Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention

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Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention
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Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention
EstablishedMay 19, 2018;7 years ago (2018-05-19)
Location811 S Main St, Gainesville, FL 32601
Coordinates 29°38′37″N82°19′29″W / 29.6437°N 82.3248°W / 29.6437; -82.3248
DirectorBradley Gamble
Website www.cademuseum.org

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]

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History

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]

Building

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Interior of museum

The museum is located at a corner in Depot Park. [3] It is 26,000 square feet (2,400 m2). [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]

Exhibits

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Printing press on display

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 Gutenberg 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]

Activities

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]

References

  1. ↑ "Cade Museum for Creativity & Invention". Events in Gainesville and What's Good in Alachua County, FL. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Mission & Vision". CADE MUSEUM. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Friend, S.; Keatley, J. (2018). Explorer's Guide North Florida & the Panhandle (Third Edition) (Explorer's Complete). Explorer's Complete. Countryman Press. p. 201. ISBN   978-1-68268-135-0 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  4. 1 2 "History". CADE MUSEUM. July 21, 2004. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Johnson, Dennis (May 21, 2018). "Cade Museum Opens In Gainesville As Hub For Invention". WUFT News. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "The Building". CADE MUSEUM. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  7. ↑ Jones, David (April 6, 1916). "Cade Museum celebrates one year anniversary". WCJB. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 Swirko, Cindy (May 20, 2018). "New Cade Museum sparks the public's imagination". The Gainesville Sun. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Cade Museum assists schools through STEAM".
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