J apan ese - language ▁films ▁Category : S cience ▁fiction ▁war ▁films ▁Category : T oh o ▁to k us ats u ▁films ▁Category : Fil ms ▁produced ▁by ▁S ane z umi ▁F uj im oto ▁Category : 1 9 6 0 s ▁political ▁films ▁Category : 1 9 6 0 s ▁war ▁films <0x0A> </s> ▁Sci en center ▁is ▁a ▁hands - on ▁science ▁museum ▁in ▁I th aca , ▁New ▁York . ▁It ▁was ▁founded ▁on ▁February ▁ 2 8 , ▁ 1 9 8 3 ▁as ▁a ▁ 5 0 1 ( c )( 3 ) ▁not - for - pro fit ▁educational ▁organization . ▁The ▁Sci en center ▁grew ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁volunte er - run ▁hands - on ▁science ▁program ▁run ▁for ▁ 1 5 ▁years ▁at ▁several ▁elementary ▁schools ▁in ▁the ▁I th aca ▁City ▁School ▁District . ▁The ▁community - based ▁tradition ▁continued ▁as ▁the ▁museum ▁grew ▁to ▁be ▁nation ally ▁known , ▁despite ▁not ▁having ▁a ▁paid ▁staff ▁until ▁the ▁ 1 9 9 0 s . ▁The ▁Sci en center ▁is ▁acc red ited ▁by ▁the ▁American ▁Alliance ▁of ▁Museum s ▁( A AM ), ▁and ▁is ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Association ▁of ▁Science - Te chn ology ▁Cent ers ▁( AST C ) ▁and ▁Association ▁of ▁Children ' s ▁Museum s ▁( AC M ). ▁ ▁Begin nings ▁ ▁The ▁Sci en center ▁grew ▁out ▁of ▁the ▁vision ▁of ▁community ▁volunte ers ▁Deb bie ▁Le vin ▁and ▁Il ma ▁Lev ine