The Goudreau Museum of Mathematics in Art and Science was a museum of math that was open from 1980 to 2006 in

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. The museum was named after mathematics teacher Bernhard Goudreau, who died in 1985, and featured many of the 3-dimensional solid models, oversized wooden math games, and puzzles built by Goudreau and his former students. After the museum closed, Glen Whitney, a former math professor, decided to open the Museum of Mathematics in Manhattan (New York City), which opened in December 2012.

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{{Mathematical art Defunct museums in New York (state) Museums established in 1980 Museums disestablished in 2006 Museums in Nassau County, New York Mathematics museums