# Shoppes at Port Royal

Augusta, GA · mall · tier: draft · Retrofit Atlas record `m-7e0b11d0e3` · release 2026-10-21

Canonical: https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ga/augusta-shoppes-at-port-royal/  
JSON: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-7e0b11d0e3.json · Provenance: https://retrofitatlas.org/data/records/m-7e0b11d0e3.provenance.json · API: https://retrofitatlas.org/api/v1/sites/m-7e0b11d0e3

## Facts

| Field | Value | Provenance |
|---|---|---|
| Status | closed | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Strategy | reinhabit | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| New use | education | reported · model extraction, unreviewed |
| What is there now | Fort Discovery, a children's science exhibition center and museum | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Opened | 1991 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| Closed | 1994 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |
| GLA (sq ft) | 128000 | documented · model extraction, unreviewed |

## Quoted support

- **year_opened**: “operated from 1991 to 1994” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Discovery
- **year_closed**: “operated from 1991 to 1994” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Discovery
- **gla_sqft**: “128,000-square-foot” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Discovery
- **after_notes**: “The National Science Center's Fort Discovery, generally known as Fort Discovery, was a 128,000-square-foot (11,900 m2), children's science exhibition center and museum located in downtown Augusta, Georgia, at Riverwalk Augusta.” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Discovery
- **status**: “former Shoppes at Port Royal” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Discovery
- **strategy**: “The museum was located in the former Shoppes at Port Royal” — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Discovery

## Timeline

- 1991: Opened
- 1994: Closed

## Background (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened)

The National Science Center's Fort Discovery, generally known as Fort Discovery, was a 128,000-square-foot (11,900 m2), children's science exhibition center and museum located in downtown Augusta, Georgia, at Riverwalk Augusta. The museum was located in the former Shoppes at Port Royal, which operated from 1991 to 1994.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Discovery

## Sources

- Quoted support for year_opened — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Discovery

## Cite

Retrofit Atlas (2026). "Shoppes at Port Royal, Augusta, GA." Record m-7e0b11d0e3, release 2026-10-21, tier draft. https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ga/augusta-shoppes-at-port-royal/ (accessed 2026-10-21).

```bibtex
@misc{retrofitatlas_augustashoppesatportroyal,
  title = {Shoppes at Port Royal, Augusta, GA},
  author = {{Retrofit Atlas}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://retrofitatlas.org/malls/ga/augusta-shoppes-at-port-royal/}},
  year = {2026},
  note = {Record m-7e0b11d0e3, release 2026-10-21, tier: draft. Built on the Retrofitting Suburbia map (Dunham-Jones and Williamson) and the sources listed on the record. Accessed 2026-10-21}
}
```

Licence: research use only; terms undecided with the authors (https://retrofitatlas.org/licence/). Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0. Tiers: curated = from the authors' public map, not reviewed by them; draft = imported or model-extracted, unreviewed.