Science centers and museums are environments for informal learning, a process central to forging knowledge, skills, and positive attitudes about science.
Science centers are places to discover, to explore, to test ideas about the natural world.
They are unique resources for families and schoolchildren, teachers and citizens. In increasing numbers, science centers are also places where people of all ages, cultures, and educational levels can learn at their own pace, engage their curiosity, and use all their senses to ask and answer questions, explore, and explain to others what they have learned. There are more than 400 science centers and museums around the world where you can investigate, discover - and try science for yourself. Jump to top of page. All rights reserved.