Ontario Science Center
The Ontario Science Center in the Canadian city of Toronto is a science center . It is located in the North York district around 11 km northeast of downtown . In 2009 the museum celebrates its 40th anniversary. Since it opened, it has had over 40 million visitors.
The first plans for the museum were made in 1961, three years later the Canadian-Japanese architect Raymond Moriyama was commissioned to design the new building. The design envisaged three different building wings that were to be connected to one another by bridges and escalators. Construction began in 1966 and was to coincide with the 1967 Canadian Centennial celebrations . The museum's first official name was Centennial Center of Science and Technology . However, since the work could not be finished in time, the museum did not open until September 27, 1969. Over the years, the museum has undergone various extensions and renovations. In 1996 an IMAX dome was opened.
The museum has several hundred passive and interactive exhibits on science, research and technology. Space travel is a focus of the exhibition. On June 9, 2008, the museum opened a large exhibition on the subject of the manned flight to Mars . In addition to the permanent exhibitions, the Ontario Science Center also offers space for congresses, festivals and changing exhibitions. In 2002 the IFCT Festival was held at the Ontario Science Center. The exhibition Body Worlds was shown there between September 30, 2005 and February 26, 2006 .
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Coordinates: 43 ° 42 ′ 58.9 " N , 79 ° 20 ′ 19.3" W.