McWane Science Center is the cornerstone of Birmingham, Alabama's downtown revitalization. This state-of-the-art museum is housed in the historic and refurbished Loveman's department store building.
In 1998, Discovery Place and Red Mountain Museum merged to create a stimulating interactive science museum now called McWane Science Center.
McWane Science Center, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization, gets its name from the McWane family and McWane Foundation, sources of funding that made the center a reality for Birmingham and the region.
Designed to inspire a life-long love of learning, McWane Science Center has welcomed millions of visitors since opening its doors in 1998. Explorers — from ages 1 to 100 — flock year-round to see, to hear, to touch, and to experience the wonder of science in one of the South’s most unique venues.
Mission:
To change lives through science and wonder.
Strategy:
To combine our unique assets to create unique experiences that parents and teachers value and that kids love.
Board of Trustees
The primary responsibility of the McWane Science Center Board of Trustees is to establish policy for the science center and monitor the execution of that policy.
Chairman: Charles A. Powell IV
Vice Chairman: J.Claude Bennett
Secretary: Thomas A. Ritchie
Treasurer: Forest W.Whatley, Jr.
Jamy D. Ard
Gene Ball
Pamela Grayson Baugh
J. Claude Bennett
Richard J. Bielen
Archie L. Cobbs
Charles W. Daniel
James D. Davis
Marquita F. Davis
Jill V. Deer
Kaye Emack
Charles D. Ernst
Hubert W. Goings, Jr.
David M. Gray
Elias Hendricks, Jr.
C. Duncan Hulsey, II
Susan W. Jackson
Norman Jetmundsen, Jr.
C. Lou Kirchen
Gordon G. Martin
Charles G. Mason
C. Phillip McWane
C. Edwin Miller III
Charles D. Miller
April A. Odom
Dorothy D. Pak
Charles A. Powell IV
Charles W. Redden
James E. Richardson
R. Stephen Ricks
Thomas A. Ritchie
William D. Ritter
Linda Paulmeno Sewell
William E. Smith III
Andre’ J. Taylor
Elissa H. Tyson
Forest W. Whatley, Jr.
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Endowment Board
President: James D. Davis
Secretary: Garland C. Smith
Treasurer: Kristen M. Hudak
Harry H. Bayer
James D. Davis
Kristen M. Hudak
James P. Naftel, II
Lloyd R. Wilson
Charles A. Powell IV
Garland C. Smith
Andre J. Taylor
Forest W. Whatley, Jr.
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