Discovery Times Square

Exhibition space

Discovery Times Square (also known as Discovery TSX) was an exhibition space at 226 West 44th Street in New York City that opened June 24, 2009 and closed in September 2016. It specialized in traveling exhibitions with 60,000 square feet of exhibition space ^[1] It was one of several exhibition spaces that catered to Times Square tourists (the others being Madame Tussauds and Ripley's Believe It or Not!).

Operated by Discovery Communications and Running Subway Productions, it was located in Times Square in the basement in the former printing plant area of The Times Square Building (the former New York Times Building).^[2] Its goal was "to create a home for traveling exhibitions that local museums might find either too large, too expensive, too nondisciplinary or too commercial for their nonprofit attention."^[3]

The President of Discovery Times Square was James Sanna.^[4] The museum had two directors, Guy Gsell from opening through November 2011^[5] and Jim Arnemann from 2011 through closing.^[6] Discovery closed without public notice in September 2016.

Exhibitions

Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition (2009–10)^[3]
Lucy's Legacy: The Hidden Treasures of Ethiopia (2009)^[3]
Leonardo da Vinci’s Workshop (2009–10)^[7]
King Tut (2010–11)^[8]
Pompeii The Exhibit: Life and Death In The Shadows of Vesuvius (2011)^[9]
Harry Potter: The Exhibition (2011–13)^[10]^[11]
CSI: The Experience (2011–12)^[6]^[12]
Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times (2011–12)^[13]
Terracotta Warriors: Defenders of China's First Emperor (2012)^[14]
SPY: The Secret World of Espionage (2012–2013)^[15]
SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure (2013)^[16]
The Art of the Brick (2013–14)^[17]
Body Worlds: Pulse (2013–14)^[18]
Marvel's Avengers S.T.A.T.I.O.N (2014–2016)^[19]
The Hunger Games: The Exhibition (2015–2016)^[20]
Star Wars and the Power of Costume (2015-2016)
The Vikings Exhibition (2016)

References

^ "In Times Square, a Place for Grand Exhibitions".
^ Sisario, Ben (June 3, 2009). "In Times Square, a Place for Grand Exhibitions". The New York Times. Retrieved June 8, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Rothstein, Edward (June 25, 2009). "Relics From the Deep and the Dawn of Man". The New York Times. Retrieved June 26, 2009.
^ Coppola, Mike (March 9, 2011). "James Sanna in Harry Potter Exhibition Preview–Opens at Discovery TSX". Zimbio. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
^ "Return of the king". Crain's New York Business. 2010-03-19. Retrieved 2022-10-11.
^ ^a ^b Kuperinsky, Amy (September 30, 2011). "CSI: The Experience makes a game of crime in Times Square". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
^ Rothstein, Edward (November 19, 2009). "Flights of Mind, Brought to Life". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
^ Rothstein, Edward (April 22, 2010). "Mystique of Tut, Increasing With Age". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
^ Fury, Jeanne (March 2, 2011). "Pompeii at Discovery Times Square". Newsday. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
^ Haq, Husna (April 5, 2011). "Harry Potter: The Exhibition opens at New York's Discovery Times Square". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
^ Rothstein, Edward (April 4, 2011). "Behind the Wizard's Wand: Making the Harry Potter Films". The New York Times. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
^ McGrath, Charles (October 7, 2011). "A Body, Blood and Computers: Just Like TV". The New York Times. Retrieved October 15, 2011.
^ Rothstein, Edward (October 28, 2011). "The Scrolls as a Start, Not an End". The New York Times. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
^ Cotter, Holland (April 26, 2012)."The Emperor Is Dead. His Army Marches On". The New York Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
^ Rothstein, Edward (May 17, 2012). "Where Shoes Listen and Coins Kill". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
^ PRNewswire (April 17, 2013). "SHIPWRECK! Pirates & Treasure to Drop Anchor at New York City's Discovery Times Square" Archived July 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Yahoo! Finance. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
^ Rothstein, Edward (June 13, 2013). "A Vision That's Not Quite a Snap". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
^ Rothstein, Edward (May 9, 2013). "Comfortable Out of Their Own Skin". The New York Times. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
^ Schmidt, Gregory (May 29, 2014). "Wanted: Backup for Iron Man and Captain America". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
^ Shattuck, Kathryn (July 2, 2015). "The Hunger Games: The Exhibition Allows Kids to Express Their Inner Katniss". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2015.

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Performance venues	Palladium Times Square Sony Hall The Town Hall
Events	Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve Good Riddance Day
Sites	Madame Tussauds New York Museum of Broadway Sardi's Times Square Studios
Art and sculpture	Statue of Francis P. Duffy Statue of George M. Cohan Times Square (Neuhaus) Times Square Mural
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Personalities	Desnudas Naked Cowboy

Hotels
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History

Events and incidents	V-J Day in Times Square 2008 Times Square bombing 2010 Times Square car bombing attempt 2017 Times Square car attack 2017 New York City Subway bombing Stop Iran Rally
Defunct locations and attractions	Bond International Casino Discovery Times Square Hotel Carter Pabst Hotel Palladium Times Square Terminal Bar Unique Recording Studios
Defunct theaters	American Music Hall Astor Columbia Edison Fulton Gaiety Knickerbocker Liberty Loew's Lyric Morosco Olympia Paramount Rialto Strand Times Square Victoria