growth in attendance and an increasing demand for informal science education programs led to the science center being awarded more than $33 million in voter-approved disbursements by the 1988 city of phoenix bond to provide the land and construction of the science center’s new permanent home. construction of the , antoine predock-designed facility was completed in 1997. an additional $4.1 million city of phoenix bond in 1998 added of much needed classroom and dedicated gallery space for traveling exhibitions.