Eugene Science Center Educational Programs

Eugene Science Center Educational Programs include interactive exhibits, planetarium shows and presentations, school and public programs, science camps, and special events. The program primarily serves children along with their families, teachers, and guardians.

• Ages: 0–14 years old

Eugene Science Center Educational Programs are part of a charitable non-profit organization. The mission of Eugene Science Center is to inspire scientific curiosity and foster critical thinking about the universe and our place in it. Eugene Science Center was founded in 1961 as the southwest branch of the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), was incorporated in 1977 as the Willamette Science & Technology Center (WISTEC), and opened in its current location in January 1980. The name “Science Factory” was adopted in 2002 and then changed to Eugene Science Center in 2018. The program’s primary brand color is YInMn Blue, a pigment discovered in 2009 by Mas Subramanian at Oregon State University, with complementary orange and green pigments based on the chemistry of YInMn Blue. The brand icon is a creative twist of the Fibonacci sequence, in which every number after the first two is the sum of the two preceding numbers (0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8…).

Last updated June 11, 2026.