Press Room
Reporters, editors, and bloggers -- MOSI is your go-to resource for stories about family fun, innovative education, new technology, space, and more! Get in touch here.
Media Contact for News Coverage
Janet White
Director of Education
813-987-6329 | janet.white@mosi.org
Resources for News Media
MOSI Press Releases
- Dinosaurs are invading Tampa’s MOSI this summer
- MOSI to host Dinosaurs Around the World
- MOSI Names John Graydon Smith as President and CEO
- MOSI celebrates first annual Tampa Bay Water Days!
- MOSI is a 2021 Blue Star Museum
- MOSI President and CEO Julian Mackenzie announces retirement
- MOSI Reopening Plan
- Bret Feldman named new MOSI Board Chair
- Virtual MOSI to start on Monday, March 23rd, 2020
- MOSI plans full calendar of events to celebrate 50th Anniversary of Apollo Moon landing
- Prominent community leaders join MOSI Board of Directors expanding knowledge diversity and vision for the future
- MOSI returns to Polk county schools with grant-funded robotics programs for a second year
- MOSI reopens on November 18th, 2017 after renovation project completed
- MOSI - Tampa Police Department Safe Place Partnership
- MOSI Board promotes CFO with international experience in business turnarounds to President & CEO
MOSI Overview
MOSI is operated by the Museum of Science & Industry Foundation, a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization that is managed by the president and a volunteer board of directors made up of community leaders. The foundation is a private, non-profit corporation which seeks to inspire the public through hands-on, minds-on experiences involving science, technology, and various industries. Sources of revenue include admissions, public and private contributions, membership, and community events. MOSI is closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
MOSI in the News
- MOSI offering 100+ STEAM-based camps this summer for youth
- High Point Gamer Hosts This Year’s Beyond Meta Event
- Learn about saving the planet at MOSI’s EcoFest this weekend
- Wharton High School physics students take experiments to new heights at MOSI
- MOSI's 'Video Game Revolution' exhibit is a hands-on history lesson from Pong to Minecraft
- Back to School Events
- MOSI's turnaround story is a lesson for business leaders in making bold moves, forcing change
- MOSI: Tampa's Favorite Science Museum
- Top Must-Visit Florida Museums for 2018
- Once on the verge of closing for good, MOSI turned a profit in 2017
- Will they ‘take over a city’? Probably not, but MOSI’s robots captured imaginations in a Lakeland classroom