Ontario Science Centre - Toronto, Ontario
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N 43° 43.008 W 079° 20.315
17T E 633835 N 4841760
The Ontario Science Centre is located at 770 Don Mills Road in Toronto.
Waymark Code: WMEJZC
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 06/06/2012
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The Ontario Science Centre is much larger than it first appears... with most exhibitions on floors below the entrance. The building is constructed on a slope.
Wikipedia (
visit link) informs us:
"The Centre has several hundred interactive and passive exhibits throughout the buildings. They feature everything in science and nature. They feature geology, the science of nature (in the west wing), astronomical science, how to play music and technology in the south wing, human anatomy, communication and bias, and some miscellaneous artifacts of science. The astronomical wing, which was closed for renovation since Pluto's demotion in August 2006, has now been refurbished and reopened to the public, featuring Toronto's only operating planetarium, as well as one of the few Mars and Moon rocks on public display in Canada. Canadian astronaut Julie Payette recorded narration for several of the exhibits (some of which were updated to reflect the fact Pluto was no longer considered a planet).
The Great Hall is home to a massive, computer-controlled kinetic sculpture, "Cloud" by Toronto installation artist, David Rokeby.
The Centre hosted "Harry Potter The Exhibition", a collection of props from the film series. The exhibit opened on April 9, 2010 and ran until Labour Day 2010. Recent major exhibitions have included Body Worlds. The latest temporary exhibit is "Leonardo da Vinci's Workshop", featuring physical models of da Vinci's inventions, built from drawings in his Codices. It also includes interactive touch-screen digital reproductions of the Codices, Mona Lisa and the Last Supper."