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Hawaii Children's Discovery Center is a children's museum located near Honolulu, Hawaii's Kaka'ako Waterfront Park. Founded in 1989,〔''(A Legacy of Love )'', Midweek, MidWeek Printing, 2009〕 the museum receives over 200,000 visits from children and their families every year. It is a non-profit organization with tax-exempt status, and a member of the Association of Children's Museums.〔''(Find a Museum )'', Association of Children's Museums〕 == History == Hawaii Children's Discovery Center opened as Hawaii Children’s Museum of Art, Culture, Science and Technology〔 in December 1989〔''(President's Message )'', Hawaii Children's Discovery Center〕 at a storefront location at the Dole Food Company cannery in Honolulu's Iwilei industrial neighborhood. The original museum closed in 1994, having served about 250,000 visitors,〔''(From the ashes, for the kids )'', Jerry Tune, Star-Advertiser, 1996〕 following the cannery's closure in 1991.〔''(About Us )'', Dole Cannery, Castle & Cooke Properties〕 In 1998, the museum re-opened as Hawaii Children's Discovery Center at the renovated and expanded site of the old Kewalo incinerator〔 under a 40-year lease with the Hawaii Community Development Authority (HCDA).〔 To prepare the site, which had been abandoned since 1977 when the incinerator could not satisfy higher air pollution standards,〔''(Garbage In Paradise: A History of Honolulu's Refuse Division )'', City & County of Honolulu's Department of Environmental Services, 2005〕 the HCDA spent $2 million USD gutting the incinerator, removing lead and asbestos, oil tanks and furnaces and stabilizing the structure according to current building code. New construction added 20,000 square feet to the existing 17,000-square-foot facility.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hawaii Children's Discovery Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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