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California Science Center asks for maintenance funding; opening timeline for Air and Space Center not yet set

3172290 · May 1, 2025
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The California Science Center described near‑completion of its Air and Space Center building and requested maintenance funding; the subcommittee was told that resources to open the center to the public have not been identified and an opening in FY2025–26 is unlikely without additional funds.

The California Science Center told the subcommittee that construction of its Air and Space Center—the phase that will house the space shuttle Endeavour and a large collection of aircraft and spacecraft—is nearly complete, but state funding requests before the committee cover maintenance and custodial obligations rather than public opening and operations.

Jeff Rudolph, President of the California Science Center, said the project nearly doubles the museum’s footprint and that installation of artifacts and exhibits has begun. The building itself is close to completion, but the museum’s…

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