Press
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PRESS RELEASES
March 22, 2024: miSci Prepares Capital Region for Solar Eclipse
January 31, 2024: Love is in the Air at miSci’s Be miValentine on February 14th
November 14, 2023: miSci & Ronald McDonald House Albany Bring Magic to the Holidays
October 13, 2023: Calling All Muggles — miSci to host Wands & Wizardry on October 28, 2023
September 14, 2023: miSci Announces New Event: miBrewology on September 29th
September 14, 2023: miSci to Host 2023 Annual Meeting
September 13, 2023: The Museum of Innovation and Science Achieves Certified Autism Center™ Designation, Ensuring Inclusivity for Its Guests
September 12, 2023: miSci to open New Exhibit: “Ground to Gourmet: Tracing the Origins of the Food We Love”
August 1, 2023: miSci Announces Fall Schedule: “Barbenheimer” & More
July 7, 2023: miSci Gives Free Memberships to Whispering Pines Preschool Families
June 14, 2023: miSci Receives $12,500 Grant for Planetarium Upgrades
May 31, 2023: miSci Unveils New Interactive Artificial Intelligence Exhibit
May 22, 2023: miSci Announces May 27th Opening of Artificial Intelligence: Your Mind & The Machine Exhibition
May 16, 2023: Planetarium Experience Raffle to Benefit City of Schenectady School Students’ Free Neil Golub miMembership Program
May 10, 2023: miSci Announces Opening of the GE Comic Books: Adventures in Science Exhibition on May 13th
May 9, 2023: miSci Renews Partnership with National Museums for All Program, Renames Initiative in Honor of Neil Golub
March, 21, 2023: miSci Presents Big Bang Gala on May 5, 6 to 9 p.m.
February 22, 2023: miSci Presents Summer Classes June 26 through August 18, 2023 for Kids in Grades K–5
February 1, 2023: miSci Presents the Exhibition African Americans at General Electric
January 10, 2023: miSci Appoints Peter Gabak as Vice President for Institutional Advancement
December 20, 2022: Caelynn Prylo Joins miSci as Vice President of Education
November 22, 2022: miSci Presents Annual Model Trains Show Beginning Friday, November 25
November 17, 2022: miSci Receives Grant from the William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation for $75,000
October 25, 2022: miSci Selected as Hannaford Community Bag Program Beneficiary
September 13, 2022: Let’s Connect! Exploring Communication Technology Opens at miSci September 23, 2022
November 17, 2022: miSci Receives Grant from the William Gundry Broughton Charitable Private Foundation for $75,000
September 1, 2022: miSci Announces Little Edisons Program for September through November 2022
June 1, 2022: miSci Awarded $5,000 from NYSCA and MANY Partnership Grants for Capacity Building
May 24, 2022: miSci Announces Access Program for Schenectady School Children and Their Families
April 21, 2022: Be the Astronaut Opens at miSci May 7, 2022
April 4, 2022: miSci Presents Summer Classes June 27 through August 19, 2022 for Kids Grades K–5
March 24, 2022: miSci Presents Big Bang “Summer of ’69” Gala on May 6
January 18, 2022: miSci Presents WGY: Radio’s Laboratory Celebrates Its Centennial
January 12, 2022: miSci Names Jane Golub Gallery. Inaugural Exhibit Design Zone Opens February 5
November 19, 2021: miSci Presents Annual Model Trains Show November 26
October 26, 2021: Chase Awards $2,500 to Jane Golub STEM Fund
October 20, 2021: miSci Opens New Exhibit – Seeing Ourselves
September 9, 2021: miSci and Clarkson University Launch Partnership
April 14, 2021: miSci to Reopen to the Public on June 5, 2021
March 24, 2021: Library of Congress Adds Item in miSci’s Collection to National Recording Registry
March 8, 2021: miSci Presents Virtual Programs During April Break
March 4, 2021: miSci Virtual Benefit 2021
January 26, 2021: miSci Presents Virtual Programs During Mid-Winter Break
January 12, 2021: miSci Presents Virtual Programs
December 3, 2020: miSci to Close Temporarily
November 16, 2020: miSci’s 30th Annual Model Train Show
November 12, 2020: The Museum of Innovation and Science Unveils New Membership Program
September 8, 2020: Neil Golub Named Chair of the Board of Trustees at miSci, Museum of Innovation and Science
August 27, 2020: miSci Receives $540,000 Grant from an Anonymous Fund of the Community Foundation
August 26, 2020: miSci Receives $10,000 Grant from The Carlilian Foundation
July 8, 2020: miSci to Reopen on July 16, 2020
miSci in the News
April 4, 2024: Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority: Metroplex Board Approves $55,000 Grant for miSci Planetarium Upgrades
July 26, 2023: WMHT: AHA! A House for Arts | Discovering AI Art: Should Artists Be Worried?
July 9, 2023: The Daily Gazette: Jane Golub Fund Helps Schenectady’s miSci Provide Free Memberships to Whispering Pines Preschool Families
June 23, 2023: WTEN News 10 ABC: Inside Look at miSci’s New AI Exhibit
June 21, 2023: The Daily Gazette: New Exhibit at Schenectady’s miSci Looks at ‘What AI Is and Isn’t’
June 8, 2023: The Times Union: miSci Hosts Summer-long Exhibit on Artificial Intelligence
May 26, 2023: WTEN News 10 ABC: AI Exhibit Opening at miSci in Schenectady
May 10, 2023: The Times Union: miSci’s Big Bang Gala Featured
May 18, 2022: Spectrum News: miSci Exhibit Allows You to Explore Space
November 26, 2021: WNYT 13 NBC: Model Trains Featured at miSci
July 5, 2021: The Daily Gazette: miSci Continues Renovations as Summer Classes Begin
April 14, 2021:The Daily Gazette: miSci to Reopen in June; New Exhibits and On-site Classes Announced
September 21, 2020: The Times Union: miSci Adapts to Being a Museum in a COVID World
September 8, 2020: The Daily Gazette: Neil Golub Elected as Chair of miSci Board of Trustees
September 1, 2020: Capital Region Chamber: miSci Receives $540,000 Grant from Anonymous Fund
September 1, 2020: Capital Region Chamber: The Museum of Innovation and Science (miSci) Receives a $10,000 Grant
July 17, 2020: NEWS 10 ABC: miSci Reopens With Two New Exhibits, Safety Protocols in Place
July 8, 2020: WAMC Northeast Public Radio: Schenectady’s miSci To Reopen With Sound Recording, Play Exhibits