Contributors

This website would not be anywhere near what it is today if not for the help of a great many people. This page is to give a shout out to all the people who have helped make this site what it is. If you'd like to donate something, please e-mail me at ericupp@gmail.com or post it to The Old COSI facebook group.

Douglas Reedy:
I saw several COSI pictures that Douglas had posted online and asked to use them. I never imagined what that would lead to. He has given me a number of suggestions for improving the site, scanned all kinds of additional information I never knew about, and has some great ideas for the future. He designed the image seen on the main page when you first come to oldcosi.com and found the more decorative image that pops up when you click Virtual Trip. Pictures he contributed and he found (mostly through the Columbus Library; in some cases he actually even improved their quality) can be seen at Candle Making, the Bodybuilding: Bionics and Transplants show, The Christopher Inn, the Square Wheels exhibit, The Electrostatic Generator Show, the Frontier Kitchen, the fishing/exploration ship, the water section of FAMILIESPACE, the Battelle Planetarium, the trains, the Mercury Capsule, going up the ramp in the Solar Front, the Old COSI history page, the Memorial Hall history page, the volunteer party, the Sights and Sounds newspaper, the Tinsmith, the Museum Attic, along the Street of Yesteryear, The Summer Kitchen, the general store, the blacksmith, and the Dreamland Nickelodeon. He also found the old articles: Coal Mining has Deep Routes Here, and COSI at 30. He suggested layout changes and color changes (several of which have not happened yet) which I think will continue to improve this site. He even visited Memorial Hall and took pictures from the inside as it looks today. He also runs oldcosi.com off his site so that ads no longer show up everywhere. If not for Douglas, I probably would have given my last update last March or so. Thank you Douglas.

David Hutchison: David worked at COSI and as part of his job, took hundreds of pictures. He contact me offering to meet and share what he had. Right now you can see his pictures all over the Solar Front and especially the Coal Mine. Specifically you can see his pictures on the Solar front at just inside the entrance, the lower section, The Great Gravity Gizmo, the ramp, the mercury capsule, the fire truck, the solar dishes, and admissions. One of his picture is also been added to the cafeteria. His insight and contributions has added a ton to this site and it's quite likely in the future more pictures on here will have been taken by him than anyone else. I can't thank him enough.

Squirtman and Rubbertoe: Squirtman used to have a show that aired on community TV and which can still be found on YouTube or at his site. Rubbertoe set up the YouTube account and helps run things. They have posted the only video I have seen that lets us see all around the old COSI. This video has been great to see here. I've also used clip shots from it to fill in some of the gaps of places I've missed like the space capsule, the coal mine entrance, coal mine elevator, inside the coal mine, Recollections, the fishing/exploration ship, the Weather Station, and more. Thank you Squirtman and Rubbertoe. Without you guys, this sight would have been a lot emptier.

Myron Stewart and Miriam Leland: Myron and Miriam worked together on creating the COSI Facts Quiz an actual quiz used for employees and volunteers at the old COSI. Thanks to that donation and the answers (well, all but two), we now have a kind of scavenger hunt around the website. All the answers are on the website somewhere in black (except when noted otherwise by question). Thank you Myron and Miriam.

Geodesium: Thanks for permission to use your music as the background music for the Battelle Planetarium. I encourage everyone to check out the rest of their music at http://www.geodesium.com. It is great. Thanks again.

Jennie Keplar: Jennie was one of the first people I heard back from who liked the website. She suggested that I read the Memorial Hall history book, made several comments about pictures on Facebook (which gave me valuable information about the way some things worked I had forgotten or never knew), and let me use a lot of pictures. Other than a very small handful I found before starting this site, they were the only pictures I had other than ones from my family, and they added a lot. The Jennie airplane and Volunteer Party pictures come entirely from her. Many pictures from the closing ceremony come from her. Other pictures she let this site use include a picture from the Solar Front, the Elephant Closet, admissions, and the main part of the 1st floor. Thanks a ton Jennie.

Julie Koloini: Julie posted several pictures to the Official COSI Alumni group which she let me put up on this site. They included shots from the chemistry show and the electrostatic generator. Thank you Julie.

Dave Taylor: Dave pictures are now literally all over the sight. He went around the country taking pictures of various science museums and stored them online. Sadly he passed away several years ago, but his memory hasn't and his website is kept online by the Pacific Science Center. Pictures he took can currently be seen on the upper level of the Solar Front, all around KIDSPACE, Water Wonders, the bees exhibit, the Electrostatic Generator show, the presidents, the trains, Recollections, the 'CYRO' Robotics Demonstration, The Street of Yesteryear, Liquid Vision (Limited Space), and the History of COSI . Thank you Dave and Pacific Science Center.

Brad Waldsmith: Brad was one of the earliest people I heard back from about the site and his comments were greatly appreciated. Later, he had the idea of setting up the COSI fan page, which turned out be a fantastic idea. Thanks Brad.

Ben Heckman: Ben posted pictures of the presidents after they left COSI to the Facebook group. It's interesting seeing the shape many of them are in up close after so many years of use. Thanks Ben.

Scott Bolderson: Scott told me about the record for The Triumph of Man that was released for the World's Fair. He scanned all the pages of the record, and they are now up on the site.

Kim Kiehl: Kim wrote an excellent blog post about COSI's past and future and allowed me to use a neat picture of COSI from outside at night. Thanks Kim.

Mike Smail: Thanks for one of the best pictures on the site, the fire truck picture with a lot of volunteers on it. Also thanks for information about the music in the Time Tunnel and Planetarium.

Michael Hess: Michael posted a picture of the aliens that were on the projector in the planetarium to the Facebook group. Thanks Michael.

Aaron Marine: Thank you for giving me information about the music that played in the Time Tunnel and planetarium.

Andrew, Josh, and his mom: Thanks for letting us put a video of Josh singing in the news booth and rock band room. The video definitely takes us all back and is the best from that section of COSI by far.

Columbus Library: The library keeps a lot of old pictures saved online. Douglas Reedy directed me to them, and they have served to greatly expand what I could put on the site (especially in the Street of Yesteryear). There are even more online than I have used, so I suggest everyone visit and search for both COSI and Center of Science and Industry.

The Columbus Dispatch: Thanks for keeping old articles up online. They helped with information, especially in the history section.

Gwyn Miller Thanks for the information about the vehicles from the COSI Facts Quiz.

Tony Bolton Thanks for scanning pictures of the opening of the coal mine and opening of the Time Tunnel. Also thanks for the feedback on the color layout.

COSI First thank you for the many wonderful memories that are still created today. Also thanks for allowing me to use pictures.

Kori Upp: Thanks for uploading the pictures of Wendy's for me.

Martha and Dave Upp: Mom took me to COSI pretty much every birthday until it moved as well as several other times a year. If not for her, I never would have developed a love for it. Also, without her getting me 4 rolls of film to takes pictures the last day (or maybe that was Dad, thanks either way), this site also certainly wouldn't exist as I would have had too little to start with. Thanks Mom and Dad.

Everyone who Responded positively to this website: I received a lot of positive feedback about the site. For this, thank you everyone. I would never have made it to this point without your words of encouragement. To anyone I have forgotten to give praise, thank you.