Bangladesh National Museum of Science and Technology Entrance

National Museum of Science and Technology (NMST) ( bn, জাতীয় বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি জাদুঘর) in

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

was founded on April 26, 1965, by the Pakistani government and became a part of Bangladesh's

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following the

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. It was first based in the Dhaka Public Library, and moved a number of times before its permanent home was completed in 1981. The NMST serves as Bangladesh's only

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and organizes science education activities at a national level.

Exhibits

The museum has several galleries such as its physical science gallery, fun science gallery (1 & 2), biological science gallery, technological gallery, IT gallery, space science gallery, young scientist's gallery, science library, a sky observatory, and science park. In addition to its permanent exhibits the museum also puts on popular science lectures, scientific film shows and a children's science festival.

National Science and Technology Week

NMST arranges National Science & Technology Week every year both at a district and national level. Only two participants from each district (one from junior level and the other from senior or college level) can participate at the national level. Students whose projects are selected as viable from each science week, are encouraged to further develop their projects (see below).

Young scientist activities

NMST assists with student science projects both financially and technologically. Each year NMST selects potential projects according to national interest and socioeconomic benefit, and these projects are developed for a three-month period. Each student is given a monthly allowance and assigned a mentor who is an expert in the relevant field. In addition, a special workshop and all raw materials are provided.

Publications

''Young Scientist'' ( bn, নবীন বিজ্ঞানী — ), a quarterly science magazine ''Innovation'' ( bn, উদ্ভাবন — ), a yearly report on young scientists A yearly report on Science and Technology Week from the national level Yearly proceedings on popular science conducted by the museum

Gallery

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References

External links

Official websiteVideo about museum
Science and technology in Bangladesh

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