FY17 Annual Report FY17 Bright Spots
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FY17 Annual Report FY17 Bright Spots RECORD BREAKING FINANCIAL AID The featured exhibit, SPACE SCIENCE The Art of the Brick, 45,624 students RECORD 305 SPACE received $398,466 in BREAKING school groups viewed Financial Aid awards. The featured exhibit, The Art of the Brick, a planetarium show SCIENCE 44.7% more youth smashed records, bringing in a total of served than in FY16. 305 194,170 visitors to experience STEAM 55 completed planetarium labs school groups learning in just 91 days! viewed 8,148 a planetarium students reached through show CENTER FOR 223 portable planetarium experiences EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION 55 completed OUTREACH 2,576 182,724 students explored EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH a design lab EARLY CHILDHOOD students reached EXPERIENCES EARLY CHILD- across the region 2,400 HOOD students took part 220 EXPERIENCES 1,383 schools/groups in a chemistry lab field trip groups taught by 1,300 visited OMSI 220 OMSI Educators students completed field trip groups visited a physics lab 48 OMSI 180 discovery labs hosted camps and 520 young learners 48 classes offered to3,512 182,724 youth at 14 locations BREAK IT DOWN BREAK IT DOWN this color is thi s REVENUE TOTAL: $21,527,907this color is thi s YOUR IMPACT $15,121,116 Earned Incomethis color is thi s this color is thi s $2,781,780 Private Foundations YOUR IMPACT this color is thi s Receiving no state or local tax funding, $552,466 Federal Grantsthis color is thi s OMSI is an independentReceiving no nonprofit state or local501(c)3 tax funding, this color is thi s organization. OMSISupport is an from independent donors, nonprofit $1,484,791 Individual corporations,501(c)3 and foundations organization. makes Support our from $1,587,754 Corporate work possible.donors, corporations, and foundations EXPENSES TOTAL: $20,817,507 makes our work possible. Imagining the Museum of the Future CENTER FOR INNOVATION EARLY CHILDHOOD We are transforming the Turbine Hall to EXPERIENCES engage visitors in designing, building, and Science learning starts at birth and testing solutions to real-world problems. cognitive development in children The first upgrades will include: under 6 is critical. OMSI helps these youngest learners and their caregivers • Reimagined earthquake simulator with essential science skills. The first • New exhibit with adaptable, upgrades will include: tech-forward design challenges • Immersive indoor experiences in • Grand entrance into the hall Science Playground integrating with digital wayfinding the latest science-based learning • New climber to encourage key early learning experiences like risk-taking and exploration SPACE SCIENCE RAISING EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH The wonder of the universe has long To supplement science education stimulated our visitors’ imaginations. $6.5 M across the Northwest, we are deepening Our planetarium, at 25 years old, will be science education partnerships in local upgraded with the latest technological communities. We have been convening breakthroughs. The first upgrades listening sessions to understand how will include: OMSI can best support each community we serve. The first upgrades will include: • State-of-the-art projection system that is exponentially brighter and • Updating Outreach programming capable of interfacing with real-time based on teacher and student data from NASA and NOAA survey data • New seating, lighting, and sound system • Launching of our new quarterly to maximize the immersive experience OMSI Outreach newsletter, Science Happens Here • Interactive overhead exhibits in Space Science Hallway telling • Collaborating with Oregon indigenous stories of the night sky farmers, producers, and processors on programming funded by Oregon Department of Agriculture across the state OMSI hosted star parties throughout Portland Metro and across the state, helping thousands of families find inspiration in the night sky. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY January 1 2 3 4 5 6 The wonder of the universe has long excited our visitors’ imaginations. The centerpiece of Space Science at OMSI is our planetarium, and at 25 New Year’s Day SAVE THE DATE: years old, it will benefit from the latest Open Monday OMSI Gala technological breakthroughs that allow Full Moon Saturday, May 12! us to investigate the cosmos like never before. This is where astronauts 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 are born. YOUR GIFTS WILL SUPPORT: • New projection system that is exponentially brighter and newly Meet a Scientist capable of interfacing with real- $2 Day OMSI After Dark time data from NASA and NOAA 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 • Renovations to maximize the immersive experience and add to your comfort • Interactive exhibit outside the planetarium depicting indigenous stories of the night sky MLK Jr. Day Science Pub @ OMSI Open Monday New Moon 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Meet a Scientist 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 OMSI After Dark Open Monday Full Moon OMSI’s Space Science Camps teach the science behind stargazing and make connections to future careers. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY February 1 2 3 In 2017, OMSI added a second state- of-the-art portable planetarium to our fleet of traveling experiences. Our educators take students on trips through the galaxy and beyond, bringing awe-inspiring astronomy Groundhog Day lessons to even more schools and families across the region. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Picture a classroom full of wide- eyed 4th graders, entering a large inflatable dome set up in their school’s gymnasium. Walking through the door of the dome, they sit in the dark in $2 Day Meet a Scientist anticipation. They tour constellations, galaxies, nebulas, and the Moon, 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 discuss the possibility of humans on Mars, and learn to navigate by the stars. The Space Science initiative will support this kind of programming in communities across the region. Edible Cinema Valentine’s Day Mardi Gras OMSI After Dark New Moon 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 Illusion: Nothing Is As It Seems Featured Exhibit Closes Presidents’ Day Meet a Scientist Open Monday Science Pub @ OMSI Agate & Mineral Show Agate & Mineral Show Agate & Mineral Show 25 26 27 28 1 2 3 OMSI After Dark This program helped the girls bridge two “ worlds. They have learned some of our “traditional knowledge and had great pride seeing OMSI supporting native knowledge. Rebecca Fisher Seneca/Northern Cheyenne Nations SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY March 1 2 3 Through our NASA-funded project, Lenses on the Sky, OMSI is exploring how different cultures and generations have studied and made sense of the night sky. Working with cultural and space science partners, we bring “Star Full Moon Parties” to underserved communities in Portland and rural areas of the state. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 In 2017, OMSI worked with partners to bring a Star Party to Cooper Mountain Nature Park. More than 80 people attended, many of whom had never participated in an OMSI program or had $2 Day Meet a Scientist an opportunity to observe the night sky through telescopes. Listeners 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 gathered to hear stories from local Native American storytellers while OMSI Outreach Educators used powerful telescopes to bring the sky Robot Revolution Featured Exhibit Opens Daylight Saving Begins closer and shared lessons from recent St. Patrick’s Day (set your clock forward NASA missions. one hour) New Moon Additional funding for Space Science 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 will bring star parties to new locations and reach diverse audiences in Oregon and beyond. Science Pub @ OMSI Vernal Equinox Blind Tasting Bingo Meet a Scientist 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Open Monday OMSI After Dark Full Moon The Designing Our World exhibit engages young girls in engineering experiments through storytelling and collaboration. SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY April 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Integrating science, technology, art, and design, the Center for Innovation will be an interdisciplinary hall for designing and testing solutions to $2 Day real-world problems. Visitors will be April Fool’s Day empowered with the materials, tools, Easter Sunday and mentors to develop the skills needed to thrive in the 21st century. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 YOUR GIFTS WILL SUPPORT: • New exhibit with adaptable, tech-forward design challenges Meet a Scientist • Reimagined earthquake simulator • Early childhood area for 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 young design thinkers • Grand entrance into the hall with improved wayfinding New Moon Science Pub @ OMSI 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Earth Day OMSI After Dark Meet a Scientist 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 Full Moon My favorite thing was sparking my creative“ mindset. I “didn’t think we would be able to create cars out of stuff like bottle caps, straws, and balloons. Michael from Design Week Portland AKQA Workshop SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY May 1 2 3 4 5 OMSI recruits secret agents? Yes—all it takes is a partnership with a creative design agency and a lot of imagination. Last April, we teamed up with AKQA to take the Center for Innovation prototypes into the community. For a 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Design Week Portland event, young designers joined a “top secret” agency to participate in a full day of design challenges. 10 to 14 year-olds created solutions that helped undercover Meet a Scientist field scientists set up camp on a $2 Day OMSI 2018 GALA frozen lake in Siberia, and harvest a mineral capable of generating clean 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 energy. This workshop captured the imagination of the recruits, who worked collaboratively to design, make, and test sustainable solutions to real-world problems. Science Pub @ OMSI Mother’s Day New Moon Blind Tasting Bingo The Center for Innovation initiative will increase partnerships like this to 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 strengthen career pipelines in science, technology, and design.