Star Trek: Federation Science

Star Trek: Federation Science was a long-running touring exhibition that opened in , dedicated to illustrating the real science behind the Star Trek series. 
Produced by the (lead writer, Mark Bourne), the exhibit was originally developed to coincide with both the 25th anniversary and the 1992 International Space Year, before becoming a touring exhibition and undertaking an extensive North American tour in September of that year. The exhibition ran concurrently with a special planetarium show, Star Trek: Orion Rendezvous. 
The exhibit proved to be so popular that a second edition was constructed in . In , a third exhibition began a multi-city European tour. The exhibit, which had a ten year life expectancy, was fully retired by the end 2003.
Through 2000, the combined worldwide attendance exceeded 5 million visitors. 
The 4,000 to 10,000 ft2 exhibition featured from 30 to over 40 modular touch-screen displays illustrating various scientific concepts, with interactive consoles featuring special "missions", along with instructional videos from Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner (in character as Data), LeVar Burton and Gates McFadden. 
Star Trek author Christopher L. Bennett was a staff member at the exhibition in Cincinnati in . At that venue, the exhibition attracted 88,926 visitors.
==North American tour==
Museum 	Location 	Opened	Closed
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry 	Portland, Oregon 	 	
Boston Museum of Science 	Boston, Massachusetts 	 	
SciTrek 	Atlanta, Georgia 	 	
Buffalo Museum of Science 	Buffalo, New York 	 	
Chicago Museum of Science and Industry	Chicago, Colorado 	 	
Denver Museum of Natural History 	Denver, Colorado 	 	
California Academy of Sciences 	San Francisco, California 	 	
Science World, British Columbia 	Vancouver, British Columbia	 	
Carnegie Science Center 	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 	 	
Franklin Institute Science Museum 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	 	
Museum of Science and Industry 	Tampa, Florida 	 	
Morris Museum 	Morristown, New Jersey 	 	
Museum of Man and Nature 	Winnipeg, Manitoba 	 	
The Science Place 	Dallas, Texas 	 	
Virginia Air and Space Museum 	Hampton, Virginia 	 	
Cincinnati Museum Center 	Cincinnati, Ohio 	 	
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry 	Portland, Oregon 	 	Fall 1996
Pacific Science Center 	Seattle, Washington 	 	
Ontario Science Centre 	Toronto, Ontario 	 	
Science Center of Iowa 	Des Moines, Iowa 	 	
San Bernardino County Museum 	Redlands, California 	 	
Science Center of Connecticut 	Hartford, Connecticut 	 	
Great Lakes Science Center 	Cleveland, Ohio 	 	
Maryland Science Center 	Baltimore, Maryland 	 	
Miami Museum of Science 	Miami, Florida 	 	
Orlando Science Center 	Orlando, Florida 	 	
South Carolina State Museum 	Columbia, South Carolina 	 	
Cumberland Science Museum 	Nashville, Tennessee 	 	
Gulf Coast Explorium 	Mobile, Alabama 	 	
South Florida Science Museum 	Palm Beach, Florida 	 	
Science Museum of Western Virginia 	Roanoke, Virginia 	 	
Virginia Air and Space Museum 	Hampton, Virginia 	 	
Grand Rapids Museum Center 	Grand Rapids, Michigan 	 	
Durham Western Heritage Museum 	Omaha, Nebraska 	 	
Louisville Science Center 	Louisville, Kentucky 	 	
==European tour==
Museum 	Location 	Opened	Closed
Hansestadt Bremen 	Bremen, Germany 	 	
Eishalle 	Rostock, Germany 	 	
Kunsthal 	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	 	
Museokeskus Vapriikki 	Tampere, Finland 	 	
Science Museum 	London, UK 	 	
Hancock Museum 	Newcastle, UK 	 	
Tekniska Museet 	Stockholm, Sweden 	 	
Museum of Science and Industry 	Manchester, UK 	 	
National Museum and Gallery of Wales	Cardiff, UK 	 	
Odyssey 	Belfast, UK 	 	
==External links==
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