Sam Moore (he/him) is Executive Director of the Moonshot Museum and oversees operations, exhibition development, fundraising, programming, and outreach for this brand new museum. Moore has spent more than a decade in museums and cultural nonprofits, including leadership positions with the Senator John Heinz History Center, the National Aviary, the Missouri Historical Society, and St. Louis’s Campbell House Museum. A lifelong space and sci-fi fan, he holds an M.A. in history and museum studies from the University of Missouri and is a past member of the graduate faculty in museum studies at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Moore is a resident of the Northside’s Manchester neighborhood, where he lives with his husband Mike and their dog Hank.
Moonshot Museum will open in October 2022 as Pennsylvania’s first space museum and the first museum in the world to focus on career and community readiness for the 21st century space industry. With a literal window into the work of a space robotics company in Pittsburgh’s Northside, the Museum will embark upon simulated lunar missions with its visitors, bringing them up-close to the exciting opportunities of the commercial space industry. Join Moonshot Museum director Sam Moore for a sneak peek of this new museum and a closer look at the exciting innovation that’s happening across the Western Pennsylvania space ecosystem.
When: September 20, 2022
Time: 12:30 Lunch & 1:00- 2:00 Speaker
Where: JJ280
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