Clore Garden of Science, Interactive science museum in Rehovot, Israel.
The Clore Garden of Science is an outdoor science museum on the Weizmann Institute grounds with more than 90 interactive stations. The exhibits demonstrate how physics, solar energy, and water science work through hands-on demonstrations that visitors can operate themselves.
The museum opened in 1998 as part of the Weizmann Institute's effort to make science accessible to the public. Since its founding, it has expanded into a major educational destination serving schools and families across the region.
The garden is named after Vivien Clore Duffield, daughter of Charles Clore, whose donation enabled its opening in 1998. Its first director, Dr. Moshe Rishpon, a physicist and educator, founded the Weizmann Institute's youth activities unit. During holidays the garden runs special family activities, and many events of the annual Science Festival, a celebration of science, culture and technology, take place here and nearby.
The garden reopened in July 2024 after five years of renewal and is now organised into eight content areas, each presenting a different angle on nature. Allow about an hour and a half for a visit; as one curator put it, it is a journey where you can spend 90 minutes and cover only 30 metres. Special family activities run during holidays and festivals.
The EcoSphere section features a working ecosystem with wet and dry plant zones, fish habitats, and connected water systems all in one outdoor area. Visitors can observe how different environmental elements work together to function as an integrated whole.
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