 At the time, the center was known as both the Wilder Nature Center and The Science Museum Nature Center.In 1970, the Lee and Rose Warner Foundation purchased of land and the existing nature center buildings from the Amherst H Wilder Foundation to serve as a memorial to founders Lee and Rose Warner of St Paul.Warner Nature Center was still associated with the Science Museum of Minnesota at the time of closing and financially supported primarily through the generosity of the Lee and Rose Warner Foundation.