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Rochester Museum and Science Center

The Rochester Museum & Science Center is a in , dedicated to community education in science, technology and local history. The museum also operates the , located next to the museum, and the Cumming Nature Center, a 900-acre nature preserve near .
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: science museum in Rochester, New York, United States
  • Also known as: “Bausch Science Center”, “RMSC”, “rmsc.org”, and “Rochester Museum & Science Center”
  • Address: 657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Strasenburgh Planetarium and George Eastman Museum.

Planetarium
The is a public planetarium located at 663 East Avenue in the city of . It is named after its benefactors, Edwin and Clara Strasenburgh.

Museum
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The , also referred to as George Eastman House and the International Museum of Photography and Film, is a photography , located on the grounds of the George Eastman's estate in . is situated 2,100 feet east of Rochester Museum and Science Center.

Buddhist temple
Photo: Golgofrinchian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a Sōtō and Rinzai Zen Buddhist sangha in the Kapleau lineage, located in and established in 1966 by Philip Kapleau. It is one of the oldest Zen centers in the United States. is situated 570 feet west of Rochester Museum and Science Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include East Avenue Historic District and South Wedge Historic District.

Neighborhood
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a national historic district located at in . The district consists of a series of large 19th and early 20th century homes, houses of worship, meeting houses, and museums.

Neighborhood
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South Wedge is a historic district and neighborhood in southeast , in a predominantly residential section of the city. The district includes a variety of buildings constructed between the 1840s and 1920s, mainly two-story detached family residences.

Locality
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The is the local name for the intersection of Interstate 490, I-590, New York State Route 590, NY 96, and University Avenue on the east side of , in the United States. is situated 2 miles east of Rochester Museum and Science Center.

Rochester Museum and Science Center

Latitude
43.15239° or 43° 9′ 9″ north
Longitude
-77.58766° or 77° 35′ 16″ west
Elevation
515 feet (157 metres)
Open location code
87M45C26+XW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 270109894
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
8084642
Wiki­data ID
Q7354000
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In Other Languages

From Belarusian to Ukrainian—“Rochester Museum and Science Center” goes by many names.
  • Belarusian: “Музей і навуковы цэнтр Рочэстэра”
  • Bulgarian: “Музей и научен център Рочестър”
  • Croatian: “Rochester muzej i znanstveni centar”
  • Czech: “Rochester Museum and Science Center”
  • Esperanto: “Roĉestra Muzeo kaj Sciencocentro”
  • Finnish: “Rochester Museum and Science Center”
  • French: “musée et centre scientifique de Rochester”
  • French: “Musée et centre scientifique de Rochester”
  • Georgian: “როჩესტერის მუზეუმი და სამეცნიერო ცენტრი”
  • German: “Rochester Museum and Science Center”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο και Κέντρο Επιστημών του Ρότσεστερ”
  • Hungarian: “Rochester Museum and Science Center”
  • Indonesian: “Museum dan Pusat Sains Rochester”
  • Japanese: “RMSC”
  • Japanese: “ロチェスター博物館・科学センター”
  • Latin: “Museum et Centrum Scientiae Rocestriensis”
  • Latvian: “Ročesteras muzejs un zinātnes centrs”
  • Macedonian: “Музеј и научен центар во Рочестер”
  • Polish: “Muzeum i Centrum Nauki w Rochester”
  • Portuguese: “Museu e Centro Científico de Rochester”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul și Centru Științific din Rochester”
  • Russian: “Рочестерский музей и научный центр”
  • Slovak: “Rochesterské múzeum a vedecké centrum”
  • Spanish: “Museo y Centro de Ciencias de Rochester”
  • Turkish: “Rochester Müzesi ve Bilim Merkezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей і науковий центр Рочестера”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Rochester Museum and Science Center”. Photo: RMSC rochester, CC BY-SA 4.0.