Cape Town Science Centre Explained

Cape Town Science Centre
Map Type:Cape Town
Coordinates:-33.9383°N 18.464°W
Location:Observatory, Cape Town
Type:Science museum
Director:Julie Cleverdon

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 reopened in Observatory in 2011.[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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: National Science and Technology Foundation Awards for 2002 . 2002-05-13 . saastec.co.za . South African Association of Science and Technology Centres . 2009-01-06 . 2007-08-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070801150019/http://www.saastec.co.za/news/nstfawards2002.html . dead .
  2. News: The power of the city lies in science. 2007-10-22. Cape Argus. 2009-01-06. 2012-09-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20120907192445/http://www.capeargus.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=4088381. dead.
  3. News: New home for Cape science centre. 2010-11-02. News24.
  4. News: Officially the world's largest cellphone . BIZCommunity.com . 2009-01-06 . 2008-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080708234812/http://www.biz-community.com/Snippet/196/78/8226.html . dead .

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