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Da Vinci Science Center Unveils Plans for Lehigh Valley Health Network My Body Exhibit

Signature experience will help visitors celebrate the human body, explore how it works, and consider how to keep it healthy

Contact: Caroline Scutt, caroline.scutt@nulldavincisciencecenter.org

ALLENTOWN, PA.— The Da Vinci Science Center announced today that Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) will be the title sponsor of the LVHN My Body experience in the new Da Vinci Science Center at PPL Pavilion on Eighth and Hamilton streets in downtown Allentown. 

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Da Vinci Science Center Awarded $8 Million in Redevelopment Assistance Capital Funding

Contact: Caroline Scutt, caroline.scutt@nulldavincisciencecenter.org

ALLENTOWN, PA.— The Da Vinci Science Center is honored to announce it is the recipient of an $8 million grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania through the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RACP) to support the construction of its new state-of-the-art facility in downtown Allentown. RACP is a Commonwealth grant program administered by the Governor’s Office of the Budget for the acquisition and construction of regional economic, cultural, civic, recreational, and historical improvement projects that have a regional or multi-jurisdictional impact, and generate substantial increases or maintain current levels of employment, tax revenues, or other measures of economic activity.

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Da Vinci Science Center Announces New Downtown Allentown Facility is Full STEAM Ahead

Contact: Caroline Scutt, caroline.scutt@nulldavincisciencecenter.org

ALLENTOWN, PA.— The Da Vinci Science Center is poised for the next phase of development of the new state-of-the-art facility that will be a major draw for downtown Allentown. During a virtual update, Science Center Executive Director and CEO Lin Erickson unveiled photorealistic renderings of the facility and exhibits, announced that PPL Corporation would be the title sponsor of the new building, and officially launched the fundraising campaign of $72 million. Current plans call for ground breaking in spring 2022, with the new facility to open in spring 2024.

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Renderings

Hamilton Street Entry

8th Street Entry

Curiosity Hall – Curiosity Mode

Curiosity Hall – Photo Mode

Curiosity Hall Health Program

LVHN Immersive Body 1

LVHN Immersive Body 2

LVHN My Body 1

LVHN My Body 2

Watershed Interpretive

Otter Habitat

Watershed Cave

Floor Plans/Other Visual Assets

Main & Upper Level Diagram

Video Assets

Announcement for LVHN My Body Experience

Students share what the new science center will mean to them

Vincent Sorgi, President & CEO, PPL Corp.

Lin Erickson, Executive Director & CEO, Da Vinci Science Center

Community Leaders Embrace New Possibilities for the Lehigh Valley

Rep. Peter Schweyer, Rep. Mike Schlossberg, Rep. Gary Day, Rep. Ann Flood, Rep. Robert Freeman, Rep. Zach Mako, Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, Rep. Milou Mackenzie, Rep. Jeanne McNeill, and Lehigh County Executive Phil Armstrong

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