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Dundee Science Centre (formerly known as Sensation) is a
science centre A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in m ...
located in
Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
,
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, and a part of the Scottish Science Centres Network. It is a
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under Scottish law. It is funded by the public and donations from local corporate sponsors. The interactive exhibits focus mainly on the
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, and in particular on the
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. There is also a focus on
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, and a practical exploration of science learning. Dundee Science Centre is also a corporate venue and a
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-inspected resource for science learning and public engagement. There is an in-house cafe (Cafe Creative) and a gift shop, stocking many science and educational products. The centre went under a £2.1m renovation during the coronavirus pandemic. The centre reopened in 2021 with the aim to make it more accessible.


History

As one of the Millennium Commission projects, it opened in July 2000 at the cost of around £5 million. In 2013, the museum changed its name from Sensation to Dundee Science Centre. In 2020, Dundee Science Centre closed for a large period of the year as well as the first half of 2021 due to the
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. During this time the centre's ground floor underwent a £2 million renovation to make the area more accessible to assisted needs visitors. The centre reopened in June 2021 with additional COVID guidelines in place such as mask wearing and hand washin


See also

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, Scotland. * Glasgow Science Centre - Science Centre in
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, Scotland. *
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Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), a ...
, Scotland.


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* Cultural infrastructure completed in 2000
Science Centre A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in m ...
Science museums in Scotland
Science Centre A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in m ...
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