The museum reopened in 1986 after seven years of closure. During the renovation, the government allocated $400,000 to the museum for expansion, and the museum used $100,000 to build a Great Earth Model, which became one of New York City's landmarks. After the reopening of the New York Science Museum, it attracted a large number of tourists to visit, and set off a boom in the science museum, which was very surprising and led to many cities in the future to follow New York and build the science museum.