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National Science Museums

So where better to start your exploration of the world of science than on your own doorstep?

Numerous interactive and 'hands-on' science centres or museums can be found throughout Europe. These have something of interest for visitors of all ages, and exhibitions often change regularly. We have put together a selection to give you a taste of what is available near you... let your journey begin!

AUSTRIA

• Museum of Natural History, Vienna / Naturhistorisches Museum in Wien
  http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/NHM/
  Oeff.Arbeit@nhm-wien.ac.at

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BELGIUM

• Euro Space Centre, Transinne
  http://www.ping.be/eurospace/
  escinfo@ping.be

• Technopolis, Mechelen
  http://www.technopolis.be/
  info@technopolis.be

• Maison de la Science, Liège
  http://www.ulg.ac.be/musees/ms/
  mailinfo@ulg.ac.be

• Muséum des Sciences Naturelles, Bruxelles
  http://www.sciencesnaturelles.be/museum
  educa@sciencesnaturelles.be

• Muséum de la Médecine, Bruxelles
  http://www.medicmuseum.org/
  

• Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science
  http://www.naturalsciences.be
  professor.dino@naturalsciences.be

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BULGARIA

• National Museum of Natural Science, Sofia

• Man and Earth Museum, Sofia

• National Polytechnical Museum, Sofia

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CZECH REPUBLIC

• National Technical Museum, Praha
  http://www.ntm.cz/en/
  info@ntm.cz

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CYPRUS

• Cyprus Museum of Natural History
  http://www.natmuseum.org.cy/index-english.htm
  mariap@ppgroup.com.cy

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DENMARK

• Experimentarium, Hellerup
  http://www.experimentarium.dk/
  info@experimentarium.dk

• Natur Historisk Museum/Natural History Museum, Aarhus
  http://www.naturhistoriskmuseum.dk/
  nm@nathist.aau.dk

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ESTONIA

• Estonian Museum of Natural History, Tallinn
  http://home.delfi.ee/~muuseum/
  muuseum@online.ee

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FINLAND

• The Finnish science centre/Suomalainen Tiedekeskus, Vantaa
  http://www.heureka.fi/

• Finnish Museum of Natural History
  http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/N_default.asp

• Heureka
  http://www.heureka.fi/
  info@heurkea.fi

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FRANCE

• La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie, La Villette, Paris
  http://www.cite-sciences.fr/francais/indexFLASH.htm
  c.davril@cite-sciences.fr; f.vescia@cite-sciences.fr

• Futuroscope, Poitiers
  http://www.futuroscope.fr/
  contacts@futuroscope.fr

• Palais de la Découverte, Paris
  http://www.palais-decouverte.fr/
  profs@palais-decouverte.fr

• Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris
  http://www.mnhn.fr/
  murail@mnhn.fr

• Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Lille
  http://www.museumdelille.com.fr/
  contact@mhnlille.com

• Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, Besançon
  http://www.besancon.com/musees/francais/museum.htm
  gerard.galliot@besancon.com

• Cap Sciences, Bordeaux
  http://www.cap-sciences.net/
  cap-sciences@wanadoo.fr

• Explor@dome, Paris
  http://www.exploradome.com/
  brigitte@exploradome.com

• Cité de l'espace, Toulouse
  http://www.cite-espace.com/
  f.seroussu@cite-espace.com

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GERMANY

• Deutsches Museum von Meisterwerken der Naturwissenschaft und Technik, München
  http://www.deutsches-museum.de/e_index.htm
  info@deutsches-museum.de

• Landesmuseum für Technik und Arbeit, Mannheim
  http://www.landesmuseum-mannheim.de/index.html
  lta@lta-mannheim.de

• Phänomenta Science Centre Schleswig-Holstein, München
  http://www.phaenomenta.com/
  science@phaenomenta.com

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GREECE

• Technology museum, Thessaloniki
  http://www.tmth.edu.gr/index.html
  tmth@otenet.gr

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HUNGARY

• Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
  http://www.nhmus.hu/e_index.html
  matskasi@zoo.zoo.nhmus.hu

• Palace of Miracles, Budapest
  http://www.csodapalota.hu/main/english/index.htm
  info@csodapalota.hu

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IRELAND

• The Planetarium, Armagh
  http://www.armagh-planetarium.co.uk/
  webmaster@armagh-planetarium.co.uk

• Birr Castle Demesne, Birr
  http://www.birrcastle.com/
  info@birrcastle.com

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ITALY

• Citta della Scienza, Napoli
  http://www.cittadellascienza.it/
  prenot@cittadellascienza.it

• Il giardino di Archimede. Un Museo per la Matematica, Priverno (LT)
  http://www.math.unifi.it/archimede/
  giusti@math.unifi.it

• Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence
  http://galileo.imss.firenze.it/
  marco@imss.fi.it

• Laboratorio dell'Immaginario Scientifico, Trieste
  http://www.immaginarioscientifico.it/
  carniello@lis.trieste.it

• Museo della Specola - The Astronomical Museum, Bologna
  http://boas3.bo.astro.it/dip/Museum/
  bonoli@bo.astro.it

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LATVIA

• Latvian Museum of Natural History
  http://www.muzeji.lv/guide/pages_e/dabas.html
  info@dabasmuzejs.gov.lv

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LITHUANIA

• Tadas Ivanauskas Zoology Museum, Kaunas
  http://www.welcome-to.lt/muzzoo/
  muzzoo@takas.lt

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LUXEMBOURG

• Natural History Museum, Luxembourg / Musée national d'histoire naturelle, Luxembourg
  http://www.mnhn.etat.lu/default.asp

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THE NETHERLANDS

• Museon, Den Haag
  http://www.museon.nl/
  rkorving@museon.nl

• Nemo (New Metropolis science and technology centre), Amsterdam
  http://www.e-nemo.nl/
  info@e-NEMO.nl

• Natural History Museum, Maastricht
  http://www.nhmmaastricht.nl/
  mail@nhmmaastricht.nl

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NORWAY

• Norsk Teknisk Museum, Oslo
  http://www.museumsnett.no/ntm/
  post@norsk-teknisk.museum.no

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POLAND

• Nicolai Copernici museum, Frombork
  http://www.frombork.art.pl/Ang01.htm
  frombork@softel.elblag.pl

• The Earth Museum of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
  http://venus.ci.uw.edu.pl/alf/mz/ (in Polish)

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PORTUGAL

• Museu de Ciência da Universidade de Lisboa / Lisbon University Science Museum
  http://www.museu-de-ciencia.ul.pt/
  fbgil@museu-de-ciencia.ul.pt

• Museu Nacional de História Natural, Lisboa
  http://www.fc.ul.pt/museu/
  f70183@fc.ul.pt

• Pavilhão do Conhecimento, Lisboa
  http://www.pavconhecimento.mct.pt/
  info@pavconhecimento.mct.pt

• Planetário do Porto, Porto
  http://www.astro.up.pt/planetario/
  planetario@astro.up.pt

• Visionarium - Centro de Ciência do Europarque, Santa Maria da Feira
  http://www.visionarium.pt/
  srsaraba@aeportugal.com

• Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve, Faro
  http://www.ualg.pt/ccviva/
  info@ciencia-viva-alg.rcts.pt

• Exploratório, Coimbra
  http://www.exploratorio.pt/
  explora@mail.telepac.pt

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ROMANIA

• Natural History Museum, Bucharest
  http://www.antipa.ro/
  mihaelast@antipa.ro

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SLOVAKIA

• Natural History Museum, Bratislava
  http://www.snm.sk/ (in Slovakian)

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SLOVENIA

• Slovenian Museum of Natural History, Ljubljana
  http://www2.pms-lj.si/pmsgb.html
  uprava@pms-lj.si

• Technical Museum of Slovenia, Ljubljana
  http://www.tms.si/
  info@csodapalota.hu

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SPAIN

• Dinópolis, Teruel
  http://www.dinopolis.com/
  alcala@dinopolis.com

• Museo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología, Madrid
  http://mhct.mnct.mcu.es/
  museo.mnct@mnct.mcu.es

• Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales, Madrid
  http://www.mncn.csic.es/
  mncneb18@fresno.csic.es

• La Ciudad de las Artes y los Ciencias, Valencia
  http://www.cac.es/
  lvisitas@cac.es

• Casa Ciencias, La Coruña
  http://www.casaciencias.org/MenuBarra/MenuFrame-E.html
  planetarium@casaciencias.org

• Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica de Catalunya, Terrassa (Catalunya)
  http://www.mnactec.com/
  info@mnactec.com

• Planetario de Madrid
  http://www.planetmad.es/
  buzon@planetmad.es

• Parque de las Ciencias, Granada
  http://www.parqueciencias.com/
  info@parqueciencias.com

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SWEDEN

• Teknikens Hus, Luleå
  http://www.teknikens-hus.se/
  webmaster@teknikens-hus.se

• Universeum, Gothenburg
  http://www.universeum.se/index.asp
  malin.lundgren@universeum.se

• Tom Tit's Experiment, Sodertalje
  http://www.tomtit.se/Menu2/menu_sv.html
  info@tomtit.se

• Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm
  http://www.nrm.se/

• Museum of Science and Technology, Stockholm
  http://www.tekniskamuseet.se/
  info@tekniskamuseet.se

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UNITED KINGDOM

• The Natural History Museum, London
  http://www.nhm.ac.uk/

• INSPIRE, Norwich
  http://science-project.org/inspire/default.htm
  inspire@science-project.org

• The Museum of Science & Industry, Manchester
  http://www.msim.org.uk/
  education@msim.org.uk

• The National Museum of Science & Industry, London
  http://www.nmsi.ac.uk/
  m.applegate@nmsi.ac.uk

• National Space Centre, Leicester
  http://www.nssc.co.uk/
  info@spacecentre.co.uk

• Eureka - the museum for children, Halifax
  http://www.eureka.org.uk/index.html
  info@eureka.org.uk

• Techniquest, Cardiff, Wales
  http://www.tquest.org.uk/
  info@techniquest.org

• Satrosphere, Aberdeen, Scotland
  http://www.satrosphere.net/
  Satrosphere@satrosphere.net

• Sellafield Visitors Centre, West Cumbria
  http://www.sparkingreaction.info/home.shtml

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