Liberty Science Center
Liberty Science Center is an interactive science museum and learning center located in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey, United States. At its opening, it was the largest such planetarium in the Western Hemisphere and the world's fourth largest.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: non-profit organization in the USA
- Also known as: “lsc.org”
- Address: 222 Jersey City Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ellis Island and Liberty State Park station.
Ellis Island
Islet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Ellis Island is an island in New York Harbor, within the U.S. states of New Jersey and New York. Owned by the U.S. government, Ellis Island was once the busiest immigrant inspection and processing station in the United States.
Liberty State Park station
Railway station
Photo: Moodygamer, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Liberty State Park station is a station on the Hudson–Bergen Light Rail located between Communipaw and Johnston Avenues in Jersey City, New Jersey. The station opened on April 15, 2000. Liberty State Park station is situated 870 feet northwest of Liberty Science Center.
Jersey City Medical Center
Hospital
Photo: Jim.henderson, CC0.
The Jersey City Medical Center is a hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey. The hospital has had different facilities in the city. It is currently located on a 15-acre campus at Grand Street and Jersey Avenue overlooking New York Harbor and Liberty State Park. Jersey City Medical Center is situated 2,800 feet north of Liberty Science Center.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Communipaw and Jersey City.
Communipaw
Village
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Communipaw is a neighborhood in Jersey City in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It is located west of Liberty State Park and east of Bergen Hill, and the site of one of the earliest European settlements in North America.
Jersey City
Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jersey City is New Jersey's second-largest city. Jersey City sits in Hudson County in the northeastern section of the state, across the Hudson from its older and bigger cousin, New York City and south of Hoboken.
West Side
Hamlet
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The West Side of Jersey City is an area made up of several diverse neighborhoods on either side of West Side Avenue, one of the city's main shopping streets. West Side is situated 1½ miles west of Liberty Science Center.
Liberty Science Center
- Categories: science museum, nonprofit organization, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: City of Jersey City, Hudson County, Gateway, New Jersey, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.70818° or 40° 42′ 29″ northLongitude
-74.0546° or 74° 3′ 17″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Height
33 feet (10 metres)Open location code
87G7PW5W+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 53883375OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Marathi—“Liberty Science Center” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “自由科學中心”
- French: “Liberty Science Center”
- Marathi: “लिबर्टी सायन्स सेंटर”
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