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Great News!!!  Our CONCEPT CENTER is open.  The center is in the historic 1914 Marconi Wireless Station Manager's residence, a fireproof structure.  We have room for offices, our growing library and archives, meeting rooms, work rooms and our first exhibit...

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In 1993 the Department of Defense decided to close many military bases.  Camp Evans is one of them.
The Wall Township committee formed the Marconi Park Complex Advisory Committee who recommend:

1) Preserving the heritage of the site including the historic Marconi station and major WWII radar laboratory buildings,
2) Developing an 'Information Age Learning Center' in the historic buildings to preserve that heritage,
3) Enable Brookdale Community College to develop an extension campus,
4) Use the remaining open areas of the Camp for passive and active township recreation.
This page is an overview of our science-center.
How the preservation of the site will serve the needs of education.
What steps we have taken so far to create this center.
Simply stated...
Use these historic, well-constructed buildings and beautiful site as a head-start.
With this head-start do what has been done in over 250 communities - create a center for science and history.
Research the history, educate the public of its historic value and seek grants to rehabilitate the site for a compatable new use.
Enable a bunch a great groups, who already have successful science education programs to reach more families and schools here.
The membership fees, entrance fees, and special event fees will pay the costs to keep the site preserved for everyones enjoyment.
Below are the details....
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Directions to Camp Evans and contact information
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The details of the how and why....
(FAQ contains the below in one LONG page)

Why a science-history center at Camp Evans?
 

  • Executive Summary
    • Introduction
    • Purpose and Need
    • Scope
  • Missions:
    • Development Mission:
    • Learning Center Mission: 
    • Theme of Learning Center: 
    • A Center with FOCUS and SYNERGY:
  • Why an Interactive / Hands-on Center ? 
  • Why an "Information Age Learning Center? 
  • What is Special About Camp Evans? 
  • What does the Camp Evans Site Offer Today? 
  • Who Will the Target Audience be? 
    • Organizations expressing interest in relocating educational programs to Camp Evans:
    • Organizations expressing desire to support efforts to develop the center:
  • What Areas of Science and Technology would the Learning Center Highlight? 
  • How will we Create the Information Age Learning Center? 
  • Who would help create the Information Age Learning Center?
  • The Learning Center Formation Group will complete the development and funding plan.
  • The Formation Group will benefit from the knowledge and experience of those who have created and currently operate learning centers.
  • The Formation Group will benefit from the knowledge and experience of those who have created and currently operate learning centers.
  • Visits to Operating Science Centers Provide Valuable Insight.
  • What are the guiding principles in developing the center?
  • What is already done to make the creation of a Learning Center easier?
    • 1) Select a location....
    • 2) Build Buildings....
    • 3) Create Security....
    • 4) Create Parking....
    • 5) Build Highway Access....
  • Are there any costly issues beyond normal renovation costs?
  • Where would the Initial funding come from?
    • The task of creating this center is over 70% paid for.
    • Leverage historic status to compete for state and federal funds
    • County and State Government in partnership with industry.
  • Where would continued operations funding come from?
    • Member organizations, individual members, family visitors and school groups.
  • How will Exhibits Be Obtained?
    • Seek existing collects as foundation exhibits.
  • How will additional exhibits be created?
    • Seek donations of exhibits from industry and Fort Monmouth.
    • Many will be developed in-house; some exhibits will be adapted from other centers.
    • How will we mix history and current technology?
  • What has been done to prepare for the preservation of Camp?
  • Resources on hand for development of the Information Age Learning Center
    • Books:
    • Bulletins of interest to new science centers.
    • Article reprints from ASTC Newsletters
    • Proposal Preparation Resources
    		 Our Mission
    Restoration Advisory Board

    Collections to create new exhibits at Camp Evans...

    We have aquired The Grabbe Computer Component Collection.  Mr. Dimitri Grabbe's collection spans 50 years of computer development.
    The IEEE History Center and Prismark Partners LLC work together to bring Mr. Dimitri Grabbe's comprehensive collection of 50 years of computer technology to you at Camp Evans.

    Pismark Logo

    The National Broadcasters Hall of Fame and Museum salutes and honors the men and women who made broadcasting a communications marvel in the 1930's, 1940's, and 1950's. Since its opening on May 1, 1977, in Freehold, New Jersey the Hall and Museum have entertained and educated millions of people on the history of radio and its pioneering broadcasters. Thanks to the support of the New Jersey Broadcasters Association InfoAge is pleased to welcome Mr. Arthur Schreiber, curator Mr. Fred Shay, their 48,000 broadcasts and Museum to its new home in Wall, New Jersey.

    Thanks to AT&T, we have a mainframe computer 
     


    Successful exhibits at other science centers we can purchase or build at Camp Evans...we have the plans for over 300 to choose from...Go with  what works!!!

    Samples from San Francisco's Exploratorium


    Programs we can bring to Camp Evans for New Jersey schools and families to enjoy...

    Red Rover Logo

    Camp Evans will be a regional outreach center for the next Mars Rover Mission.  As the place where the space age was opened electronically, this is cool!  Camp Evans: Originally built by the father of radio, Marconi: first contact with the moon: now an educational center for Mars Red Rover... Marconi, the Moon, now Mars...
    Now take a look at the Great Granddaddy of the Mars Rovers, our Robot Weasel.  Click on it to see it being operated by Dr. Zahl in a field where soon the North Wall Little League will "play ball".  Look at the size of the antenna and all those batteries.  No solar cells... 

    Robot WeaselRobot weasel, the vehicle capable of running on rough terrain and mash tundra, controlled by remote radio and equipped to transmit television pictures to its distant masters.  This rather awesome vehicle is one of the few of its type which may be written about without violating security regulations.  It has ten ìclawsî and an earth-boring attachment that the remote operator controls by push button, while the robotís television flashes a picture of what comes up in the claws.  The weasel has been used in taking samples of radioactive earth in the Nevada atom-bomb tests."  Quote from 1952 article
     
     
     

    How about a giant 60-foot radar dish for a starter exhibit...
    This SILENT SENTINEL SATELLITE ANTENNA was the gift of the United States Army Tank-Automotive and Armaments Command.


    Tom Dee created a web page on the 60ft 'Space Sentry' radar dish at the Diana site

    Over 1,000 persons visited Camp Evans on the Nov. 20, 1999 Army sponsored site tours...see photos and story.
    Mad Scientists at work Who are these distinguished scientists and what was one of their projects at Camp Evans?  They are Dr. Stanley Kronenberg (l) and Dr. George Brucker (r).  They are infront of their recently patented invention, the Directional Radiation Detector and Imager.  What are they doing...if you ask them, they are having fun!  After all what does a mad-scientist do in his spare time. 
    Yes, Dr. K was Camp Evans mad-scientist,  he had an official CECOM badge with Mad-scientist as his title.
    We are sad that Dr. Kronenberg passed away this past December. 
    See why Camp Evans is a part of National Space Day 1999...The Space Age opened here in 1946 with Project Diana, and later... Sputnik tracking, satellite components, first communication satellite, first weather satellite...

    BBC films famous RAD Lab scientists at Sandy Hook
    Sputnik information
    FAQ

    Updated November 10. 2001
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