Media Advisory - The following ribbon cutting is an invitation to the Media; separate press release for general public information will be forthcoming
CONTACT:
Anne Mancour, Marketing Manager Cell: 248-318-1906 | Office: 810-237-3443 | Email: AMancour@SloanLongway.org Sloan Museum of Discovery Media Preview and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony July 14, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
What: Media outlets are invited to the official ribbon cutting ceremony for the new Sloan Museum of Discovery in Flint, Michigan, with a museum tour to follow. After nearly five years of planning and construction, the new Sloan Museum of Discovery will re-open to the public Saturday, July 16, 2022, featuring brand new science, history and hands-on learning exhibits. The $30 million expansion and renovation of the museum was re-imagined as an inclusive center for the entire community.
Date: Thursday, July 14, 2022
Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. (ribbon cutting ceremony at approximately 11:15 a.m. with tours to follow)
Where: Sloan Museum of Discovery, 1221 E. Kearsley Street, Flint, MI 48503 (parking for media is in the north parking lot off of Longway Boulevard; exit from I-475 on to Longway Boulevard and go east on Longway Boulevard; museum parking will be on the immediate right).
Who: Expected dignitaries attending the ribbon cutting include Ridgway White-President & CEO of the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation; Isaiah M. Oliver-President & CEO of Community Foundation of Greater Flint; Terry Rhadigan-VP of General Motors Global Communications & Corporate Giving; Phil Hagerman-CEO of Forum Health; John Cherry - Michigan State Representative 49th District; Sheldon Neeley-City of Flint Mayor; Todd Slisher-Executive Director of Sloan Museum of Discovery & Longway Planetarium; and others.
To learn more, visit www.SloanLongway.org/DiscoverSloanPress #### About Sloan Museum of Discovery Sloan Museum of Discovery and Longway Planetarium are overseen by the Flint Institute of Science and History with a shared mission to engage communities on a learning journey in history and science. Located within the Flint Cultural Center Campus in Flint, Michigan, Sloan Museum of Discovery will open July 16, 2022, with four primary hands-on learning galleries and one exhibition hall for special traveling exhibits. The original Sloan Museum opened in 1966 as the Sloan Panorama of Transportation, named after long-time General Motors president, chairman and CEO Alfred P. Sloan. The new Sloan Museum of Discovery is nearly twice the size at 107,000 square feet and completely re-built into a world-class, hands-on science and history museum. It is supported in part by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and Michigan Arts and Culture Council (MACC). Sloan Museum of Discovery programs are funded in part by the Genesee County Arts Education and Cultural Enrichment Millage. Learn more at www.SloanLongway.org. | 
