Editing The Tech Interactive (section)

==Description==
[[File:IMAX Dome Theater.jpg|thumb|upright|IMAX Dome Theater showing "Mesmerica" in fall 2019]]
The building has a distinctive [[mango (color)|mango]] and [[azure (color)|azure]] color, and has three floors. On the lower level there is a complex multi-story sculpture titled ''Origin'', inside a {{convert|45|ft|m|adj=mid|-tall}} cylindrical tower. The artwork portrays relationships among art, technology, and natural resources of the earth.<ref name="Origin">{{cite web |title=Origin |url=http://www.sanjoseculture.org/public_art/collections/Tech%20Museum%20-%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |publisher=City of San Jose |access-date=11 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311062627/http://www.sanjoseculture.org/public_art/collections/Tech%20Museum%20-%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf |archive-date=11 March 2014}}</ref> Near the entrance to the building, there is ''Science on a Roll'', a popular [[rolling ball sculpture]] by [[George Rhoads]].<ref name="Tech20"/> The front wall is inscribed with quotations from iconic [[Silicon Valley]] entrepreneurs [[Bill Hewlett]], [[David Packard]], [[Bob Noyce]], and [[Gordon Moore]].<ref name="McEnery">{{cite news |last1=McEnery |first1=Tom |title=Opinion: Tech Museum embodies the best of Silicon Valley |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/05/5909917/ |access-date=2019-05-25 |work=The Mercury News |date=5 March 2019}}</ref> The building was designed by Mexican architect [[Ricardo Legorreta]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Herhold|first=Scott|title=Herhold: Designer of two San Jose museums dies in Mexico|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_19660901|work=San Jose Mercury News|date=2 January 2012|access-date=13 March 2014}}</ref>

The [[IMAX]] Dome Theater,<ref>{{cite news|last=Kaplan|first=Tracey|title=Michael L. Hackworth - Silicon Valley entrepreneur and philanthropist - dies at 71|url=http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_20458100/michael-hackworth-silicon-valley-entrepreneur-and-philanthropist-dies|access-date=5 March 2014|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News|date=2012-04-25}}</ref> opened in 1998 and upgraded since then,<ref name="Tech20" /> shows mainstream movies as well as educational films. It is Northern California's only domed IMAX theater and has the first dome laser projector in the world, seating up to 280 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imax.com/theatres/t/hackworth-imax-dome-the-tech-museum/ |title=IMAX Dome Theater, The Tech Museum |publisher=IMAX|access-date=May 25, 2019 }}</ref>

The Tech is a registered [[501(c)(3) organization]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Rating for The Tech Interactive |url=https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/942864660 |website=[[Charity Navigator]] |access-date=3 September 2024}}</ref>