Discovery Times Square

Discovery Times Square (also known as Discovery TSX) is an exhibition space at 226 West 44th Street in New York City that opened June 24, 2009 and specializes in traveling exhibitions. It has 60,000 square feet of exhibition space "In Times Square, a Place for Grand Exhibitions" It is one of three exhibitions that caters to Times Square tourists (the others being Madame Tussauds and Ripley's Believe It or Not!).

Operated by Discovery Communications and Running Subway Productions, it is located in Times Square in the basement in the former printing plant area of The Times Square Building (the former New York Times Building).[1]

Its goal is "to create a home for traveling exhibitions that local museums might find either too large, too expensive, too nondisciplinary or too commercial for their nonprofit attention."[2]

The President of Discovery Times Square is James Sanna[3] and the museum's current director is Jim Arnemann.[4]

Exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ Sisario, Ben (June 3, 2009). "In Times Square, a Place for Grand Exhibitions". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
  2. 1 2 3 Rothstein, Edward (June 25, 2009). "Relics From the Deep and the Dawn of Man". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2009.
  3. ↑ Coppola, Mike (March 9, 2011). "James Sanna in Harry Potter Exhibition Preview–Opens at Discovery TSX". Zimbio. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Kuperinsky, Amy (September 30, 2011). "CSI: The Experience makes a game of crime in Times Square". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  5. ↑ Rothstein, Edward (November 19, 2009). "Flights of Mind, Brought to Life". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  6. ↑ Rothstein, Edward (April 22, 2010). "Mystique of Tut, Increasing With Age". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  7. ↑ Fury, Jeanne (March 2, 2011). "Pompeii at Discovery Times Square". Newsday. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  8. ↑ Haq, Husna (April 5, 2011). "Harry Potter: The Exhibition opens at New York's Discovery Times Square". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  9. ↑ Rothstein, Edward (April 4, 2011). "Behind the Wizard's Wand: Making the Harry Potter Films". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
  10. ↑ McGrath, Charles (October 7, 2011). "A Body, Blood and Computers: Just Like TV". The New York Times. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
  11. ↑ Rothstein, Edward (October 28, 2011). "The Scrolls as a Start, Not an End". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  12. ↑ Cotter, Holland (April 26, 2012)."The Emperor Is Dead. His Army Marches On". The New York Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  13. ↑ Rothstein, Edward (May 17, 2012). "Where Shoes Listen and Coins Kill". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  14. ↑ PRNewswire (April 17, 2013). "SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure to Drop Anchor at New York City's Discovery Times Square". Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  15. ↑ Rothstein, Edward (June 13, 2013). "A Vision That's Not Quite a Snap". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  16. ↑ Rothstein, Edward (May 9, 2013). "Comfortable Out of Their Own Skin". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  17. ↑ Schmidt, Gregory (May 29, 2014). "Wanted: Backup for Iron Man and Captain America". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
  18. ↑ Shattuck, Kathryn (July 2, 2015). "The Hunger Games: The Exhibition Allows Kids to Express Their Inner Katniss". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2015.

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