List of science centers

This is a list of science centers (spelt science centre in Commonwealth English) organized by continent. Science centers are a type of science museum that emphasizes an interactive, hands-on approach with its exhibitions.

Africa

Name	City	Country	Established
Unizulu Science Centre	Richard's Bay	South Africa	1986

Americas

Name	City	Country	Established
California Science Center	Los Angeles	United States	1951
Canada Science and Technology Museum	Ottawa	Canada	1967
Canada South Science City	Windsor, Ontario	Canada	2004
Carnegie Science Center	Pittsburgh	United States	1991
Columbia Memorial Space Center	Downey, California	United States	2009
COSI	Columbus, Ohio	United States	1964
Discovery Centre	Halifax, Nova Scotia	Canada	1990
Exploratorium	San Francisco	United States	1969
Eyring Science Center	Provo, Utah	United States	1950
Jonsson-Rowland Science Center	Troy, New York	United States	1961
Michigan Science Center	Detroit	United States	1970
Modelo Museum of Science and Industry	Toluca	Mexico	2009
Montreal Science Centre	Montreal	Canada	2000
Museo Descubre	Aguascalientes City	Mexico
Museo Interactivo de Xalapa	Xalapa	Mexico
Nurture Nature Center	Easton, Pennsylvania	United States	2007
Ontario Science Centre	Toronto	Canada	1969
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry	Portland, Oregon	United States	1944
Orlando Science Center	Orlando, Florida	United States	1955
Pacific Science Center	Seattle	United States	1962
PUCRS Museum of Science and Technology	Porto Alegre	Brazil	1998
Putnam Museum	Davenport, Iowa	United States	1867
Saint Louis Science Center	St. Louis	United States	1963
Saskatchewan Science Centre	Regina, Saskatchewan	Canada	1989
Science and Technology Education Innovation Center	St. Petersburg, Florida	United States	1959
Science East	Fredericton	Canada	1994
Science North	Greater Sudbury	Canada	1984
Science World (Vancouver)	Vancouver	Canada	1989
Sitka Sound Science Center	Sitka, Alaska	United States	2007
The Tech Interactive	San Jose, California	United States	1998
Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum	Reno, Nevada	United States	2011
TELUS Spark Science Centre	Calgary	Canada	2011
Telus World of Science (Edmonton)	Edmonton	Canada	1984
Universum (UNAM)	Mexico City	Mexico	1992

Asia

Name	City	Country	Established
National Museum of Science and Technology	Dhaka	Bangladesh	1965
Tehran Science Center	Tehran	Iran	2017
Birla Science Museum	Hyderabad	India	1985
Bloomfield Science Museum	Jerusalem	Israel	1992
China Science and Technology Museum	Beijing	China	1988
Goa Science Centre	Goa	India	2001
Guangdong Science Center	Guangzhou	China	2008
Gujarat Science City	Ahmedabad	India	2002
Hong Kong Science Museum	Hong Kong	China	1991
Hunan Science and Technology Museum	Changsha	China
Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space	Haifa	Israel	1983
Kerala Science and Technology Museum	Thiruvananthapuram	India	1984
Macau Science Center	Macau	China	2009
MagnifiScience Centre	Karachi	Pakistan	2021
Miraikan	Tokyo	Japan	2001
National Science Centre, Delhi	Delhi	India	1992
National Science Museum Thailand	Bangkok	Thailand	1995
National Taiwan Science Education Center	Taipei	Taiwan	1956
Nehru Museum of Science and Technology	Kharagpur	India	1990
Nehru Science Centre	Mumbai	India	1985
Petrosains	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	1999
Pimpri Chinchwad Science Park	Pune	India	2013
Pushpa Gujral Science City, Kapurthala	Kapurthala	India	2005
Raman Science Centre	Nagpur	India	1992
Ranchi Science Centre	Ranchi	India	2010
Regional Science Centre, Bhopal	Bhopal	India	1995
Science Centre Singapore	Jurong East	Singapore	1977
Science Centre, Surat	Surat	India	2009
Science City Kolkata	Kolkata	India	1997
Seria Energy Lab	Seria	Brunei	2002
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum	Shanghai	China	2001
Sichuan Science and Technology Museum	Qingyang	China	2006
Shrikrishna Science Centre	Patna	India	1978
The Mind Museum	Taguig (Metro Manila)	Philippines	2012
Taipower Exhibit Center in Southern Taiwan	Hengchun	Taiwan	2005
Salem Science Park	Salem	India	2022

Europe

Name	City	Country	Established
Aberdeen Science Centre	Aberdeen	United Kingdom	1990
Cambridge Science Centre	Cambridge	United Kingdom	2013
Dundee Science Centre	Dundee	United Kingdom	2000
Dynamic Earth	Edinburgh	United Kingdom	1999
Catalyst Science Discovery Centre	Widnes	United Kingdom	1987
Glasgow Science Centre	Glasgow	United Kingdom	2001
AHHAA	Tartu	Estonia	1997
Città della Scienza	Naples	Italy	1985
Copernicus Science Centre	Warsaw	Poland	2005
EC1 Science and Technology Center in Łódź	Łódź	Poland	2018
Hydropolis Centre for Ecological Education	Wrocław	Poland	2015
Ithaka Science Center	Tegelen	Netherlands	2008
NEMO	Amsterdam	Netherlands	1923
Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology	Kharkiv	Ukraine	1928
La Casa de la Ciencia	Sevilla	Spain	2008
Phaeno Science Center	Wolfsburg	Germany	2005
Scientific Centre of Monaco	Monaco City	Monaco	1960
Techmania Science Center	Plzeň	Czech Republic	2005
Heureka	Vantaa	Finland	1989
Tietomaa	Oulu	Finland	1998
Tom Tits Experiment	Södertälje	Sweden	1987
Universeum	Gothenburg	Sweden	2001
Universum	Bremen	Germany	2000
Technopolis	Mechelen	Belgium	2000
Winchester Science Centre	Winchester	United Kingdom	2002

Oceania

Name	City	Country	Established
Discovery World	Dunedin	New Zealand	1991
Gravity Discovery Centre	Gingin, Western Australia	Australia
Questacon	Canberra	Australia	1986
Scienceworks (Melbourne)	Melbourne	Australia	1992
Scitech	Perth	Australia	1998
Te Manawa	Palmerston North	New Zealand	1999