Factsheet

The Building

  • 132,000-square-foot, three-level facility (includes 20,000 square feet of space in McCabe Hall)
  • Design architect is Ricardo Legorreta of Mexico City. The Steinberg Group, of San Jose, CA, served as the executive architects
  • 295-seat Hackworth IMAX® Dome Theater, the only IMAX® dome in Northern California
  • The Robert N. Noyce Center for Learning supports K-12 education with outstanding professional development opportunities. With the support of The Tech and its education and industry partners, the Center develops programs and designs activities to contribute to improved teaching practice and increased student achievement
  • 2,000-square-foot TechStore, made possible by Pacific Gas & Electric, with only-in-Silicon-Valley gift items, gadgets, books, and specialty publications
  • 4,000 square feet of educational media and science/technology labs
  • 80-seat Cafe Primavera @ The Tech

Funding and Operations

  • Total project cost is $113 million: $49 million from the Redevelopment Agency of the City of San Jose; $32 million raised through The Tech Capital Campaign; and $32 million in equipment and services from over 500 companies
  • Total annual operating budget is $11 million
  • Annual attendance is 450,000 (including 80,000 students and teachers)
  • 120 permanent staff and more than 300 volunteers

Exhibits

  • Over 250 exhibits (97 percent original or custom-made exhibits for The Tech)
  • Virtual exhibits in Tech Online, with real-time experiments, classroom activities to download and award-winning virtual exhibitions.
  • Home of The Spirit of American Innovation, an exhibit about the National Medal of Technology, the nation's highest honor for technological innovation.
  • A 45-foot cylindrical art piece, titled Origin, stands in the museum's south atrium, representing the elements on which Silicon Valley's history and technology were founded, commissioned by the City of San Jose through the Office of Cultural Affairs
  • Science on a Roll, a 16-foot-tall, 12-foot long, audiokinetic sculpture by George Rhoads, which fascinated passersby at The Tech's old site, stands at the Group Entrance (Park Avenue side) of the new facility