Scienceworks Museum (Melbourne)
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Scienceworks in Melbourne, Australia is a museum dedicated to educating visitors in science and technology, while providing an entertaining destination for a family outing.
[edit] Scienceworks in Melbourne, Australia
Scienceworks, located in the suburb of Spotswood, has hands-on experiments, demonstrations, tours, activities, and constantly changing exhibits. Besides the many hands-on exhibits, one famous exhibit is the lighting room, which has 120 seats and has live shows that run for thirty minutes. It features the giant Tesla Coil, which when activated is capable of generating two million volts of electricity, producing three metre lightning bolts. No other science centre in the world has such an advanced electricity show. They also have the only digital planetarium in the southern hemisphere. It has a brand new surround sound system, reclining seats, and a 16 metre high dome ceiling.
General Information
- Address: 2 Booker Street, Spotswood, Victoria, Australia
- Hours: 10:00am - 4:30pm daily. Closed Christmas Day and Good Friday