Groundbreaking Begins On Santa Barbara Children’s Museum

Groundbreaking began at the children’s museum in Santa Barbara on Wednesday.

The museum will be called the Wolf Museum of Exploration and Innovation, or MOXI. It is named after its benefactors and Law and Order Creator Dick Wolf and his wife Noelle.

“It’s really a focus on science, technology, engineering, and math,” Dick Wolf said about the museum.

The museum is located on 125 State Street. It will include 17,000 sq. ft of interactive educational exhibits based on science, math and technology.

The building environmentally friendly materials and is Santa Barbara County’s first LEED certified museum.

Construction is slated to finish within 18 months. The museum will open in July 2016.