
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bryant, Chris 
A1  - Gore, Mike 
A1  - Stocklmayer, Sue 
T1  - The Australian Science Centre Movement 1980&#x2013;2000: Part 1&#x2014;<i>Questacon</i>, the National Science and Technology Centre
JF  - Historical Records of Australian Science
JO  - Hist. Rec. Aust. Sci.
Y1  - 2015
VL  - 26
IS  - 2
SP  - 122
EP  - 132
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/HR15008 
N2  - Part 1: Scholarly concerns over science communication and in particular public attitudes towards and engagement with science have continued for almost half a century, but the establishment of a &#x2018;hands-on' science centre in Canberra in 1980 put practice ahead of theory and led to the building of Questacon&#x2014;the National Science and Technology Centre in 1988. The driving force behind this development was Australian National University physicist Dr Mike Gore. Funding came from the Australian and Japanese Governments&#x2014;the latter a bicentennial gift&#x2014;and a team of &#x2018;explainers' at the centre helped visitors to appreciate that this science centre was not a museum but a place where science had a human face. 
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