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Established | May 19, 2018 |
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Location | 811 S Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601 |
Coordinates | 29°38′37″N 82°19′29″W / 29.6437°N 82.3248°W |
Director | Stephanie Bailes |
Website |
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The Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention is a museum in Gainesville, Florida that has a mission “to transform communities by inspiring and equipping future inventors, entrepreneurs, and visionaries.” [1] [2] The museum is named after Robert Cade, the lead inventor of Gatorade, and reflects his view of combining science and art in a manner of “purposeful creativity”. [3]
In 2004, Cade Museum Foundation was established by Dr. Cade and his family. [4] The foundation planned to design and build a museum in Gainesville. [4] The museum was funded by a culmination of 13 years of fundraising by the Cade Museum Foundation, which raised $9.2 million. [5] The building was designed by GWWO Architects in Baltimore. [6] Construction took place from April 2016 to November 2017 by Oelrich Construction. [6] In May 2018, the museum was officially opened. [6] [5] The opening of the museum took place in the setting of a revitalization process in downtown Gainesville. [5]
There were 55,000 visitors to the museum the first year of opening. [7]
The museum is located at a corner in Depot Park. [3] It is 26,000 square feet. [3] [5]
The interior of the museum has windows to allow for light. [5] The building’s design is in the spiral shape of a nautilus shell that reflects math concepts like the Fibonacci sequence and the golden ratio. [5] [8]
There are exhibits on inventions and technology that came from the University of Florida. [3] The museum has one wing dedicated to Dr. Cade, which has his lab from the University of Florida and information about the development of Gatorade. [8] Water-cooled football shoulder pads are also displayed. [8]
The museum has a Gutenburg printing press more than 160 years old. [5] Creativity and fabrication labs are also part of the museum. [3]
On the second floor, there are plaques of inventors such as Nikola Tesla and the inventor of the zipper. [5]
The museum caters to people of all ages. [5] It also offers summer camps. [8]
STEAM (Science, technology, engineering, arts, math) workshops are available where attendants can meet living inventors. [3] An inventor from any of fields such as business, science, and medicine comes to the museum every Saturday. [5] [8] The STEAM program is half-funded by a four-year, matching federal grant. [9]