SpectrUM Discovery Area

spectrUM Discovery Area
Established October 2007
Location Missoula, Montana
Type Science Museum
Website spectrUM website

The spectrUM Discovery Area is a public science museum, located in the Skaggs Building on The University of Montana campus in Missoula, Montana.[1] Through in-house and outreach programs, it serves over 39,000 Montanans each year.

Founded in 2007 by medicinal chemist Dr. Charles Thompson, spectrUM is dedicated to teaching science through hands-on exhibits and activities. spectrUM regularly moves travelling exhibits and activities to unexpected locations like restaurants, parks, powwows and festivals. It invites Montanans to try science through its “Science. Try it” campaign. spectrUM also has a website with online science experiments and podcasts of Dr. Katie George’s “Science is Cool”, which is regularly broadcast on KUFM Montana Public Radio.[2]

References

  1. ^ "spectrUM Discovery Area". http://spectrum.umt.edu/. Retrieved 2009-02-22. 
  2. ^ Chaney, Rob (Oct. 08, 2007). Discovering wizardry: SpectrUM Discovery Area debuts with free science fun, missoulian.com. Retrieved June 20, 2008.

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