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Poster for the European tour.
Star Trek: Federation Science was a long-running touring exhibition dedicated to illustrating the real science behind the Star Trek series. Produced by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (lead writer, Mark Bourne), the exhibit was originally developed to coincide with both the 25th anniversary and the 1992 International Space Year, and opened in 1992, before becoming a touring exhibition and undertaking an extensive North American tour in September of that year. Two separate, but complete, exhibits toured at the same time. In 1999, a new version of the exhibition began a multi-city European tour.
The exhibition featured over 40 modular touch-screen displays illustrating various scientific concepts, with interactive consoles featuring special "missions", along with instructional videos from Patrick Stewart, Brent Spiner (in character as Data), LeVar Burton and Gates McFadden. The exhibition also included a special planetarium show, Star Trek: Orion Rendezvous.
Star Trek author Christopher L. Bennett was a staff member at the exhibition in Cincinnati in 1996. At that venue, the exhibition attracted 88,926 visitors.
North America
- All dates have been derived from available, but limited, source material, and so may not be completely accurate. Dates in italics indicate approximations due to lack of sufficient information.
- All locations are in the United States unless otherwise indicated.
| Museum | Location | Exhibit | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | Portland, Oregon | First | January 1992 | September 1992 |
| Boston Museum of Science | Boston, Massachusetts | First | October 1992 | unknown |
| Buffalo Museum of Science | Buffalo, New York | First | June 1993 | 6 September 1993 |
| Chicago Museum of Science and Industry | Chicago, Illinois | First | October 1993 | December 1993 |
| Denver Museum of Natural History | Denver, Colorado | ? | February 1994 | April 1994 |
| California Academy of Sciences | San Francisco, California | ? | 5 February 1994 | 1 May 1994 |
| Carnegie Science Center | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | ? | 1 July 1994 | December 1994 |
| Science World, British Columbia | Vancouver, Canada | ? | 1994 | 5 September 1994 |
| Franklin Institute Science Museum | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ? | 7 October 1994 | 2 January 1995 |
| Museum of Science and Industry | Tampa, Florida | ? | February 1995 | August 1995 |
| Morris Museum | Morristown, New Jersey | ? | 1 February 1995 | 30 April 1995 |
| The Science Place | Dallas, Texas | ? | October 1995 | December 1995 |
| Virginia Air and Space Museum | Hampton, Virginia | ? | 26 January 1996 | 30 April 1996 |
| Cincinnati Museum Center | Cincinnati, Ohio | ? | 3 February 1996 | 28 April 1996 |
| Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | Portland, Oregon | First | May 1996 | 1996 |
| Pacific Science Center | Seattle, Washington | Second | 25 May 1996 | September 1996 |
| Ontario Science Center | Ontario, Canada | ? | 1996 | 5 January 1997 |
| Science Center of Iowa | Des Moines, Iowa | ? | January 1997 | 27 April 1997 |
| San Bernardino County Museum | Redlands, California | ? | 27 April 1997 | unknown |
| Great Lakes Science Center | Cleveland, Ohio | ? | 1997 | August 1997 |
| Miami Museum of Science | Miami, Florida | ? | 31 January 1998 | 3 May 1998 |
| Maryland Science Center | Baltimore, Maryland | ? | 27 September 1997 | 4 January 1998 |
| South Carolina State Museum | Columbia, South Carolina | ? | January 1999 | April 1999 |
| Cumberland Science Museum (now Adventure Science Center) | Nashville, Tennessee | ? | August 1999 | unknown |
| Gulf Coast Explorium | Mobile, Alabama | ? | 2 October 1999 | 2 January 2000 |
| South Florida Science Museum | Palm Beach, Florida | ? | 29 January 2000 | 1 May 2000 |
| Virginia Air and Space Museum | Hampton, Virginia | ? | January 2001 | unknown |
| Grand Rapids Museum Center | Grand Rapids, Michigan | ? | 26 May 2001 | 3 September 2001 |
European tour
| Museum | Location | Opened | Closed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hansestadt Bremen | Bremen, Germany | 22 January 1999 | 11 April 1999 |
| Kunsthal | Rotterdam, The Netherlands | 18 December 1999 | 2 April 2000 |
| Museokeskus Vapriikki | Tampere, Finland | 28 April 2000 | 20 August 2000 |
| Science Museum | London, UK | 15 September 2000 | 22 April 2001 |
| Hancock Museum | Newcastle, UK | 12 May 2001 | 9 September 2001 |
| Tekniska Museet | Stockholm, Sweden | 18 November 2001 | 18 April 2002 |
| Museum of Science and Industry | Manchester, UK | 28 June 2002 | 27 October 2002 |
| National Museum and Gallery of Wales | Cardiff, UK | November 2002 | 22 April 2003 |
| Odyssey | Belfast, UK | 9 May 2003 | 7 September 2003 |