Cape Town Science Centre

Cape Town Science Centre

Cape Town Science Centre, Main Rd, Observatory

Cape Town Science Centre, Main Rd, Observatory
Location within Cape Town
Established 28 December 2011 (2011-12-28)
Location Observatory, Cape Town
Coordinates 33°56′18″S 18°27′50″E / 33.9383°S 18.4640°E / -33.9383; 18.4640Coordinates: 33°56′18″S 18°27′50″E / 33.9383°S 18.4640°E / -33.9383; 18.4640
Type Science museum
Director Julie Cleverdon
Website ctsc.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 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]

References

  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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