In addition, MOSI unveiled its expanded centre for STEAM learning, which now boasts an additional 30,000 square feet of classroom and lab space. <\/p>\n
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The expansion includes a cooking lab, three computer labs, and a makerspace with advanced tools such as 3D printers.<\/p>\n
“Our new name, Museum of Science & Innovation, captures the trajectory and energy of MOSI as we look to the future,” said John Graydon Smith, MOSI president and CEO. <\/p>\n
“We\u2019re in a rapidly changing world, and Tampa Bay can count on MOSI to help make sense of what\u2019s happening now and what\u2019s coming next.”<\/p>\n
MOSI growth plans<\/p>\n
The new additions to MOSI are part of the institution’s wider growth plans, which includes last year’s opening of the Saunders Planetarium & Digital Dome Theatre<\/a> \u2013 the largest planetarium in Florida and the second largest in the US.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re not getting bigger simply for the sake of getting bigger,” said Smith. <\/p>\n “MOSI is evolving and growing strategically because we\u2019re seeing the demand in our community for a first-class partner in science and innovation<\/a>. <\/p>\n “Our attendance has continued to climb, jumping up by nearly 35 percent with the opening of the Saunders Planetarium. The message is clear: MOSI is here to stay in North Tampa.”<\/p>\n Last year, MOSI opened a new AI <\/a>exhibit<\/a> where guests can solve puzzles and paint with machines.<\/p>\n Images courtesy of MOSI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOSI, Tampa’s Museum of Science & Industry, has announced a new name, and debuted a new digital content…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":134881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[54631,50575,28,66091,66090,66093,66092,135,137,136,1617],"class_list":{"0":"post-134880","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-attraction-design","9":"tag-attractions-business","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-museum-design","12":"tag-museum-expansion","13":"tag-museum-management","14":"tag-science-centres","15":"tag-tampa","16":"tag-tampa-headlines","17":"tag-tampa-news","18":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/134881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"mosi](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769604427_157_mosi-tampa.jpg\")