Effective July 1, 2013, pursuant to the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 2012, the California Science Center is moving to this Agency (Natural Resources). The California Science Center was previously budgeted within the State and Consumer Services Agency under Organization Code 1100.

The Science Center, the Office of Exposition Park Management and the California African American Museum (CAAM), are located in Exposition Park, a 160-acre tract in south Los Angeles, which is owned by the state and collectively known as the California Science Center. Its major exhibit facility opened in February 1998.

The mission of the Science Center is to stimulate curiosity and inspire science learning in everyone by creating fun, memorable experiences, because we value science as an indispensable tool for understanding our world, accessibility and inclusiveness, and for enriching people's lives. The Office of Exposition Park Management provides long-term leadership in the development and implementation of park usage policy and day-to-day management, operation and promotion of the park for its tenants and the public. CAAM researches, collects, preserves and interprets for public enrichment, the history, art and culture of African Americans with emphasis on California and the western United States.