Warsaw's Copernicus centre celebrates second birthday
PR dla Zagranicy
Peter Gentle
05.11.2012 11:16
The Copernicus Science Centre, one of Poland's most cutting edge museums, is celebrating its second birthday since it opened to visitors in the autumn of 2010.
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More than two million visitors have passed through the museum's doors, with 65 percent coming from outside of Warsaw.
Alongside the Warsaw Rising and Chopin museums, the building near the west bank of the River Vistula is one of Warsaw's top tourist atractions and is stuffed full of interactive exhibits on the wonders of science.
“Visitors can feel that change is possible and the world is in their hands. The museum stimulates the imagination,” the centre's director Robert Firmhofer told the TVP public broadcaster.
The Copernicus Science Centre cost around 90 million euros to build of which 50 million euro was from funds provided by the European Union.
The museum is a joint enterprise between the City of Warsaw, Ministry of Science and Higher Education and Ministry of National Education. (pg)
See centre's web site here