Established 1 February 2008 Director Lynn Scarff Phone +353 1 896 4091 Founder Michael John Gorman | Type Science centre Chairperson Shay Garvey Province Leinster Founded 1 February 2008 | |
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Visitors 1.8 million visitors (2008-2014) Address The Naughton Institute, Pearse St, Dublin 2, Ireland Hours Open today · 12–8PMFriday12–8PMSaturday12–6PMSunday12–6PMMondayClosedTuesday12–8PMWednesday12–8PMThursday12–8PMSuggest an edit Similar Science Gallery International, Natural History Museum, National Gallery of Ireland, National Museum of Ireland, Irish Museum of Modern Art Profiles | ||
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The Science Gallery is a public science centre at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland. Opened in 2008 and housed in Trinity's Naughton Institute, it holds various exhibitions and lectures with a view to science outreach and art-science collaborations. Unlike most science centres, it has no permanent collection, but rather a series of 4-6 temporary exhibitions each year.
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- Illusion at science gallery
- Seeing explore the exhibition at science gallery dublin
- Establishment and location
- Exhibitions
- Science Gallery International
- References
Seeing explore the exhibition at science gallery dublin
Establishment and location
The Science Gallery Dublin is located within the Naughton Institute of Trinity College, Dublin, which opened in early 2008. The goal of the Gallery is to host a programme of exhibitions, workshops, and events to engage people aged 15–25 with science and technology. Since its opening the Gallery has received funding and support from Google.
In 2011 the Gallery attracted 242,000 visitors, in 2014 that had risen to 400,000, and has seen a total of 1.8 million visitors from 2008 to 2014. The Gallery was featured on a limited edition 2015 An Post stamp, which was part of a series along with the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition, celebrating recent Irish scientific achievements.
Exhibitions
The Gallery hosts a number of exhibitions every year of varying length. Science Gallery's opening show was LIGHTWAVE in early 2008, and has since gone on to host 32 other shows. A component of a number of the exhibitions is the ability for the public to participate in ongoing research. Examples of this are the collection of data on the water consumption and showering habits of visitors to the HOME/SICK exhibition WashLab.
Science Gallery International
The remit of the Gallery has expanded over the years, with it now organising events such as TEDxDublin and Dublin Maker. Some of the exhibitions now travel internationally, with ILLUSION travelling to San Diego, and BIORHYTHM exhibited in Taiwan. The Science Gallery is now part of an international group, Science Gallery International (SGI), which has the aim of setting up 8 similar galleries across the world by 2020, supported by Google and the Wellcome Trust. The first of which will be in London in collaboration with King's College London, and is due to open in 2016. In 2014, the plans for a Science Gallery in Bangalore, India were announced, with the Gallery planned to open in 2018. The SGI has an agreement to open a gallery with the City College of New York and with Ca' Foscari in Venice.