Following our previous look at an opening for a Chairperson of Graduate Architecture at The Pratt Institute School of Architecture, we are using the first 2025 edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open role on Archinect Jobs for a Museum Technology Manager at the California Science Center.
Based in Los Angeles, the role calls for a “dynamic leader with a passion for delivering impactful museum installations through meticulous planning and execution.” The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing the delivery of digital media, interactive displays, and immersive technologies, including managing project timelines, coordinating resources, and driving innovation in installation design.
Among the qualifications for the role are a Bachelor's degree in museum studies, exhibit design, arts administration, theme park management, or a related field as well as three or more years experience in logistics and project management within the museum, exhibit design, experience design, fine art, theme park, film production management, or related industries.
The open role at the California Science Center comes as the center nears completion on a major expansion project at its Los Angeles Exposition park location. Named the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, the new complex will host the decommissioned Space Shuttle Endeavour when completed in mid-2025.
Archinect first reported on the expansion in June 2022, when ZGF Architects unveiled details of the project as it broke ground. The 200,000-square-foot center was designed to expand the museum’s programmable exhibition space by 110,00 square feet, arranged around three thematic galleries, named Air, Space, and Shuttle.
In January 2024, the iconic Space Shuttle Endeavour was transported to the site to be positioned in its permanent home within the center. The shuttle is housed within a gallery rising 20 stories to a maximum height of 200 feet, complete with its solid rocket boosters and external tank positioned in a vertical ‘ready to launch’ configuration. The gallery thus contains the only complete stack of space shuttle flight hardware in the world.
In October, we reported on the topping out of the $425 million center. When completed in mid-2025, the project will represent the final phase of the California Science Center’s three-phase, three-decade master plan to develop a comprehensive educational center across LA’s Exposition Park.
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