Exhibitions
The Centre was officially opened by The Queen in 2000 and offers an annual programme of exhibitions, lectures, workshops and events for children and adults of all ages with over 225,000 visitors every year.
The Science Centre's permanent exhibitions focuses on different aspects of scientific process and discovery. The Curiosity Zone is a 100% hands-on exhibition which encourages creativity and experimentation, inviting visitors to play with the exhibits, collaborating and communicating to make discoveries and creations. The Human Life exhibition explores the origins of human life and our adaptation to extreme environments, as well as some of the challenges humanity may face in the future. Every summer a new exhibition is hosted or launched, often a major touring exhibition such as Age of the Dinosaurs in 2013, from the Natural History Museum. During the winter months, smaller scale exhibitions are hosted, either on loan from other museums or created in-house.
As well as the exhibitions, The Science Centre contains shows throughout the year. The Science Theatre hosts live, interactive and humorous science demonstrations linked to the main exhibition, and the planetarium - the largest in the North - utilising its 360° domed ceiling and immersive projections to present a range of shows and films from traditional astronomy demonstrations to specially created animated films on a range of science-inspired subjects.
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