![]() ![]() This includes redevelopment of Chabot’s entrance, rotunda, and large gallery spaces. While details are still being worked out, “The NASA Experience will transform every corner of Chabot,” said the center’s Marketing and Communication Manager Mary Catherine Frantz. ![]() The first phase is slated to be completed by November 2021, at which point Chabot will reopen to the public after 20 months of what were originally pandemic-induced closure. The top-to-bottom remodel of Chabot’s 86,000-square-foot campus, which is still in the design phase, will be the center’s first full refresh. “Both institutions have ingrained in our being a belief in the importance of sharing what we do with the community,” said Tobin. The new partnership’s most visible component will be the overhaul of Chabot’s public exhibitions to create “The NASA Experience.” Of equal if not greater importance to both organizations are the enhanced community education programs and career development opportunities for Bay Area youth with NASA. And through all of that, we realized there was potential for the broader partnership we’ve put together now.” “We collaborated on exhibitions, speakers series, and significant events. “We found an immediate opportunity for collaboration,” Tobin said. That felt very complementary to and in line with NASA’s goals. “I was intrigued by what Adam described as the vision for Chabot moving forward, particularly being much more than a science-based museum, the connection with education. While Chabot and Ames have collaborated on content and programs at various points since Chabot first opened in Redwood Park in the Oakland hills in 2000, the new partnership was seeded six years ago, when Tu met with Chabot Space & Science Center’s executive director Adam Tobin shortly after both had become directors of their respective organizations. I want to give that back.” Bringing NASA to Oakland “I know firsthand how inspiring that path was for me. “I started at Ames as a volunteer, as a student, and I’ve been at Ames almost my entire career,” Tu said. The just-announced collaboration-detailed in a five-year “Space Act Agreement”-will transform Chabot’s interior, enhance its community education programs, and increase science-based career-development opportunities for Bay Area youth. Tu’s personal experience is one reason he is excited about Ames’ robust new partnership with Oakland’s Chabot Space & Science Center. ![]()
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