List of science centers

This is a list of science centers around the world. Information and explanation of the concept of this type of museum can be found in the article on Science Centers . This page is used for structuring in Wikipedia. External links to many of the museums can still be found in the corresponding list on Wikipedia.

Europe

Belgium

• EcoHuis Antwerp, Antwerp
• Euro Space Center, Wallonia , Belgium
• Hidrodoe, Herentals
• PASS - Parc d'Aventures Scientifiques, Frameries
• Polaris Climate Change Observatory - Brussels, Brussels
• Museum of Natural Sciences , Brussels
• Technopolis (Belgium) , Mechelen , Belgium

Denmark

• Danfoss Universe, Nordborg
• Experimentarium, Copenhagen
• Steno Museum, Aarhus
• Danish Museum of Technology (Danmarks Tekniske Museum), Helsingør
• Xploorit, Kolding

Germany

• 3D Museum, Dinkelsbühl
• DASA - Working World Exhibition , Dortmund
• German Hygiene Museum , Dresden
• Deutsches Museum , Munich
• Spectrum , Berlin
• Dynamikum , Pirmasens
• Energy, Education and Adventure Center (EEZ), Aurich
• Field of experience, food
• Experiminta , Frankfurt
• ExploHeidelberg, Heidelberg
• Exploring Rhino, Aalen
• Explora , Frankfurt
• Exploratorium Potsdam
• Experimenta, Freudenstadt
• Experimenta Heilbronn
• Game Science Center , Berlin
• Imaginata , Jena
• Mathematikum , Giessen
• Odysseum , Cologne
• Phenomenta , Bremerhaven
• Phenomenta , Flensburg
• Phenomenta Lüdenscheid
• Phenomenta , Peenemünde
• phæno , Wolfsburg
• Science House (am Europa-Park ), Rust , has been closed since November 7, 2010
• Technical Collections Dresden , Dresden
• Tower of the Senses , Nuremberg
• Universum Bremen

Estonia

• AHHAA Science Center of Tartu University, Tartu , Estonia
• Energiakeskus (Energy Center), Tallinn

Finland

• Arctic Center, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi
• GA Serlachius Museum, Mänttä
• Heureka , Vantaa , Finland
• Science Center Tietomaa, Oulu

France

• Agropolis , Montpellier
• Ampère Museum , Lyon
• Cap Sciences, Bordeaux
• Cité de l'espace , Toulouse
• Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie , Paris, France
• Cité des télécoms, also known as Radome - Musée des Télécoms, Pleumeur-Bodou
• CCSTI de Grenoble, Grenoble
• Espace des Sciences, Rennes
• Exploradome, Vitry-sur-Seine
• Forum Départemental des Sciences, Villeneuve-d'Ascq
• La Rotonde, Saint-Etienne
• Micropolis (La Cité des Insectes) , Millau
• Musée des arts et métiers , Paris, France
• Palais de la Découverte , Paris, France
• Palais de l'Univers, Cappelle la Grande
• Le Vaisseau , Strasbourg
• Visiatome, Marcoule
• Vulcania , Saint-Ours-les-Roches , Auvergne

Greece

• Noesis (Science Center and Technical Museum) , Greece

Italy

• Citta della Scienza, Naples
• Enrico Fermi Center, Rome
• Immaginario Scientifico, Trieste
• Institute and Museum of the History of Science (Instituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Florence , Italy.

Many instruments used by Galileo Galilei are in this museum .

• Museo del Balì, Saltara
• Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci , Milan , Italy
• Museo di Fisica di Sardegna (Physics Museum of Sardinia), University of Cagliari
• Museo Gianni Caproni, Trento
• Post Science Center (Perugia Officina per la Scienza e la Tecnologia), Perugia

Croatia

• Technical Museum (Tehnički muzej), Zagreb

Latvia

• Bērnu zinātnes centrs " Tehnoannas pagrabi " (Science Center for Children), Riga

Monaco

• Monaco Oceanographic Museum , Monaco

Netherlands

• NEMO (museum) , Amsterdam
• Science Center , Delft
• Discovery Center Continium , Kerkrade

Norway

• DuVerden, Porsgrunn
• Inspiria Science Center, Sarpsborg
• Jærmuseet
  • Vitengarden (the Science Farm), Nærbø
  • Vitenfabrikken (the Science Factory), Sandnes
• Oslo Vitensenter, Norsk Teknisk Museum (Norwegian Museum of Science and Technology), Oslo
• Nordnorsk vitensenter (North Norwegian Science Center), Tromsø and Alta
• VilVite, Bergen
• Vitenparken, University of Environmental and Life Sciences , Ås
• Vitensenteret i Trondheim , Trondheim
• Vitensenteret Innlandet (Science Center Innlandet), Gjøvik
• Vitensenteret Sørlandet, Arendal and Kristiansand

Austria

• Ars Electronica , Linz
• CoSA - Center of Science Activities, Graz
• Science Park JKU Linz
• House of Music , Vienna
• House of Nature Salzburg
• Technical Museum Vienna , Vienna
• Expi - hands on Science Center , Gotschuchen, St. Margareten im Rosental , Carinthia
• Welios , Wels (on the subject of "renewable energy")

Poland

• Copernicus Science Center (Centrum Nauki Kopernik), Warsaw
• Hewelianum, Gdańsk

Portugal

• “Casa da Luz” Electricity Museum, Funchal , Madeira
• Centro Ciência Viva da Amadora (Interactive Science Center Amadora), Amadora
• Centro Ciência Viva da Floresta (Forest Biology Science Center), Proença-a-nova
• Centro Ciência Viva de Tavira, Tavira
• Centro Ciência Viva de Vila do Conde ("Ciência Viva" Science Center), Vila do Conde
• Centro Ciência Viva do Alviela, Alcanena
• Centro Ciência Viva de Estremoz, Estremoz
• Centro Ciencia Viva do Algarve, Faro
• Centro Ciência Viva de Bragança, Bragança
• Centro Ciência Viva de Sintra, Sintra
• Centro Ciência Viva do Porto Moniz, Porto Moniz
• Centro Ciência Viva de Constância
• Exploratorio - Centro Ciência Viva
• Pavilion of Knowledge - Ciência Viva (Pavilhão do Conhecimento), Lisbon , Portugal
• Planetário Calouste Gulbenkian - Centro Ciência Viva, Lisbon
• Coimbra University Science Museum , Coimbra
• Visionarium (Portugal) , Santa Maria da Feira

Russia

• Mineralogical Museum , Saint Petersburg State University , Saint Petersburg
• Dmitry Mendeleev Museum & Archives, Saint Petersburg State University , Saint Petersburg
• Military Medical Museum , Saint Petersburg
• Art camera , Saint Petersburg
• Polytechnic Museum , Moscow

Sweden

• Framtidsmuseet (Future Museum), Borlänge
• Malmö Museums - Technology & Maritime House, Malmo
• Molecylverkstan, Stenungsund
• Stockholm Ethnographic Museum , Stockholm
• Tekniska Museet (Technical Museum), Stockholm
• Nobel Museum, Stockholm
• Stockholm Observatory , Stockholm
• Technichus, Härnösand
• Teknikens Hus, Luleå
• Tom Tits Experiment, Sodertalje
• Universeum , Gothenburg

Switzerland

• Alimentarium , Vevey
• Microcosm at CERN , Meyrin
• Museum for Communication , Bern
• Swiss Science Center Technorama , Winterthur

Serbia

• Nikola Tesla Museum , Belgrade
• Petnica Science Center, Valjevo

Slovenia

• Tehniški muzej Slovenije (Technical Museum of Slovenia), Ljubljana
• Ustanova Hisa Eksperimentov - House of Experiments, Ljubljana

Spain

• Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències , Valencia
• CosmoCaixa Barcelona, Barcelona
• CosmoCaixa Madrid, Madrid
• Kutxaespacio de la Ciencia, Donostia-San Sebastián
• Museu Agbar, Cornella de Llobregat
• Museo Elder, Las Palmas
• Museos Científicos Coruñeses (= mc2), A Coruña
• Museo de la Ciencia y El Cosmos, La Laguna , Tenerife
• Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya , Terrassa
• Museo de la Ciencia y el Agua, Murcia
• Museo de las Ciencias de Castilla-La Mancha, Cuenca
• Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales , Madrid , Spain
• Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Madrid
• Paleontological Park Dinopolis, Teruel
• Parque de las Ciencias, Granada

Czech Republic

• Mendel Museum of Genetics at Masaryk University , Brno
• National Museum of Technology (Prague) , Prague
• Techmania, Pilsen

Hungary

• Csodák Palotája, Palace of Miracles, Budapest
• Magyar Vegyészeti Múzeum, Hungarian Chemistry Museum, Várpalota , Thury Vár
• Futura Interactive Science Museum, Mosonmagyaróvár

United Kingdom

• Army Medical Services Museum , Mytchett , Surrey
• Anesthesia Heritage Center , London
• At-Bristol , Bristol , England
• Benjamin Franklin House , London
• Bletchley Park , Bletchley , England
• British Dental Association Museum , London
• British Optical Association Museum , London
• British Red Cross Museum, London
• Brooklands Museum Discovery Zone, Weybridge
• Building Exploratory, London
• Catalyst Science Discovery Center , Cheshire , England
• Center for Life , Newcastle upon Tyne , England
• Center of the Cell, Queen Mary, University of London , London
• Discovery, Weymouth , England
• The Discovery Museum , Newcastle upon Tyne
• Enginuity , Shropshire , England
• Fleming Museum , London
• Florence Nightingale Museum , London
• Foredown Tower Countryside Center, Portslade
• Glenside Museum , Bristol
• Green's Windmill and Science Center, Sneinton
• Hunterian Museum at Royal College of Surgeons , London
• Inspire Discovery Center, Norwich , England
• INTECH , Winchester
• Jodrell Bank Visitor Center, Macclesfield
• Look Out Discovery Center, Bracknell Forest, Bracknell
• Magna Science Adventure, Rotherham
• Making It! Discovery Center, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
• Michael Faraday Museum , London
• Museum of Science and Industry , Manchester , England
• Museum of the History of Science , University of Oxford , Oxford , England
• National Conservation Center , Liverpool
• National Maritime Museum , Greenwich , England
• National Space Center , Leicester , England
• National Stone Center, Matlock, Derbyshire , England
• Observatory Science Center, Hailsham
• Old Operating Theater , London
• Porthcurno Telegraph Museum , Porthcurno , Cornwall
• REME Museum of Technology , Arborfield
• Royal Institution : Faraday Museum, London, England
• Royal London Hospital Museum and Archives, London
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society Museum , London
• Sanford Mill, Chelmsford
• Science Museum , London, England
• Science Oxford , Oxford , England
• Snibston Discovery Park , Coalville , Leicestershire
• Thackray Museum , Leeds
• Think tank, Birmingham , Birmingham
• Whipple Museum of the History of Science , University of Cambridge , Cambridge , England
• Whitby Wizard , Whitby , Yorkshire , England
• Woolsthorpe Manor , Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth

• Glasgow Science Center , Glasgow , Scotland
• Mills Observatory , Dundee , Scotland
• Our Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh , Scotland, is specifically concerned with geosciences
• Satrosphere Science Center , Aberdeen , Scotland
• Sensation Dundee, Dundee , Scotland
• Surgeons' Hall , Edinburgh , Scotland
• Center for Alternative Technology , Powys , Wales
• Techniquest , Cardiff Bay , Wales
• Techiquest @ NEWI, Wrexham , Wales

• Armagh Planetarium , Armagh , Northern Ireland
• W5-whowhatwherewhenwhy, Belfast , Northern Ireland
• Birr Castle : Ireland's Historic Science Center, Birr , Ireland
• Exploration Station, Dublin , Ireland, under construction near Heuston Station, planned opening in 2009

Latin America

Argentina

• Exploratorio, Buenos Aires
• Museo Participativo de Ciencias, Buenos Aires
• PUERTOCIENCIA, Museo Interactivo de Ciencias, Entre Ríos

Brazil

• ESTAÇÃO CIÊNCIA, São Paulo
• Fundação Planetário da Cidade do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro
• Museu Exploratório de Ciências da UNICAMP, Campinas
• Museu da Vida (Museum of Life), Rio de Janeiro
• National Museum of Brazil , Rio de Janeiro

Chile

• Explora, Santiago
• Museo Interactivo Mirador - MIM, Santiago

Colombia

• Centro Interactivo de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Bogotá

Mexico

• Alfa Planetarium , Monterrey
• Semilla, Museo-Centro de Ciencia y Tecnologia, Chihuahua
• Caracol, Museo de Ciencias de Ensenada, Ensenada
• Centro de Ciencias de Sinaloa, Culiacan , Sinaloa
• Centro de Ciencias EXPLORA, León, Guanajuato
• Centro de Difusión de Ciencia y Tecnología, Azcapotzalco
• Descubre, Museo Interactivo de Ciencia y Tecnología, Aguascalientes
• Museo de la Luz (Light Museum), Chilpancingo , Guerrero
• Museo El Rehilete, Pachuca , Hidalgo
• Museo Interactivo “La Avispa”, Chilpancingo , Guerrero
• Museo Interactivo de Xalapa - MIX, Xalapa , Veracruz
• Museo Tecnologico de la CFE (MUTEC)
• Papalote, Museo del Niño
• Sol del Niño, Science and Technology Center, Baja California
• Trompo Magico, Zapopan
• UNIVERSE Museo de las Ciencias, Mexico City , Mexico
• Zig Zag Centro Interactivo de Ciencias Zacatecas, Zacatecas

Panama

• Explora Panama, Panama

Trinidad & Tobago

• National Science Center, D'Abadie

Uruguay

• Ciencia Viva (Living Science), Montevideo

Venezuela

• Museo de Ciencia y Tecnología del Estado Mérida, Merida

North America

Canada

(sorted by provinces)

Alberta

• Oil Sands Discovery Center, Fort McMurray
• Telus World of Science, Calgary , Alberta
• Telus World of Science, Edmonton , Alberta

British Columbia

• BIG Little Science Center, Kamloops
• Center of the Universe, Victoria
• The Exploration Place (Fraser Fort George Regional Museum), Prince George
• HR MacMillan Space Center , Vancouver , British Columbia
• Okanagan Science Center, Vernon
• Royal British Columbia Museum , Victoria
• Science World at Telus World of Science , Vancouver

Manitoba

• Manitoba Museum , Winnipeg , Manitoba

New Brunswick

• Science East, Fredericton

Newfoundland

• Newfoundland Science Center, St. John's

Nova Scotia

• Discovery Center, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Ontario

• Canadian Museum of Nature , Ottawa , Ontario
• Canada Science and Technology Museum , Ottawa, Ontario
• Ontario Science Center , Toronto , Ontario
• Personal Computer Museum , Brantford
• Science City South, Windsor
• Science North and Dynamic Earth in Sudbury , Ontario

Quebec

• Armand Frappier Museum, Laval
• Cosmodome (Laval) , Quebec
• Mont Mégantic Observatory , Notre-Dame des Bois
• Montréal Science Center, Montreal , Québec

Saskatchewan

• Saskatchewan Science Center, Regina, Saskatchewan

Yukon

• Northern Lights Center, Watson Lake

United States

see list of science centers in the United States

Asia and Oceania

Azerbaijan

• Museum of Azerbaijani Medicine, Baku
• Caspian Energy Center, Sanqaçal , Qaradağ District, Baku, Azerbaijan

Australia

• Discovery Science & Technology Center, Bendigo , Victoria
• Fremantle Light and Sound Discovery Center, Fremantle
• Hands On Energy Discovery Center, Hydro Tasmania , Hobart , Tasmania
• Imaginarium Science Center, Devonport , Tasmania
• Melbourne Museum , Melbourne
• Monash Science Center, Clayton , Melbourne
• Newcastle Museum, Newcastle , New South Wales
• Physics Museum of the University of Queensland, Brisbane
• Powerhouse Museum , Sydney , Australia
• Queensland Museum , Brisbane
• Questacon - The National Science and Technology Center, Canberra , Australia
• Scienceworks Museum , Melbourne , Australia
• Scitech , Perth
• South Australian Museum , Adelaide
• Wollongong Science Center and Planetarium, Fairy Meadow , New South Wales

Bangladesh

• National Museum of Science & Technology, Agargaaon, Dhaka

Brunei

• Oil & Gas Discovery Center, Seria

People's Republic of China

• Beijing Natural History Museum
• China Science and Technology Center, Beijing
• Fanling Environmental Resource Center , Fanling , Hong Kong
• Guangdong Science Center , Guangzhou
• Haier Science and Technology Gallery , Laoshan
• Health Education Exhibition and Resources Center , Kowloon Park, Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Museum of Medical Sciences , Hong Kong
• Hong Kong Science Museum , Hong Kong, China
• Hong Kong Space Museum , Tsim Sha Tsui , Hong Kong
• Macau Science Center, Macau
• Shanghai Science and Technology Museum , Pudong , Shanghai
• Sichuan Science and Technology Museum , Sichuan
• Tianjin Museum of Science and Technology, Tianjin

Republic of China (on Taiwan)

• National Museum of Natural Science, Taiwan, Taichung
• National Science and Technology Museum, Kaohsiung
• National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taipei

India

• Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Calcutta
• Goa Science Center, Panaji
• Kapila Science Park, Kapila
• National Science Center, New Delhi
• Nehru Museum of Science and Technology , Kharagpur
• Raman Science Center, Nagpur
• Regional Science Center, Lucknow
• Regional Science Center and Planetarium Calicut, Kozhikode
• Science Center, Dhenkanal
• Science City, Calcutta
• Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum , Bangalore
• Shrikrishna Science Center, Patna
• National Council of Science Museums (NCSM), India

Indonesia

• Pusat Peragaan IPTEK - Science and Technology Center of Indonesia, Jakarta

Israel

• Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem
• Madatech , National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space, Haifa

Japan

• Gifu City Science Museum , Gifu , Gifu Prefecture
• Ehime Prefectural Science Museum, Niihama , Ehime Prefecture
• Hiroshima-shi Kodomo Bunka Kagakukan ( Children's Museum ), Hiroshima
• Miraikan , Odaiba , Tokyo
• Nagoya City Science Museum, Nagoya
• National Museum of Natural Sciences , Tokyo, Japan
• Science Museum, Tokyo, Japan
• Osaka Science Museum , Osaka , Japan
• Science Museum of Map and Survey , Tsukuba
• Science Square Tsukuba, Tsukuba
• Tsukuba Expo Center, Tsukuba

Kuwait

• The Scientific Center of Kuwait, Salmiya

Malaysia

• Pusat Sains Negara (National Science Center), Kuala Lumpur
• Petrosains Discovery Center, Suria KLCC , Kuala Lumpur

New Zealand

• Exscite , Hamilton (New Zealand)
• Museum of Transport and Technology , Western Springs , Auckland
• Science Alive! - The New Zealand Science Center, Christchurch
• Te Manawa: Museum, Gallery, Science Center, Palmerston North

Pakistan

• National Museum of Science & Technology, Lahore

Philippines

• Philippine Science Centrum, Marikina , Metro Manila
• Bicol Science Centrum , Naga City , Camarines Sur
• Iloilo Science Centrum , Iloilo City , Iloilo
• SM Science Discovery Center , Pasay City , Metro Manila

Saudi Arabia

• SciTech - Sultan Bin Abdulaziz Science and Technology Center, Al Khobar

Singapore

• Science Center Singapore , Jurong East

South Korea

• National Science Museum, Daejeon

Thailand

• National Science Museum , Pathum Thani

Turkey

• Rahmi M. Koç Museum , Istanbul
• Silahtarağa Elektrik Santralı Energy Museum , Istanbul
• Bilim Merkezi, Istanbul
• State Meteorological Service's Museum, Ankara

United Arab Emirates

• Sharjah Science Museum, Sharjah City

Africa

Egypt

• ALEXploratorium, Bibliotheca Alexandrina , Alexandria

Mauritius

• Rajiv Gandhi Science Center, Bell Village

South Africa

• Giyani Science Center, Giyani
• MTN Sciencentre , Cape Town
• Old Mutual-MTN ScienCentre, Umhlanga Rocks
• Olwazini Discovery Center, Pietermaritzburg
• Sci-Bono, Johannesburg
• Sci-Enza , University of Pretoria , Pretoria
• Unizul Science Center, University of Zululand , Richards Bay
• Visitor Center at Lethabo Power Station, Lethabo , Deneysville
• Visitor Center at Koeberg Power Station, Koeberg , Melkbosstrand

See also

• Overview of the museum lists
• List of medical history museums