Over 300,000 people have already visited the Copernicus Science Centre in Warsaw, new figures show.

Opened last November it offers hundreds of interactive exhibits displayed within an area of 20,000 square meters.

Visitors, which number an average of 2,500 per day,  have a huge choice of experiments and activities, from producing electricity, stepping into an operating theatre, to putting robots to work and ‘testdriving’ a flying carpet.

The Copernicus Science Centre  - which was given that name after an internet poll asked readers to choose from a number of alternatives - aims to promote science, in a modern, hands-on manner, with visitors able to take part  in experiments.

The latest addition to the Centre is a planetarium. Scheduled for opening on 22 June it will include a stellar spherical projector shaped like a ball cut in two. The only such screen in Poland composed of a hundred elements it is to give visitors an illusion of being immersed in reality. (di/jb)

Source: IAR