Kerala Science and Technology Museum is an autonomous institution established by
Government of Kerala
Government of Kerala is the Subnational administrative division, subnational government of the Indian state of Kerala. The government is led by a chief minister, who selects all the other ministers. The chief minister and their most senior mini ...
,
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
, in 1984, as a center for popularisation of science and scientific temper among the general public, especially among the young generation.
The institution is in the heart of
Thiruvananthapuram
Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...
city, in Kerala. The Priyadarsini Planetarium is attached to the museum, functioning since 1994.
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1984 establishments in Kerala
Science museums in India
Science centres in India
Organisations based in Thiruvananthapuram
Museums in Thiruvananthapuram
Science and technology in Kerala
Museums established in 1984