Steven E. Davis
Museum Executive Director

Steven E. Davis, who has directed science education programs and developed educational exhibits for several different organizations, became executive director of the Rocky Flats Cold War Museum in June, 2002.

He was hired to help the fledgling board develop a museum to interpret the historical, scientific and environmental legacy of Rocky Flats, the former nuclear weapons plant in northern Jefferson County. The museum will also educate the public about Rocky Flats, the Cold War and their legacies through the preservation of key artifacts and development of interpretive, educational and outreach programs.

Davis directed science education programs, exhibitions and community partnerships at the Gulfcoast Wonder and Imagination Zone, a regional science and technology center in Sarasota, Florida, which attracts more than 100,000 annual visitors. He also directed the Exhibit-Based Teaching Partnership, a national pilot program sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning of the San Francisco-based Exploratorium Museum.

He said the efforts to create a cold war museum at Rocky Flats are "ambitious and very exciting." He said, "The power of well-done exhibits to engage audiences to help tell the story of Rocky Flats can be very effective. We have a great opportunity to ensure that the legacy of Rocky Flats will help inform future decisions about the uses of technology."

From mid 1996 to late 1999, Davis was director of outreach for the Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory of the University of Colorado's College of Engineering and Applied Science in Boulder.

He was exhibits program coordinator for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder from 1990 to 1996, where he developed "Thunderstorm Detectives," a traveling exhibition and educational program that toured 21 science museums and airports over a three year period. Davis also served as public information officer for the Solar Energy Research Institute in Golden from 1978 to mid 1982.

Davis has a B.A. in political science and international studies from Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. He has an M.A. in teaching from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and an M.S. in the technology and modernization program at the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver.

Revised for web site 6/03