Cape Town Science Centre

Cape Town Science Centre
Cape Town Science Centre, Main Rd, Observatory
Location within Cape Town
Established28 December 2011 (2011-12-28)
LocationObservatory, Cape Town
Coordinates33°56′18″S 18°27′50″E / 33.9383°S 18.4640°E / -33.9383; 18.4640
TypeScience museum
DirectorJulie Cleverdon
Websitectsc.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 reopened in Observatory 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. 13 May 2002. Archived from the original on 1 August 2007. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  2. ^ "The power of the city lies in science". Cape Argus. 22 October 2007. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2009.
  3. ^ "New home for Cape science centre". News24. 2 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Officially the world's largest cellphone". BIZCommunity.com. Archived from the original on 8 July 2008. Retrieved 6 January 2009.