LIMSAT Museum
The Long Island Museum of Science & Technology (LIMSAT), chartered in 1997, is Long Island's "hands-on" science and technology center designed to expand to major proportions and world-class quality. Its main goal is to excite and enrich young people, many of whom will be inspired to fill the 21st Century need for a technologically skilled workforce.
The earliest operational phase of LIMSAT, 1999-2001, was a functional research development center, located in two classrooms of R. J. Osgood Middle School in Kings Park, New York. Off-site events included “The Legacy of Marie Curie; 100 Years of Women in Science,” held at SUNY Farmingdale, and a series of lectures at Nassau Community College. LIMSAT conducted tours and educational programs for over 10,000 visitors per year and was instrumental in helping several local school districts fulfill NYS Education Department requirements. The Kings Park location demonstrated the high demand for the exhibits and activities presented.
The LI Technology Hall of Fame Display
In 2003, LIMSAT held the Long Island Technology Hall of Fame (LITHF) dedication ceremony featuring Keynote Speaker and LITHF honoree Dr. James D. Watson, revealing LITHF Inductee plaques to be housed permanently at LIMSAT. As planned, this initial LITHF display area at the Reckson Visitor’s Center is also LIMSAT’s first public presence onsite at Museums at Mitchel Center (Mitchel Field, Garden City, NY), with the intention of expanding the area with interactive exhibits.
LIMSAT is the joint recipient of the 2002 Unisys Award for Online Science Education, and two 2005 Sky & Telescope Awards, for Astronomy Day, and Best New Idea. LIMSAT's current operations include an educational outreach program that visits libraries, schools and community centers throughout Long Island, and has reached over 500,000 people in live web broadcasts. LIMSAT is a member of ASTC, NYIT’s Educational Enterprise Zone, and LIMA.
LIMSAT has completed its first major capital campaign, and has opened its first exhibit at Mitchel Field in close partnership with the Cradle of Aviation Museum. LIMSAT’s main exhibit hall, and next phase, will begin construction in Reckson Visitor’s Center in 2008.