Copernicus Science Centre

Copernicus Science Centre

The Copernicus Science Centre is a science museum located beneath the Vistula River embankment in Warsaw, the capital of Poland, near the University of Warsaw and the Academy of Fine Arts. Its construction took less than two years. The venue design was completed by young Polish architects from the RAr-2 Laboratorium Architektury Gilner & Kubec of Ruda Śląska studio, and it first opened to the public on November 5, 2010.

The Copernicus Science Centre is a next-generation cultural institution dedicated to awakening curiosity, promoting self-education through knowledge, and fostering social dialogue. Here, visitors are more important than curators—they participate in the co-creation of exhibitions. The centre features 450 interactive scientific exhibits. Rather than displaying items behind glass cases, the exhibits showcase individual physics, chemistry, and biology experiments on stands.

The Copernicus Science Centre is the largest science centre in Poland and one of the most advanced in Europe. This two-storey, 15,000-square-metre building blends perfectly with its surroundings and is a great destination for those taking a stroll along Aleje Jerozolimskie (Jerusalem Avenue). The Copernicus Science Centre includes an underground car park, a rooftop garden, an outdoor exploration park (with discovery stations), an art gallery, an open-air theatre, permanent and temporary indoor exhibition halls, laboratories, workshops, a multimedia planetarium, meeting rooms, a restaurant, and a café.

Copernicus Science Centre

Reason to visit: The largest science centre in Poland

Continent: Europe

Country/Region: Poland

Province/State: Masovian Voivodeship

City: Warsaw