The Original COSI (Center of Science and Industry) Columbus 1999 

it bumms me out the old one was way way better than the new one I seriously loved the second floor with all the street of shops and the historical suff i could spend all day just in that area alone the new one doesnt hold a candle to the old one

like everyone else is saying, this is such a nice trip back in time. COSI was my favorite place as a child when they moved buildings I thought, "Wow now COSI can be even better!" Ah, my innocence...as we all can attest to...new COSI is just not at all the same kind of experience as this COSI. Also very sad they don't have that Wendy's anymore. I loved COSI of this era so much and honestly, I wish I could go back in time and visit this place again. But this video is the closest thing to it, so thanks again!

My favorite was old time movie theater with some old movie from the 1920's or earlier playing

I am sobbing. The OLD COSI was way better! God, how could they have lost the museum spirit? COSI, look at this video and then look at yourself. You should be ashamed!

What I wouldn’t give to go back in there for a few hours

I never liked the new building as much as the old one. The Streets of Yesteryear was my favorite attraction. I was so sad they didn’t redo that. The talking car, the movie theater and all the little shops. I loved the faux cobblestone streets. Great video!

What a nostalgia hit! Thanks for sharing. The Street of Yesteryear, the Time Tunnel, all the American Presidents, Focault's Pendulum with the little pegs getting knocked over... So great.

thank you for recording this way back then and for uploading it on here. great memories

A pleasant surprise, seeing this video. Reminds me of many exhibits (and gadgets within) we maintained, as part of the COSI Team ~ '85-'95

I loved the older version. The darker atmosphere made me feel like I was really in that time period as a kid. The room with the black & white movies , brick road was my favorite. Thanks for sharing. I think they ruined the place with the make over. Just my opinion.

I remember TimeTunnel was called Triumph of Man from the NewYork world Fair.

Thank you! I worked there as a student volunteer from 93 to 99 in the Yesteryear/Earth science section. It was so refreshing to see this. I remember the disappointment when they were closing this one. I have refused to go to the new one.

Streets of Yesteryear was my favorite!

I worked there during the summer of 1998 and had a lot of fun, though made very little money. I've never been to their new space, and doubt I will go because I don't want it to spoil my memories of the way it used to be. My favorite thing to do was to STOP THE PENDULUM at night!

I went there in 1980 with either my church or scout group. They gave us free tickets for the year 2000. My sister and I threw them away. We thought that at 30+31 we'd be too old to go anywhere. Now we're 50+51 and we travel all the time. We've driven from Ohio to California, North Dakota, New Orleans, the keys, New York. We were some stupid little kids. IDK how we survived in the pre-helmet 70's and 80's lol

In 1979 I was a student at Fort Hayes, and I was randomly selected to help with a project being created by OSU students. I had to play the part of a purse snatcher and was filmed in a classroom at Fort Hayes set up to look like a department store. The film was about observation and paying attention to your surroundings. That video was part of an exhibit at COSI and it was in place for more than 25 years. I'm sure it's long gone by now, but I always hoped that someone might have inadvertantly shot video at COSI and it would end up here. Thanks for the memory.

The coal mine was my favorite because it reminded me of being back home.

Came here for the COSI content and was thrown for a loop by the OG Wendy's!! I ate there many times as a kid. What nostalgia.

You nailed it. COSI And the 1st wendys. I wa there 78 and 79 .man what memories

So good. I love that your partner is in almost every shot, hope y’all are still together.

This original COSI was so much better than the current one.

Thanks for bringing back some good memories .... really does capture alot of the old COSI

This is such a nice slice of what the old COSI used to be like. I LOVE it! Thank you for posting it!

I have fond memories of the original COSI. It was roughly a 3 hour drive from where I lived, but drove there several times every summer starting when I was 16.

There was just something cooler about the old building. And that one had the coal mine lol.

Watched this October 2020. how depressing. I miss the old COSI so much. Change is inevitable but definitely isn't always good.

I miss this cosi I just watched a video because I was thinking about taking my kids I saw the new cosi and was highly disappointed. This is the cosi I remember going to as a kid. Riding the bike on the tight rope was one of my favs

So cool! Thanks for sharing!

duuuuude thankyou for posting this...I have thought of going there as a child many times over the years. I moved to Florida after high school, and I never got to go to cosi again. It was like a magical place, especially the old town with the Nickelodeon, and all the little shops, and windows looking into houses, truly was magical to my little girl self. The last time I went was right before moving to Fl, and they had this mynah bird somewhere in the old town part, and that thing talked up a storm, I could barely tear myself away and move on it was so awesome. The only part that you did not include that I would like to have seen, is the part where they have like fetuses, and body parts in glass containers, preserved. I remember that having a profound affect on my young brain. The images are very vivid in my mind, still, and its been 35 yrs. Again, thanks for getting this on tape and sharing it!

The only one I've ever been to!

the original wendys

Literally one of my favorite videos on RU-vid, her smile is so kind.

1980's & 90's COSI was my "happiest place on earth"

having gone there as a kid about 30yrs ago and also a month ago with my kids, i can say that it's still a great kids interactive museum. they probably have transported the majority of the exhibits or recreated in some way. it will still never be the same, but it's a very fun place to visit

2:40 The gravity cycle with the realistic police siren was a staple of The Old COSI visitor. :-)

I miss this place....

thank you. i miss this building.

I miss the old days been here since 1979 0:41

Time tunnel used to scare the crap out of me

Old COSI was much better, had so many exhibits. I can't believe that the pendulum clock did not merit a space in the new place.

Thank you for uploading. Why am I crying?

This is beautiful! Thanks for posting.

Thank you for posting this to The Old COSI.

So many memories. Thank you!

I loved the old cosi

Do any of you remember the cave man exhibit with the big dinosaur,I believe it was a T-rex, at the end? Ok now how many of you remember when it would roar and lunge at you? I got so mad when we went up there a year or so later, same group of idiots with me, and the neither the lights went out nor did the dinosaur roar and lunge. Our Church, school, and scout troops took us from Portsmouth to Columbus for field trips because we were not welcome at one business in Scioto county. Even though we had a skating rink a few miles east of Portsmouth we had to go to Ashland kentucky whenever one of our leaders would go off their meds again. Lol

This takes me back. Was telling my friend about going there as a kid and this video was perfect. :)

😢I swear… These are happy tears…

Cosi was so much better when it was on Broad St.

we took our children today. it was disappointing, because it's nothing like it used to be.😟 everything is to modern. not as hands on anymore. use to love going as a child and as a young adult.

I recall passing by this street when I was on a field trip in 1995 or '96 but never got to go to COSI at all. I have been to their satellite in Toledo when they tried to branch out some years ago but that failed (though the museum itself is it's own thing nowadays). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagination_Station

Old cost million times better then new one

Plot Twist- the guy filming doesn't even know and has no relation to the girl he's following around 😂

sad, i volunteered their from 1993 to 1994

Does anybody know what the admission ticket cost was in the 90's? It's insane today...

why didn't they keep the old one open

does anyone have longer footage of the second floor of the old cosi building

Why did they build a new COSI?

Thanks for vdo 0:52

Take a hint cosi

Bruh this is so cool. New one sucks

It's so crap these days compared to back then

I still remember the smell from the coal mine.