Science Center of Iowa
The Science Center of Iowa is a science museum located in Des Moines, Iowa. The museum opened in 1970 in Greenwood-Ashworth Park and was called the Des Moines Center of Science and Industry. It was renamed the Science Center of Iowa in 1985. It moved to its current location in 2005. Exhibits. A new LEGO-based exhibit opened in September 2018. The Science Center's planetarium has a 50-foot display. The IMAX theater closed in 2018 due to storm damage.