• Museum exhibit with vintage aircraft, ships, and interactive displays, including children and adults exploring.

    Immersive Education

    A museum that connects indoors and outdoors, where exhibitions, landscape, and riverfront work together to reveal the connections between people and environment.

  • Woman touching a large digital display of a galaxy or spiral nebula.

    Living Lab

    Hands-on galleries and interactive spaces invite visitors of all ages to step into science and history, making discovery active and unforgettable.

  • Close-up of a human eye showing detailed iris with green, brown, and blue colors.

    Future Forward Concept

    Designed for evolution—an adaptive, sustainable, and tech-integrated museum that grows with its environment and audience.

  • People, including children, exploring a space-themed museum exhibit with model rockets, space-related displays, and a galactic ceiling.

    Community Connector

    Breaking down barriers to education and green space—seamlessly connecting museum, park, and waterfront as an experience for everyone.

  • People, including children and adults, are in an immersive space-themed exhibit with purple and black visuals of planets and stars projected on the walls, creating a cosmic scene.

    From Big Bang to Big Data

    A sweeping narrative that connects cosmic origins to Jacksonville’s future, showing how natural forces and human ingenuity shape our world.

  • Museum exhibit with a science presentation on the left, a group of people sitting on wooden steps watching a presenter, and illuminated displays about space on the right wall.

    Makerspaces & Interactive Labs

    Hands-on environments where experimentation, creativity, and play drive discovery.

  • People watching a large screen displaying a colorful galaxy and space scene in a planetarium.

    Immersive Theatre

    A multi-functional space designed for astronomy shows, space education, and live programs, this domed theater hosts a variety of content from night sky tours to cutting-edge presentations.

  • Children and adults exploring an indoor museum with animal exhibits, including a large octopus, a giraffe statue, and a leopard display, with informational panels and digital screens.

    Superhuman Gallery

    Explore how animal adaptations inspire breakthroughs in human technology, medicine, and design. Visitors can test their own speed, strength, and agility against nature’s best, then discover how shark skin inspires medical surfaces or how spider silk informs material science.