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Science Enrichment Encounters, or SEE, is a hands-on children's science museum conceived in 1984 and established in 1985 by [[Dean Kamen]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19990203233823/http://www.usfirst.org/dean.html FIRST Profile - Dean Kamen]</ref>. It was originally located at 324 Commercial St. in Manchester, New Hampshire<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19970415145323/http://www.see-sciencecenter.org/index.htm SEE Home Page]</ref> but moved in late 1998 to FIRST headquarters at 200 Bedford Street. The museum opened in 1986, celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2026. SEE's website can be found at [https://see-sciencecenter.org/ https://see-sciencecenter.org/] | Science Enrichment Encounters, or SEE, is a hands-on children's science museum conceived in 1984 and established in 1985 by [[Dean Kamen]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19990203233823/http://www.usfirst.org/dean.html FIRST Profile - Dean Kamen]</ref>. It was originally located at 324 Commercial St. in Manchester, New Hampshire<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19970415145323/http://www.see-sciencecenter.org/index.htm SEE Home Page]</ref> but moved in late 1998 to FIRST headquarters at 200 Bedford Street. The museum opened in 1986, celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2026. SEE's website can be found at [https://see-sciencecenter.org/ https://see-sciencecenter.org/] | ||
The museum is home to the [https://see-sciencecenter.org/the-lego-millyard-project/# Lego Millyard Project], a scale Lego model of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoskeag_Manufacturing_Company Amoskeag Millyard] circa 1900, complete with trains and a Lego minifigure population of 8000. | The museum is home to the [https://see-sciencecenter.org/the-lego-millyard-project/# Lego Millyard Project], a scale Lego model of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoskeag_Manufacturing_Company Amoskeag Millyard] circa 1900, complete with trains and a Lego minifigure population of over 8000. In addition to the hands-on museum, SEE also hosts summer camps and seems to have operated alongside [[FIRST Place]] camps for a time and has operated the travelling SEEmobile mobile science demonstration program since at least the 1990s. | ||
In addition to the hands-on museum, SEE also hosts summer camps and seems to have operated alongside [[FIRST Place]] camps for a time. | |||
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| Address | 200 Bedford Street |
| Location | Manchester, NH |
| Opened | 1986 |
Science Enrichment Encounters, or SEE, is a hands-on children's science museum conceived in 1984 and established in 1985 by Dean Kamen[1]. It was originally located at 324 Commercial St. in Manchester, New Hampshire[2] but moved in late 1998 to FIRST headquarters at 200 Bedford Street. The museum opened in 1986, celebrating their 40th anniversary in 2026. SEE's website can be found at https://see-sciencecenter.org/
The museum is home to the Lego Millyard Project, a scale Lego model of the Amoskeag Millyard circa 1900, complete with trains and a Lego minifigure population of over 8000. In addition to the hands-on museum, SEE also hosts summer camps and seems to have operated alongside FIRST Place camps for a time and has operated the travelling SEEmobile mobile science demonstration program since at least the 1990s.