Imagination Station
Museum's main entrance with renovated exterior | |
Former name | Center of Science and Industry (COSI), Toledo Science Center |
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| Established | March 1, 1997 (as COSI) October 10, 2009 |
| Dissolved | December 31, 2007 (as COSI) |
| Location | Toledo, Ohio, United States |
| Coordinates | 41°39′07″N 83°31′53″W / 41.651904°N 83.531468°W |
| Type | Science museum |
| Website | imaginationstationtoledo.org |
Imagination Station (formerly the Center of Science and Industry (COSI)) is a non-profit, hands-on science museum located on the Maumee River in downtown Toledo, Ohio. It has more than 300 exhibits for "children of all ages".
The museum opened in 1997 as COSI. It occupied the former Portside Marketplace, a festival marketplace-style shopping and restaurant complex that operated from 1984 until 1990.
After tax levies failed in 2006 and 2007, COSI closed its doors to the public on the last day of 2007 due to lack of funding. In 2008, voters approved an operating levy to reopen the facility as The Toledo Science Center. This interim name was replaced by "Imagination Station", which opened on October 10, 2009.