accommodate both viewing formats, according to the website. In summer 2019, the Omnitheater closed briefly to conduct its conversion to digital laser technology. In October 2019, it reopened as the third digital laser IMAX dome theater in the world. The museum is a leading producer of giant screen films, including: Genesis (1978) Living Planet (1979) The Great Barrier Reef (1981) Darwin on the Galapagos (1983) Seasons (1987) Ring of Fire (1991) Tropical Rainforest (1992) Search for the Great Sharks (1995) The Greatest Places (1998) Jane Goodall's Wild Chimpanzees (2002) Tornado Alley (2012) National Parks Adventure (2016) Ancient Caves (2019) The theater was closed for a brief time in early 2014 to repair a leaky roof. Mississippi River Visitor Center Inside the lobby of the Science Museum is the National Park Service Visitor Center for the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, which is open free of charge. Mississippi River exhibits and National Park Rangers are available to help people learn about and experience the Mississippi River. The visitor center is also equipped with resources to help plan trips to any of the more than 390 national parks. Center for Research and Collections The staff in the Science Museum of Minnesota’s Center for Research and Collections care for a collection of over 1.7 million artifacts, objects, and specimens and conduct research in biology, palaeontology, anthropology, water quality, and climate change. In addition to their active research both in the lab and in the field, they conduct outreach with museum visitors, school groups, fellow researchers, and the general public. The museum’s collections are held in a storage vault. Items include dinosaurs and other fossils, preserved animals and plants, and cultural artifacts from extinct and extant civilizations. Researchers visit the vault to take advantage of the collection, but it is not open to regular museum visitors except during special events. St. Croix Watershed Research Station The St. Croix Watershed Research Station is part of the Science Museum’s Center for Research and Collections. It is located in Marine-on-St. Croix, Minnesota. It is the museum’s headquarters for a team of scientists who study water around the world. Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center The Kitty Andersen Youth Science Center (KAYSC) is an informal learning environment for young people. IDEAL Center The museum is also home to the IDEAL (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Access and Leadership) Center. What started as one of the leading professional development resources for