MTN Sciencentre, Science center in Observatory, Cape Town, South Africa.

The MTN Sciencentre is a not-for-profit science centre in Observatory, Cape Town, run as an out-of-classroom initiative to improve science understanding and literacy. It reopened at this site in 2011 after leaving the Canal Walk shopping mall in early 2010. Its interactive exhibits cover physics, mathematics and technology.

The center operated in another location before relocating and reopening at its current Observatory site in 2011. Its placement near Groote Schuur Hospital established it as a knowledge hub in that neighborhood.

The center teaches science through direct participation, where visitors handle equipment and work through problems themselves rather than just watching. This hands-on approach has become part of how many South African schools introduce their students to scientific thinking.

Plan to spend time on each floor exploring the exhibits at your own pace, stopping longer at displays that catch your interest. The Experilab Science Shop sells learning materials, toys, and project kits if you want to continue experimenting at home.

The Ericsson cell phone displayed at the MTN Sciencentre is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest working cell phone. It came with the centre from its former home in the Canal Walk shopping mall, which it left in early 2010 before reopening in Observatory in 2011.