Talcott Mountain Science Center

Talcott Mountain Science Center for Student Involvement ("TMSC") is a non profit corporation in Avon, Connecticut.

Its founders were part of the Avon Public School district and included Superintendent Francis Driscoll and science teachers Donald P. La Salle and George C. Atamian.

Its campus atop Talcott Mountain is a former Project Nike missile radar site ("HA-85") that formed part of the U.S. defenses during the Cold War.

Initially three small buildings and a guard shack, the Center today houses four main campus buildings with classrooms and laboratories, as well as a weather research station, two observatories, the largest teaching planetarium in Connecticut and - within the surrounding 15 miles - a large visible model of the solar system.

Talcott Mountain Academy promotes community engagement, fun and enjoyment, unity, and more educational opportunities to have the children work together to improve their world.