BM Birla Science Museum
BM Birla Science Museum
BM Birla Planetarium
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B M Birla Science Museum
The B M Birla Science Museum is the second phase of the Centre and was inaugurated by Shri M. Chenna Reddy, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on March 15, 1990. It has a unique facility which includes an Interactive Science Centre, Archaeology and Dolls Museum, Nobel Gallery, Antarctica Diorama, Dwaraka Diorama, Remote Sensing Gallery, Simulated Experiments, Space Museum and Dinosaurium (paleontology & fossils section).
It elaborately showcases the country’s achievements in science, in collaboration with Government of India departments like the Department of Ocean Development, Indian Space Research Organization, Geological Survey of India, Ministry of Science & Technology and many others.
Upcoming galleries are now being developed in collaboration with European Southern Observatory, NASA and several other international organizations.
The BM Birla Science Museum was constructed in the second phase of establishing the complex. Inaugurated by Sri M. Chenna Reddy, the then Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on March 15, 1990, it is a unique facility that includes an Interactive Science Centre, Archaeology and Dolls Museum, Nobel Gallery, Antarctica Diorama, Dwaraka Diorama, Remote Sensing Gallery, Simulated Experiments, Space Museum and Dinosaurium (palaeontology and fossils section).
The museum elaborately showcases the country’s achievements in science, in collaboration with Government of India departments like the Department of Ocean Development, Indian Space Research Organization, Geological Survey of India, Ministry of Science and Technology and many others.
Upcoming galleries are being developed in collaboration with several other national and international organisations.
The science museum has broad exhibits ranging from palaeontology and oceanic excavations to simulated hands-on experiments, remote sensing and a plethora of other scientific methods and principles. Each is explained in various sections of the museum for easy understanding.
The Interactive Science Centre exhibits are designed, developed and fabricated in-house. The B M Birla Science Museum provides support to other institutions desiring to set up Science Centres, Science Parks, thematic science galleries and science clubs by way of providing exhibits and training the staff on operation and maintenance of exhibits and outreach programmes under the ‘Science Project’ programme. They are a must for any community to encourage the development of a competent scientific citizenry so essential for the betterment of the developing world.
Science education and scientific awareness are often lacking in developing countries. Science education has been ineffective as evidenced by the absence of technical innovations and breakthroughs and by dismally low numbers of scientific papers and citations. The general level of scientific awareness is also poor.
The exhibits at the Interactive Science Centre demystify science and create curiosity and enthusiasm in visitors on the wonders and power of science and technology.
The primary goal of interactive exhibits is to give the visitors hands-on experience on science and make them ‘see’ and ‘do’ the science concepts and in turn understand them. Edutainment is the key word in all the exhibits and activities here. The exhibits expose fundamental concepts of science that can be used as building blocks for understanding more complex phenomena