SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW 01.01.14– 31.12.14 Total Visitors 2014 — 406,982 2013 — 339,264 2012 — 302,171 2011 — 242,833 2010 — 203,619 3— HazMat Suits for Children Visitors during our busiest week of the year Total followers on Facebook 2014 — 11,966 2014 — 29,102 2013 — 12,239 2013 — 13,353 2012 — 10,983 2012 — 6,260 2011 — 7,576 2011 — 3,924 2010 — 3,907 2010 — 1,879 1— famous Olympian, Sonia O’Sullivan, sharing her fail tale “Listening to Sonia O’Sullivan’s view of her Atlanta misfire was a revelation” — The Irish Times 1,338— futuristic weather forecasts recorded in front of our green screen SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW 01.01.14– 31.12.14 National broadcast coverage (AVE Total followers on Twitter National Print Media Coverage (AVE) ) 2014 — €2,654,615 2014 — € 1,380,753 2014 — 24,653 2013 — €1,960,887 2013 — €1,202,832 2013 — 20,681 2012 — €2,578,179 2012 — €1,158,220 2012 — 14,980 2011 — €1,872,299 2011 — €274,999 2011 — 8,751 —metres400 of #FAILBETTER tweets produced by our 2010 — 2,252,573 2010 — 318,998 2010 — 4,381 € € Twitter printer National Print Media Coverage (cm2) “Awesome exhibit in science gallery called #FAILBETTER. Highlight was birthing apparatus that uses centrifugal —1 patent (Apparatus for Facilitating the Birth of a Child by Centrifugal 2014 — 259,764 force.” — @ZipLockBagMan Force) brought to life for the very fi rst time 2013 — 213,747 2012 — 245,130 2011 — 166,318 2010 — 290,430 150— national broadcast pieces — musicians thrilling the crowd from the stage at FAIL BIG 564— national print media articles 4 National broadcast minutes Events/Workshop attendees 7,16— visitor confessions during FAIL BETTER when 8 asked “When was the last time you messed up?” 221 872 1361 1327 1408 11,314 18,524 25,910 31,854 34,446 151— events and workshops 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2,117— Doodlebots created at MAKESHOP Total PR value of national media coverage (€) “Throughout the gallery, “Science Gallery’s latest exhibition is defi nitely their most “Keep city-based kids busy with mind-bending workshops that really € 12,104,433 a team of amazing € provocative yet, as it forces you to look at a substance that bring science to life” — Cara Magazine 11,209,197 mediators can answer you might take for granted.” — Irish Independent on BLOOD € 9,491,160 all your questions and — attendees to our fi rst late night extravaganza, FAIL BIG € 640 7,714,683 € guide you” — TN2 6,441,894 “Wow! The #FAILBETTER exhibition in the Science Gallery in Trinity is heartbreaking, hilarious and inspiring all at once. Go check it out!” — @onlyindublin — Marc Quinn sculpture of a baby 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 1 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN made with blood CONTENTS 01 / Introduction 01 02 / Background 03 03 / Exhibitions 05 04 / Events 23 05 / Education and Learning 27 06 / Plans for 2015 31 07 / Research and Evaluation 33 08 / Global Science Gallery Network 35 09 / Touring 37 10 / Communications 39 11 / Commercial Activity 43 12 / Supporters and Collaborators 45 13 / Financial Report 49 14 / Governance and Leadership 53 15 / Governance Board 57 16 / Leonardo Group 59 17 / Science Gallery Dublin Supporters 61 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW Introduction 01 What can failure tell us Six years into delivering on our mission “to ignite creativity In 2014 we were delighted to welcome ESB Ireland to our John Lonergan, and fi lm producer and education activist where science and art collide”, Science Gallery Dublin Science Circle group of core supporters, Bank of Ireland David Puttnam. We added to our awards cabinet in 2014, about success? Fat may be engaged our biggest audience to date in 2014. Over as our new fi nance partner and The Marker Hotel as a winning the Best Large Sponsorship category for our delicious but can it make 406,000 visitors explored four exhibitions developed by programme partner. FAT: IT’S DELICIOUS was the fi rst long-term collaboration with Google Ireland at the Allianz twelve curators and more than 105 participants including exhibition supported by our Wellcome Trust Strategic Award, Business to Arts Awards and taking home a Great Science us healthy? Why is our artists, designers, scientists, engineers, fashion designers, which supports a fi ve-year collaboration between Science Communicator award from the Lundbeck Foundation at the surgeons, arts and humanities scholars, actors, writers, Gallery Dublin and the Trinity Biomedical Sciences Institute. Euroscience Open Forum Conference in Copenhagen in July. weather getting weirder? fi lmmakers, creative entrepreneurs, mathematicians, In September, we were also delighted to attend the opening of Why are we fascinated by meteorologists, policy makers and librarians. FREQUENCIES: TUNE INTO LIFE, Science Gallery London’s As global recognition of the Science Gallery model grows, fi rst pop-up series of events at King’s College London. We Science Gallery Dublin will continue looking out, innovating 2014 kicked off with the initiation of our 2014–2017 ‘Going vampires but fearful of celebrated the signing of a Development and Membership at the boundaries of art and science as well as experimenting Deeper’ strategy, which will see Science Gallery Dublin Agreement by the Government of Karnataka with our Science and developing new models of public engagement supported have the “most engaged Science Gallery audience” ever needles? These were just Gallery International colleagues to establish Science Gallery by its unique partnership with Trinity College Dublin, the by 2017. Placing a focus on opportunities for greater Bengaluru. Internationally, we toured our 2013 summer private sector, philanthropic supporters and the Irish some of the tantalising and depth of engagement with our visitors, over the next show ILLUSION to San Diego and Charlotte in America, government. We would like to thank all of our partners and three years this plan will concentrate on activities that tricky questions that Science with over 200,000 visitors attending the Reuben H. Fleet supporters who have made this possible, particularly Trinity will enable greater and more meaningful involvement Science Centre in San Diego over the run of the show. College Dublin; our Founding Partner Wellcome Trust; our with our audience in all aspects of our programme. Our Gallery at Trinity College We also opened BIORHYTHM in Taiwan to audiences at Science Circle members, Google, ICON, Deloitte, ESB, aim is to successfully deliver Science Gallery Dublin as the National Taiwan Science Education Centre in December. Pfi zer and NTR Foundation; our government supporters Dublin explored in 2014. a platform for young adults to realise their own creative In November we ran a highly successful series of innovation Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Science potential and grow as a hub for new and emerging talent workshops on the theme of STRANGE WEATHER in Foundation Ireland; our media partner The Irish Times; our at the messy and fertile boundaries of art and science. Bengaluru, involving hundreds of students from Indian Board and Leonardo Group; the student mediators; the 2014 Ask Donors; and the Science Gallery Dublin team. The aims of our ‘Going Deeper’ strategy rely on strong schools in partnership with the Global Relations Offi ce in Trinity College Dublin and Science Gallery International. partnerships with our audience, supporters, cultural peers, As 2015 begins we’re getting ready to welcome our two founding institution Trinity College Dublin, the city and new This year was not short of interesting people popping by; millionth visitor to Science Gallery Dublin — it’s an impressive Network partners who are beginning to emerge through the Stanford University’s Drew Endy tackled the ethics of achievement in just seven years and we’re looking forward to development of the Global Science Gallery Network. 2014 synthetic biology, Olympian Sonia O’Sullivan shared her another twelve months of rich ideas, compelling experiences was an important year of 'looking out' for Science Gallery tales of failure during FAIL BETTER, and French artist and edgy exhibitions at the boundaries of art and science. Dublin, marked by a number of collaborations and initiatives. ORLAN showed us the future of the human body during From new Science Circle partners and event alliances FAT: IT’S DELICIOUS. We returned to another full house to the development of the additional galleries globally, for TEDxDublin at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre with an Science Gallery Dublin was connected to a diverse group outstanding lineup of speakers and standing ovations for Lynn Scarff Shay Garvey of inspirational people and places throughout the year. Dublin’s Panti Bliss, former Governor of Mountjoy Prison Director Chairman 01 02 2014 SCIENCE GALLERY DUBLIN ANNUAL REVIEW Background 02 Our mission is to ignite The cutting-edge programme at Science Gallery at Trinity College Dublin encourages young people to learn creativity and discovery through their interests. Since opening in 2008, over 1.8 million visitors to the gallery have experienced thirty-three “...it is an unqualified where science and art collide. unique exhibitions ranging from living art experiments to materials science and from the future of the human Our vision is to catalyse the race to the future of play. Our programme is fuelled by the expertise of scientists, researchers, students, artists, creation of the world’s leading designers, inventors, creative thinkers and entrepreneurs. The focus is on providing programmes and experiences success and Trinity network for involving, inspiring that allow visitors to participate and facilitate social, and transforming curious intellectual and creative connections, always providing an element of surprise. In 2012, the Global Science Gallery minds through science. Network was launched with the support of Google.org. This initiative aims to establish Science Gallery locations is immensely proud We achieve this through in eight cities around the world by 2020, with the first encouraging our audience to new gallery, predicted to open in London in 2016.