According to a story by Gordon Kent in the May 9 Edmonton Journal, The Edmonton Space and Science Foundation wants to expand the city-owned Telus World of Science building threefold via new features such as a circumpolar centre, larger exhibit galleries, a parking structure for 500, and updated giant-screen theater.
The organization also wants up to $7 million so it can build temporary or permanent space in time for traveling exhibitions in 2012 and 2013.
The museum, which marked its 25th anniversary in 2009, receives about 500,000 visitors annually. Edmonton City Council will look at the smaller request May 18, and discuss the larger request in the fall.