User:Axxter99/Cape Town Science Centre

Coordinates: 33°56′18.33″S 18°27′50.73″E / 33.9384250°S 18.4640917°E / -33.9384250; 18.4640917
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Cape Town Science Centre
Cape Town Science Centre, Main Rd, Observatory
Cape Town Science Centre, Main Rd, Observatory
Axxter99/Cape Town Science Centre is located in Cape Town
Axxter99/Cape Town Science Centre
Location within Cape Town
Established28 December 2011 (2011-12-28)
LocationObservatory, Cape Town
Coordinates33°56′18.33″S 18°27′50.73″E / 33.9384250°S 18.4640917°E / -33.9384250; 18.4640917
TypeScience museum
DirectorJulie Cleverdon
Websitectsc.org.za

The Cape Town Science Centre is a not-for-profit[1] science centre in Cape Town, South Africa. It forms part of a wide range of non-classroom initiatives to improve the quality of science understanding and science literacy in South Africa.

Until early 2010, the MTN Sciencentre was located in the Canal Walk shopping mall.[2] It will reopen in Observatory later in 2010.[3]

The MTN Sciencentre's Ericsson cell phone is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest working cell phone.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "National Science and Technology Foundation Awards for 2002". saastec.co.za. South African Association of Science and Technology Centres. 2002-05-13. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  2. ^ "The power of the city lies in science". Cape Argus. 2007-10-22. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06.
  3. ^ "New home for Cape science centre". News24. 2010-11-02.
  4. ^ "Officially the world's largest cellphone". BIZCommunity.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06.

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