Bloomington Indiana Janeway Statue
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Captain Kathryn Janeway became the first female captain to lead a Star Trek television series when Star Trek: Voyager premiered in 1995.
Janeway’s fictional biography places her birth in Bloomington on May 20, 2336 — more than three centuries from now.
The City of Bloomington worked with local organizers to place the monument along the B-Line, a downtown walking and biking trail.
The statue stands beside WonderLab, Bloomington’s hands-on science museum — a fitting location for a character written as both a scientist and a captain.
The story began with Indiana University graduate Jeri Taylor, one of the principal creative forces behind Star Trek: Voyager and a key figure in the development of Kathryn Janeway.
The plaque goes one step beyond Bloomington and Indiana: it identifies Janeway’s future birthplace as “Earth.”
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