LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, Nov. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Evidence Design, the lead exhibition planning and design studio for the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center, celebrates the center’s November 13, 2026, opening at the California Science Center. The new 200,000-square-foot expansion nearly doubles the Science Center’s exhibition space and is the permanent home for Space Shuttle Endeavour, the only place in the world to see a complete, authentic Space Shuttle system displayed in a vertical, 20-story launch position.
Space Shuttle Endeavour in launch position in the Samuel Oschin Shuttle Gallery. PHOTO: California Science Center
Enlisted in 2012, the Evidence Design team, led by partners Jack Pascarosa, AIA, and Shari Berman, provided comprehensive interpretive master planning, exhibit design, and building integration services for the exhibitions and extensive air and spacecraft collection. Working closely with the California Science Center and project architect ZGF, Evidence helped shape the visitor experience around the vertical display of Endeavour, creating an integrated, seamless, and powerful experience.
Evidence Design has been an outstanding partner—working with the Science Center team to create an unparalleled educational experience that will inspire future generations of scientists, engineers, and explorers. They have shared our passion and commitment to make the Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center a memorable and engaging hands-on experience based on sound science and engineering. Throughout the many years of working together and facing numerous challenges, Evidence Design has shown creativity and commitment to the Science Center’s vision. Jeffery Rudolph, president and CEO of the California Science Center.
Evidence Design, in collaboration with the California Science Center’s exhibit team, developed an extensive program of over 100 hands-on interactive exhibits with diverse digital and physical interfaces, as well as an engaging media program that leverages stunning imagery to contextualize the aerospace collections with impactful stories of human achievement. Ranging from monumental glowing starfields to detailed artifact labels and technical diagrams, a timeless, accessible bilingual exhibit graphics program was designed to interpret the impressive collections and the science behind the interactives. Exhibits designed for the Center’s three galleries—the Samuel Oschin Shuttle Gallery, the Kent Kresa Space Gallery, and the Korean Air Aviation Gallery—include: The 747 Experience, an immersive theater inside a real Korean Air fuselage; wind tunnels to investigate the forces of flight; a mini theater inside a section of a solid rocket booster; an immersive whole-body virtual tour of the International Space Station; and a domed Cosmos theater displaying breathtaking imagery of stars, galaxies, and planets and the instruments that bring them into focus from light-years away.
The Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center opens to the public on November 13, 2026, at the California Science Center in Exposition Park, Los Angeles.
About Evidence Design
Evidence Design is an award-winning museum planning and exhibit design studio creating new directions in spatial communication and learning for over 25 years. Its multidisciplinary team includes architects, industrial designers, graphic designers, and content specialists who plan and design museum exhibitions and other dynamic information environments.
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