Science History (MOSH), is the city's most popular cultural attraction. Primarily intended as a hands-on science and history experience for children, MOSH features interactive, award-winning exhibitions such as Currents of Time, which explores 12,000 years of Northeast Florida history, and Atlantic Tails, presenting the mammals indigenous to northeast Florida's waterways. One of the most popular attractions is the 200-seat Alexander Brest Planetarium with several shows daily. The 60-foot diameter dome-shaped projection screen allows the audience to gaze at the stars and learn about astronomy, past and present.
Published April 13, 2009 in Neighborhoods
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Morrison's Cafeteria on Hemming Park during the 1960s. Today, this building is home to the Dalton Agency and Subway.
History of the Museum of Science & History
1941 The Association for Childhood Education charters The Jacksonville Children's Museum
1948 The Jacksonville Children's Museum moves in a Victorian mansion in Riverside
1965 Construction begins on the current, centralized location downtown - on the south bank of the St. Johns River.
1969 The newly-constructed Jacksonville Children's Museum opens its doors.
1977 The Jacksonville Children's Museum becomes the Jacksonville Museum of Arts and Sciences
1983 The Jacksonville Museum of Arts and Sciences is accredited by the American Association of Museums
1988 The Jacksonville Museum of Arts and Sciences become the Museum of Science and History. 37,500 square feet of space is added including the Alexander Brest Planetarium
1994 The current building is renovated to expand the core exhibition galleries, add program and classroom space, increase collection storage spaces, and upgrade all of the support systems
1996 Atlantic Tails - Whales, Dolphins and Manatees of North East Florida is opened
1997 Currents of Time - A History of Jacksonville and North East Florida is opened to the public
2000 Jacksonville Jaguars: History of a Hometown Team opens
2002 JEA Science Theater and Aqua Expo opened to the public
2004 Universe of Science opened to the public
2006 Florida Naturalist's Center opened to the public
2008 Water Worlds opened to the public
2009 The Body Within opened to the public
The 1950s were the decade Jacksonville transformed from an urban to suburban community.
At one time, there was life on Julia Street.
MOSH Hours
Monday- Friday: 10:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Open every day except Easter Day,
One & Only Genuine Original MOSH Party, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day
Admission
Adults : $9.00
Seniors (55 + ) : $7.50
Active Military : $7.50
Children (3 - 12) : $7.00
Members & ASTC : FREE
Extreme Science Shows: $1.00 per person with paid admission
Planetarium Shows: $1.00 per person with paid admission
http://www.themosh.org/
Images by Ennis Davis
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Ocklawaha
April 13, 2009, 09:20:52 AMDon't know how much effect the expansions had on the original "new" building on the Southbank. Back in 1980-84, when I was a member we started a RAILROAD/STEAM DAY, it had an amazing turnout. The hexagon design with those stupid wings restricted the exhibits to very tight spaces. There was an argument for a "canon door". Apparently someone had donated a canon from the "War of Yankee Aggression". But there wasn't a single door in the whole complex to squeeze it in. I've got to get by and see it again.
OCKLAWAHA
Doctor_K
April 13, 2009, 09:42:37 AMI absolutely love the MOSH. IMO, one of the best things about downtown, even if it's tucked away, under-sized, and under-advertised.
The Currents of Time exhibit is done very well. I think everyone should go through that at least once, to get a hold of this area's history. I think then a lot more people would have a clue about Jacksonville's past, and it would become a little easier for the City to get moving on and embrace its own history.
I'd love to see that whole area of the Southbank turned into one giant museum area. MOSH, Maritime, etc. That'd be so great.
Shwaz
April 13, 2009, 11:04:44 AMI was pretty little when this happened and couldn't remember what year it was when the snow fell. I do remember playing football on the icy streets in our neighborhood in Mandarin and I may still have a couple knots on the back of my head from this day in 1989.
deathstar
April 14, 2009, 01:00:11 AMMy family and I lived on Forbes Street in 1989, in an apartment. We moved March of 1990 to the Lakeshore area into a house. I hoped and prayed it would snow at our new house, but that never happend
By the time I woke up, there was very little snow on the ground, but just enough to make a foot high snowman on the hood of one of my parents cars. I remember going over to my step-Dad's Mother's house and playing in the snow that was still on the ground there with my cousin. I was looking through old pictures the other day and found a few of me in the snow, in a bright yellow jacket!
If scientists predictions are right, by 2020, we'll enter a "mini-ice age" and I'm guessing our temperatures down here will be about -20 degrees of what they are now during our cold-front winters. Only, we won't need a cold-front to bring the cold. I'm not 100% sure on that though.
Jason
April 14, 2009, 12:21:41 PMI was just there on sunday. The exibits are great but the outdoor "nature" area seems to be under reconstruction and many of the other exibits were broken. I guess with hundreds of school kids coming through each day, that is to be expected. Nonetheless, it is a great way to kill a lazy afternoon. I also loved my third experience with the science show. My boys really got a kick out of the static electricity demonstration, very "shocking"!!!.
It will be a great day when the museum announces a 2 fold expansion.
I-10east
April 17, 2009, 12:21:35 AMI haven't been to this museum in ages, on an elementary school field trip. It might've been called something else back then. MOSH, and MOCAJ are places that I gotta check out soon.
stjr
April 17, 2009, 02:08:09 PMMost of my childhood, the "Children's Museum" was in the mansion alongside Memorial Park on Riverside Avenue. Unfortunately, like much of Jax, the house was sold, torn down, and is now a non-descript office building. I remember going to a few "astronomy club" meetings there in the evenings after school. And, taking "painting" classes. I think they even did haunted houses there around Halloween. Every kid in Jax at the time passed through that building as most elementary school grades went at least once a year for field trips. Aaaaah... the good ol' days!
jbroadglide
June 04, 2009, 08:17:19 AMThe Museum is a nice place to visit. But just try to get anyone, anyone at all, to return a phone call. I have left at least a half dozen messages for various staff people over the past few weeks and have never recieved one return call. And you never get a live person on the phone. Just voice mail recordings.
Omarvelous09
June 04, 2009, 09:17:44 AMMOSH...not so much. I went to MOSH a few months back with my niece's 4th grade class. I hadn't been since the 90's, and not much has changed...still have the creepy timeline exhibit and the "interactive" floor games (?). Even some of the kids were bored....but I'm happy to see they still have the water room thing. That was always the most fun
Anybody know if Jax is planning to build a new kids museum or renovate MOSH?