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词条 Kerala Science and Technology Museum
释义

  1. Galleries

  2. Science popularisation efforts

  3. Administration

  4. See also

  5. References

  6. External links

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Kerala Science and Technology Museum is an autonomous institution established by Government of Kerala, India, in 1984, as a center for popularisation of science and scientific temper among the general public, especially among the young generation.[1][2] The institution is in the heart of Thiruvananthapuram city, in Kerala. The Priyadarsini Planetarium is attached to the museum, functioning since 1994.

Galleries

The museum has ten galleries exhibiting more than 300 items. Each gallery contains items related a particular disciple of science or engineering. There are galleries for electrical, electronics, mechanical, automobile and bio-medical engineering. There is a special gallery for popular science and for solar energy.

Mathematics, computer science and space science are the other disciplines having galleries of their own.

Science popularisation efforts

In addition to the planetarium, the museum offers facilities for night sky observation with a fully automatic 11-inch telescope. The museum operates two mobile science exhibition units on astronomy and science and a separate mobile astronomy unit named Astrovan.

The museum conducts creative science workshops for schoolchildren every summer.

Administration

The administration of the museum is vested with a governing body with the Minister for Education, Kerala State, as the chairman. The director of the museum is responsible for conducting day-to-day affairs.

See also

  • Swami Vivekananda Planetarium, Mangalore

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=Website of Kerala Science and Technology Museum|url=http://www.kstmuseum.com/|accessdate=21 May 2013}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Kerala State Science and Technology Museum|url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&id=3373&Itemid=2439|publisher=Government of Kerala|accessdate=21 May 2013}}

External links

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