Dome roof crowns museum

摘要

Driving on Interstate 5 along the Sacramento River north of downtown Sacramento in California, travelers see an unusual looking building with angled stripes on its walls and topped with a giant, glossy silver-gray dome. It is no coincidence the gray dome looks like a planet emerging over a horizon, and the angled, dark stripes, called vectors, allude to space and mathematics. Inside the dome, there is a planetarium. And inside the building, visitors to the SMUD Museum of Science and Curiosity (formerly the Powerhouse Science Center) learn about science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM).