Sharjah Science Museum, Science museum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Description
Sharjah Science Museum is a science museum in Sharjah featuring around 50 interactive exhibitions covering physics, biology, and astronomy. Visitors can engage with practical demonstrations and experimental stations where they perform hands-on activities to explore scientific concepts.
History
The museum opened on April 17, 1996, establishing itself as a key educational institution for science across the United Arab Emirates. Since its opening, it has enabled students and families to grasp scientific concepts through direct, practical experience.
Culture
The museum serves as a gathering place where families and school groups from across the region engage in hands-on experiments and explore scientific phenomena together. Visitors of all ages find ways to understand how the natural world works through direct interaction with the displays.
Practical
The museum is situated on Sheikh Rashid bin Saqr Al Qassimi Road and is easy to reach from various parts of the city. Most exhibition areas are designed to accommodate visitors with different mobility needs, and you can comfortably explore the various sections during a single visit.
Did you know?
The museum houses specialized sections dedicated to thermal physics, aerodynamics, and space exploration with hands-on activities that often go unnoticed by casual visitors. These zones allow people to experience and understand complex physical principles in surprising and memorable ways.
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