 Cape Town Science Centre, Main Rd, Observatory | |
  Location within Cape Town | |
| Established | 28 December 2011 |
|---|---|
| Location | Observatory, Cape Town |
| Coordinates | 33°56′18.33″S 18°27′50.73″E / 33.9384250°S 18.4640917°E |
| Type | Science museum |
| Director | Julie Cleverdon |
| Website | ctsc |
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- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "New home for Cape science centre". News24. 2010-11-02.
- ^ "Officially the world's largest cellphone". BIZCommunity.com. Archived from the original on 2009-01-06. Retrieved 2009-01-06.