Rockford Register Star, June 30, 2019, Alex Gary.
Discovery Center
Julianne S. Snively, 1942-2019
Source: Rockford Register Star, May 6, 2019
Rockford Coming Back, Chicago Tribune, Nov. 18, 2018, Section 5, pp.1,5
Source: Chicago Tribune, Nov. 18, 2018, Section 5, pp. 1,5
Wolf, Sarah
Also see Discovery Center Museum. Feature, on group photo Rockford Woman magazine, September-October 2011
Source: Rockford Woman Magazine September – October 2011
Pro-Am lands Weekley, newest Illini star – 2016
Source: Rockford Register Star 6/22/2016
Source: Rockford Register Star 6/22/2016
Riverfront Museum Park
See also: Main Street North 813
See also: Discovery Center, Burpee Museum, Rockford Art Association
Dr. Alan Brown, Burpee Museum of Natural History Executive Director
Sarah Wolf, Discovery Center Museum Executive Director
Burpee and Discovery Center Expansions “Tourism, Jobs and Something Wondrous”
…when a 5,000 sq ft Smithsonian-quality hall for traveling exhibits opens…
5,000 sq ft Woodward Exhibition Hall will be completed this Summer
The two science museums although managed separately will share hall
In 2008 more than 144,000 visitors came to Discovery Center
In 2008 more than 90,000 visitors came to Burpee
Source: Northwest Quarterly magazine Spring 2010
Excelsior Award
Excelsior Award honors an organization or institution whose work has a positive impact on the Rock River Valley
1994 Nominees: Alpine Kiwanis, Discovery Center, Hunger Connection, Visiting Nurses Association, United Way of Rock River Valley
The Visiting Nurses Association won the 1994 Excelsior Award
Source: Rockford Register Star, 12/01/1994
Discovery Center – whisper – 1989
“Achal Modi, 8, listens to a whisper from across the room at the Discovery Center on Sunday. The large bowl-shaped screen reflects and concentrates sounds, making even a distant whisper loud enough to be heard.”
Source: Rockford Register Star February 13, 1989