Kao Data, the specialist developer and operator of advanced data centres for high performance colocation, has today announced it has signed a three-year funding agreement with Cambridge Science Centre, and will become a member of its Executive Council. The project aims to help bridge the digital divide in East Anglia and beyond, providing access to technology and resources that will encourage...
Cambridge Science Centre
Cambridge Science Centre (CSC) is the only year-round science centre in the East of England. It specialises in taking complex scientific messages and making them accessible, exciting & fun for young learners. Through a combination of informal STEM outreach in schools & communities and visits to the Cambridge Centre, CSC has engaged with ~400,000 young learners, their families & teachers since opening in 2013.
Telephone: 01223 967 965
Address :
44-45 Clifton Road Cambridge
Post Code: CB1 7ED
Country: United Kingdom
Membership Type: Charity <100 staff
The Cambridge Science Centre is a venue for exhibitions, shows, workshops and talks: a place in which to discover, to create and to learn. It acts as a gateway into some of the amazing scientific research in this great city and from around the world.
We are a registered educational charity guided by three main principles:
- To develop and host exhibitions, events and outreach programmes which advance education and inspire young people to engage with science and technology.
- To provide a physical and online hub for public engagement with scientific research. To enhance the public understanding and debate around public policy and ethics related to scientific progress.
- To deliver targetted outreach and travelling exhibitions that will improve access to science and technology for underserved communities around Cambridgeshire and East Anglia.
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Cambridge Science Centre is celebrating British Science Week this year with a competition for youngsters, who have the chance to win prizes for themselves and their school.
23-02-2021
This half-term sees Cambridge Science Centre offer something a little bit different for children. It is running bookable sessions over the half-term week, so you can explore science in lots of exciting and different ways.
14-10-2020
Dr Lucinda Spokes, Head of Public Engagement, University of Cambridge and Jonathan Drori, CBE have recently joined the Cambridge Science Centre Board. Their collective expertise brings effective key skills to the current Board, headed by Dr David Cleevely.
02-09-2020
Cambridge Science Centre will be open again from Saturday 15th August for just three weeks. In its first public show since March, it will feature the Bloodhound LSR, which is aiming to break the world land speed record and reach a staggering 1,000mph.
11-08-2020
Cambridge Science Centre, along with over 40 members of the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC), has joined the Science Centres For Our Future campaign, which is calling on the government to set up an Emergency Resilience Fund to support the UK’s world-class network of regional Science Centres.
09-06-2020
Cambridge Science Centre, along with other local venues, is currently closed during the coronavirus pandemic. But perhaps even more so now, in these strange and unprecedented times, Cambridge Science Centre has a vital role to play in inspiring the scientific curiosity in every child, igniting an enduring passion for experimentation and discovery in everything and fuelling self-belief in those...
20-05-2020
What's on this summer? Lots of fun activities are happening both in their Cambridge Centre and in communities across East Anglia.
26-07-2018
Cambridge Science Centre has a new permanent location on the Clifton Road Industrial Estate
17-04-2018
Cambridge Science Centre will be celebrating UK Fungus Day on Sunday (9th October), when visitors will have the chance to explore the amazing world of fungi during a day of special activities, experiments and expert talks. As a bonus, the first 50 families will receive a bag of free fungus-themed goodies, courtesy of the British Mycological Society.
04-10-2016
Since opening its doors in 2013, Cambridge Science Centre has been an extremely popular destination for a fun day out and has welcomed over 120,000 parents and children from Cambridge and beyond. As it launches a new online programme - COSMOS Kids - to enable visitors to take science home with them, the charity seeks support from local businesses. Join in to benefit from the scheme while...
29-07-2016
Summer's nearly here, which means a new exhibition at the Cambridge Science Centre on Jesus Lane.
10-06-2016
Could you be an astronaut? Join the Cambridge Science Centre this half-term for a programme of astronaut training activities to see if you're made of the right stuff!
09-05-2016
Cambridge Science Centre has teamed up with HackLab to deliver an after-school club for 8-12 year olds.
14-04-2016
Using breakthrough technology and an ancient statute, Cambridge Science Centre has over come its problem of homelessness, creating a world first for the city.
01-04-2016
Is there anybody out there? Venture into outer space with Cambridge Science Centre this half term and discover more about how we are exploring life beyond Earth.
03-02-2016
Go along to the Cambridge Science Centre at lunchtime today (Friday, January 15th) to watch British ESA astronaut Tim Peake take his first steps out of the international space station (ISS) to perform a space walk.
15-01-2016
Cambridge Science Centre's spectacular event at the Corn Exchange on Sunday 6th December will see families, schools and local companies building a huge chain of crazy contraptions that launch one another around the room and across the stage.
17-11-2015
Backed by the UK Space Agency, Cambridge Science Centre along with 19 science centres across the UK have joined forces with the European Space Agency’s first British astronaut, Tim Peake, to offer youngsters a unique opportunity to join his crew, learn about human space flight and follow life on the International Space Station.
09-10-2015
The Cambridge Science Centre is seeing the summer out with a stellar offer - two children per family go free to its COSMIC exhibition*. From today (Wednesday 26 August) to Tuesday 1 September, families can get lost in space for less.
26-08-2015
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