Location Dhaka, Bangladesh Visitors 4,000 per month Phone +880 2-9112084 | Type Science museum Director Swapan Kumar Roy | |
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Established 26 April 1965 (1965-04-26) Curator Badiar Rahman, Kazi Hasibuddin Ahmed, Sukalyan Bachhar Address Shahid Shahabuddin Shorok, Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh Hours Open today · 9AM–5PMWednesday9AM–5PMThursdayClosedFriday3–5PMSaturday9AM–5PMSunday9AM–5PMMonday9AM–5PMTuesday9AM–5PMSuggest an edit Owner Ministry of Science and Technology Similar Bangladesh National Museum, National Museum of Science a, Ahsan Manzil, Bangladesh National Zoo, Shishu Park | ||
National Museum of Science and Technology (NMST) (Bengali: জাতীয় বিজ্ঞান ও প্রযুক্তি জাদুঘর) in Dhaka, Bangladesh was founded on April 26, 1965 by the Pakistani government and became a part of Bangladesh's Ministry of Science and Technology following the Bangladesh Liberation War. It was first based in the Dhaka Public Library, and moved a number of times before its permanent home was completed in 1981. The NMST serves as Bangladesh's only science museum and organizes science education activities at a national level.
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Exhibits
The museum has several galleries such as its physical science gallery, fun science gallery (1 & 2), biological science gallery, technological gallery, IT gallery, space science gallery, young scientist's gallery, science library, a sky observatory, and science park. In addition to its permanent exhibits the museum also puts on popular science lectures, scientific film shows and a children's science festival.
National Science and Technology Week
NMST arranges National Science & Technology Week every year both at a district and national level. Only two participants from each district (one from junior level and the other from senior or college level) can participate at the national level. Students whose projects are selected as viable from each science week, are encouraged to further develop their projects (see below).
Young scientist activities
NMST assists with student science projects both financially and technologically. Each year NMST selects potential projects according to national interest and socioeconomic benefit, and these projects are developed for a three-month period. Each student is given a monthly allowance and assigned a mentor who is an expert in the relevant field. In addition, a special workshop and all raw materials are provided.
Publications
Young Scientist (Bengali: নবীন বিজ্ঞানী — Nabin Biggani), a quarterly science magazine
Innovation (Bengali: উদ্ভাবন — Udbhaban), a yearly report on young scientists
A yearly report on Science and Technology Week from the national level
Yearly proceedings on popular science conducted by the museum