Article ID: CBB844989275

The Australian Science Centre Movement 1980–2000: Part 2—Science Centres in the States (2015)

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Between 1980 and 1995 eight science centres opened across Australia, driven by the enthusiasm of their originators, funded in various ways, but all acknowledging the leadership of the National Science Centre in Canberra. Six of the centres have continued into the twenty-first century and some have changed their original form, but the philosophy of ‘hands-on' science has been preserved.The accounts in this article are based on extensive notes provided by the protagonists.

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Authors & Contributors
Lomb, Nick
Fenner, Frank
Carrie Sims
Sarah M. Hamylton
Sue Stocklmayer
Keeble, Kathryn M.
Publishers
University of North Carolina Press
Concepts
Societies; institutions; academies
Museums
Medicine
Botany
Medical education and teaching
Research institutes; research stations
Time Periods
20th century, late
20th century
19th century
21st century
Modern
20th century, early
Places
Australia
Canberra
Sydney (Australia)
Great Barrier Reef
United States
Russia
Institutions
Australian Academy of Science
Questacon, the National Science and Technology Centre (Australia)
Australian Coral Reef Society (ACRS)
Astronomical Society of Australia
Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
Industrial and Technological Museum, Melbourne
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