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Open PDF 424KB Supplementary written evidence submitted by the Association for Science and Discovery Centres The UK’s Charitable Science Centres Below is a list of the UK’s charitable and self-sustaining Science Centres as supplementary evidence to support the submission by the Association for Science and Discovery Centres Submitted by Dr Penny Fidler, CEO Name UK Region or City 1. Aberdeen Science Centre Aberdeen 2. Armagh Planetarium Armagh 3. W5 (Who what when where why) Belfast 4. Thinktank, Birmingham Museums Trust Birmingham 5. The Eden Project Bodelva, Cornwall 6. The Look Out Discovery Centre Bracknell 7. We The Curious Bristol 8. Cambridge Science Centre Cambridge 9. Techniquest Cardiff 10. Cheltenham Science Group Cheltenham 11. Dundee Science Centre Dundee 12. Dynamic Earth Edinburgh 13. Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Edinburgh 14. Fort William Newton Room Fort William 15. Glasgow Science Centre Glasgow 16. Eureka! The National Children's Museum Halifax 17. The Observatory Science Centre Sussex 18. The Deep Hull 19. National Space Centre Leicester 20. Porthcurno telegraph Museum Lands End 21. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew London 22. Royal Institution London 23. Francis Crick Institute London 24. Institute of Physics London 25. Centre of the Cell London 26. Lakeland Wildlife Oasis Milnthorpe, Lake District 27. Centre for Alternative Technology Machynlleth, Mid-Wales 28. Jodrell Bank Science & Discovery Centre Manchester 29. International Centre For Life Newcastle 30. Kielder Observatory Northumberland 31. Scottish Seabird Centre North Berwick 32. Oxford University Museum of Natural History Oxford 33. Science Oxford Oxford 34. National Marine Aquarium Plymouth 35. EXplora Science and Discovery Centre Poole 36. MAGNA Rotherham 37. The Living Rainforest Thatcham, Berkshire 38. Thurso Newton Room Thurso 39. National Coal Mining Museum for England Wakefield 40. Catalyst Science Discovery Centre Widnes 41. Winchester Science Centre Winchester 42. National Trust Woolsthorpe Manor Woolsthorpe-by-Colsterworth 43. Xplore! (formerly Techniquest Glyndwr) Wrexham Other ASDC Members, Museums and Learned Societies that are not covered in the ASDC submission, as they have public sources of funding, eg from DCMS, UKRI. Science-related Museums that are part of the national network and already receive funding from public sources 1. Science Museum Group London 2. Science and Industry Museum Manchester 3. National Science & Media Museum Bradford 4. National Maritime Museum & Royal Museums Greenwich Greenwich 5. National Museums Liverpool Liverpool 6. Natural History Museum London 7. National Museums Scotland Edinburgh Other members not part of this submission 8. Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (STFC) Didcot 9. Royal Observatory Edinburgh (STFC) Edinburgh 10. Daresbury Laboratory (STFC) Warrington 11. Science & Technology Facilities Council Swindon 12. Natural Environment Research Council 13. Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Hinxton 14. Royal Astronomical Society London 15. Royal Society London The lists of centres in this document are in place of this UK map of science centres overleaf, which we expect cannot be submitted. .
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