The TELUS World of Science – Calgary is a science museum with interactive exhibits, multimedia presentations and educational demonstrations. There are three traveling exhibits every year and more permanent exhibits that are designed on-site. The Discovery Dome Theatre features films from across North America. There are more than 304,000 visitors annually, including over 54,000 students. In 2006 the Creative Kids Museum opened at the TELUS World o...
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The TELUS World of Science – Calgary is a science museum with interactive exhibits, multimedia presentations and educational demonstrations. There are three traveling exhibits every year and more permanent exhibits that are designed on-site. The Discovery Dome Theatre features films from across North America. There are more than 304,000 visitors annually, including over 54,000 students. In 2006 the Creative Kids Museum opened at the TELUS World of Science, offering art-based learning. Currently TELUS World of Science – Calgary is located in the Downtown West End of Calgary, Alberta. In 2011, a new, much larger TELUS World of Science (New Science Centre 2011 Project) will open on a 15 acre site in Nose Creek Valley, north of the Calgary Zoo.
TELUS World of Science – Calgary originally opened as the Calgary Centennial Planetarium on July 1, 1967. In 1983 the Calgary Science Centre Society began a bid to bring a science centre to Calgary and in 1987 they received an operating agreement...
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