Quote Originally Posted by scottk View Post
The whole wall wrap looks like it was designed last minute in PowerPoint. At least the OmniDome had a semi-decent logo during its existence, this literally is Word Art with a made up planet and out of place branding for a logo. Doesn't seem world class for the millions spent on it.

If you have visited other science museums, you quickly realize that the only thing SMO really has going for itself is square footage, which I think hurts them in keeping everything working and relevant on limited budgets. There are also large areas of just empty space at SMO.

Scott Family Amazeum in Bentonville, Exploration Place in Wichita are much smaller, but seem to be much more modern and interactive. The Perot Museum is laid out on four or five floors in Dallas, but each floor seems packed with working exhibits, and meaningful traveling exhibitions.
I dont think that's an entirely fair evaluation. There are some areas that are open, but I actually like having that open space with the breathing room. It's also expansion room for one day in the future. Yes, there are areas that seriously need to be updated (that whole dental and earthquake zone) and yes a lot of displays seem to be broken. But I do see that around the country at other places as well. But you can see where MASSIVE effort (and funding) was put in for areas like the Curiocity area. That was a major game changer for SMO in terms of interactions and exhibits. But they were able to do that without really having to take much out because they have that space.

I'd really like to see the air and space area expanded myself and some of the more modern concepts added like AI or more computer focused exhibits since that's relevant now. Why not talk about radio/cell and how those work. There are a LOT of areas of science that could be expanded on, but like you said, they also have a limited budget to do these things without a big donor...hence Loves. Unless you're willing to give them a couple million dollars, then your entrance ticket isn't going to fit the bill. Even if they have weird really old areas like the bikes that just hang there, or weird art that doesn't make sense to me at a science museum....but it's still tons better than most anything like it around the country.