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SOS Network members
Members of the network are defined as those institutions that purchased NOAA's Science On a Sphere® (SOS) system for the purpose of display in a public educational setting, as well as those that are actively supporting the network through a NOAA-funded project.
As of 2019, 154 institutions across the world with SOS comprise the SOS Network. These institutions served over 64 million visitors in 2019.
U.S. institutions
Updated August 2020
Institution | City | State |
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Alaska State Museum | Juneau | AK |
Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute (NOAA/NMFS) | Juneau | AK |
McWane Science Center | Birmingham | AL |
Gulfquest Maritime Museum of the Gulf of Mexico | Mobile | AL |
Grand Canyon Visitor Center (NPS) | Grand Canyon | AZ |
Lawrence Hall of Science | Berkeley | CA |
Orange Coast College Planetarium | Costa Mesa | CA |
Aquarium of the Pacific | Long Beach | CA |
Point Reyes National Seashore (NPS) | Marin County | CA |
Great Valley Museum – Modesto Junior College | Modesto | CA |
NASA Ames Exploration Center | Moffett Field | CA |
The Tech Museum of Innovation | San Jose | CA |
Discovery Cube Orange County | Santa Ana | CA |
Discovery Cube Los Angeles | Sylmar | CA |
Fiske Planetarium and Science Center of Colorado University | Boulder | CO |
NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory | Boulder | CO |
Space Foundation Visitors Center | Colorado Springs | CO |
Denver Museum of Nature & Science | Denver | CO |
University of Colorado South Denver | Parker | CO |
Discovery Museum | Bridgeport | CT |
Buttonwood Park Zoo | New Bedford | CT |
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History | Washington | DC |
Galaxy E3 Elementary | Delray Beach | FL |
The IMAG History and Science Center | Fort Meyers | FL |
E.O. Wilson Biophilia Center | Freeport | FL |
Orlando Science Center | Orlando | FL |
Florida State University - EOAS Building | Tallahassee | FL |
Plantation Key School | Tavernier | FL |
Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (NASA) | Titusville | FL |
South Florida Science Center and Aquarium | West Palm Beach | FL |
Museum of Arts and Sciences | Macon | GA |
Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii | Hilo | HI |
Bishop Museum | Honolulu | HI |
NOAA Inouye Regional Center | Honolulu | HI |
Museum of Science and Industry | Chicago | IL |
Indiana University, Cyberinfrastructure Building | Bloomington | IN |
Fair Oaks Farms | Fair Oaks | IN |
Science Central | Fort Wayne | IN |
Maryland Science Center | Baltimore | MD |
NOAA's National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction | College Park | MD |
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center | Greenbelt | MD |
NOAA Headquarters | Silver Spring | MD |
James E. Richmond Science Center | Waldorf | MD |
Great Lakes Maritime Heritage Center (NOAA/ONMS) | Alpena | MI |
Michigan State University Museum | East Lansing | MI |
Kalamazoo Valley Museum | Kalamazoo | MI |
Detroit Zoological Society | Royal Oak | MI |
Science Museum of Minnesota | St. Paul | MN |
Science City at Union Station | Kansas City | MO |
Marine Education Center, University of Southern Mississippi | Ocean Springs | MS |
Infinity Science Center/NASA Stennis Visitor Center | Stennis Space Center | MS |
Liberty Science Center | Jersey City | NJ |
Morristown-Beard School | Morristown | NJ |
Museum of Life and Science | Durham | NC |
North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island | Manteo | NC |
Imagination Station Science Museum | Wilson | NC |
Metropolitan Community College | Omaha | NE |
St. Paul’s School | Concord | NH |
Santa Fe Community College | Santa Fe | NM |
Wings of Eagles Discovery Center | Horseheads | NY |
Rochester Museum and Science Center | Rochester | NY |
The Wild Center | Tupper Lake | NY |
Boonshoft Museum of Discovery | Dayton | OH |
NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory | Norman | OK |
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | Portland | OR |
Nurture Nature Center | Easton | PA |
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts | Harrisburg | PA |
Earth Day Texas | Dallas | TX |
International Museum of Art & Science | McAllen | TX |
Museum of the Southwest | Midland | TX |
Bay Education Center | Rockport | TX |
Houston Museum of Natural Science at Sugarland | Sugarland | TX |
Clark Planetarium | Salt Lake City | UT |
Danville Science Center | Danville | VA |
James Madison University | Harrisonburg | VA |
Nauticus | Norfolk | VA |
Science Museum of Virginia | Richmond | VA |
NASA Wallops Flight Facility Visitor Center | Wallops Island | VA |
Pacific Science Center | Seattle | WA |
Aldo Leopold Nature Center | Monona | WI |
Non-U.S. institutions
Updated August 2020
Institution |
City |
Country |
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Governor Tauese P.F. Sunia Ocean Center (NOAA/ONMS) | Pago Pago | American Samoa |
MOD, University of Australia | Adelaide | Australia |
Queensland Museum | Brisbane | Australia |
ITAIPU Binacional | Parana | Brazil |
Instituto Oceanografico da Universidade de Sao Paulo | Sao Paulo | Brazil |
TELUS World of Science | Edmonton | Canada |
Museum of Natural History | Halifax, Nova Scotia | Canada |
EcoParque Los Yarumos | Manizales | Colombia |
Techmania Science Center | Pilsen | Czech Republic |
Alternator Science Center | Trebic | Czech Republic |
Climate Planet | Aarhus | Denmark |
Visual Climate Center | Holeby | Denmark |
Heureka, The Finnish Science Centre | Vantaa | Finland |
Cite des Sciences et de L’Industrie | Paris | France |
Cite de L’Espace | Toulouse | France |
Hong Kong Maritime Museum | Hong Kong | Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum | Bangalore | India |
Tamilnadu Science and Technology Centre | Chennai | India |
Science City Kolkata | Kolkata | India |
Nehru Science Centre | Mumbai | India |
Raman Science Centre | Nagpur | India |
National Science Centre | New Delhi | India |
Srikrishna Science Centre | Patna | India |
Kerala State Science and Technology Museum | Thiruvananthapuram | India |
KSBB Biodiversity Museum | Trivandrum | India |
Room of Science at the Governor's Office | Manado | Indonesia |
Museo delle Scienze | Trento | Italy |
Discovery Center | Higashimatsushima | Japan |
Macao Science Center | Macau | Macau Special Administrative Region |
Climate Institute | Acapulco | Mexico |
Climate Institute | Atlacomulco | Mexico |
Climate Institute | Chilpancingo | Mexico |
Climate Institute | Ciudad Victoria | Mexico |
Climate Institute | Cuernavaca | Mexico |
Climate Institute | Metepec | Mexico |
Climate Institute at the Natural History Museum | Mexico City | Mexico |
Museo del Acero horno3 | Monterrey | Mexico |
Climate Institute, Planetario de Morelia | Morelia | Mexico |
Climate Institute | Oaxaca | Mexico |
Climate Institute | Reynosa | Mexico |
Universidad Autonoma de Coahuila | Saltillo | Mexico |
Climate Institute | Texcoco | Mexico |
Climate Institute | Valle de Bravo | Mexico |
Climate Institute, Casa de la Tierra | Veracruz | Mexico |
Climate Institute | Villahermosa | Mexico |
Baotou International Convention and Exhibition Center Science Museum | Baotou | People's Republic of China |
Beijing Science Center | Beijing | People's Republic of China |
Beijing Huaxinchuanzi Technology Co., Ltd. | Beijing | People’s Republic of China |
China Science and Technology Museum | Beijing | People’s Republic of China |
China Weather Channel, Huafeng Group | Beijing | People’s Republic of China |
Chongqing Museum of Natural History | Chongqing | People's Republic of China |
Dongguan Meteorology and Astronomy Museum | Dongguan | People’s Republic of China |
Second Institute of Oceanography | Hangzhou | People's Republic of China |
Fuzhou Science and Technology Museum | Fuzhou | People’s Republic of China |
China Science and Technology Museum - Polar Experience Hall | Mohe | People's Republic of China |
China Beijiko Meteorological Museum | Nanjing | People’s Republic of China |
China Nantong Meteorological Museum | Nantong | People's Republic of China |
Sanya Meteorological Bureau | Sanya | People's Republic of China |
China Maritime Museum | Shanghai | People’s Republic of China |
Yan'An Science and Technology Museum | Yan'An | People's Republic of China |
Exploreum | Pasay City | Philippines |
Daegu National Science Museum | Daegu | Republic of Korea |
KIGAM Geological Museum | Daejeon | Republic of Korea |
National Youth Space Center | Goheung | Republic of Korea |
Gwacheon National Science Museum | Gwacheon | Republic of Korea |
Gwangju National Science Museum | Gwangju | Republic of Korea |
Science Centre | Singapore | Singapore |
National Museum of Marine Science and Technology | Keelung City | Taiwan |
National Museum of Natural Science | Taichung | Taiwan |
Central Weather Bureau | Taipei | Taiwan |
MTA Natural History Museum | Ankara | Turkey |
Children’s City | Dubai | United Arab Emirates |
National Media Museum | Bradford | United Kingdom |
Science Museum | London | United Kingdom |
Non-SOS institutions
The following organizations contribute to the SOS Network but do not feature an SOS exhibit. Updated August 2020.
Group |
City |
State |
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Exploratorium | San Francisco | CA |
North American Association for Environmental Education | Washington | DC |
Space Science and Engineering Center of University of Wisconsin | Madison | WI |