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Science Enrichment Encounters, or SEE, is a hands-on children's science museum 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. 1986 seems to have been the museum's first operating season, as they consider 2026 to be their 40th anniversary since 1986. 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.
In addition to the hands-on museum, SEE also hosts summer camps and seems to have operated alongside [[FIRST Place]] camps for a time.
In addition to the hands-on museum, SEE also hosts summer camps and seems to have operated alongside [[FIRST Place]] camps for a time.

Revision as of 00:10, 12 February 2026

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 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.