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Questacon - The National Science and Technology Centre
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Established1986 (opened in 1988)
LocationParkes, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Coordinates35°17′54″S 149°07′53″E / 35.298333°S 149.131389°E / -35.298333; 149.131389
TypeScience Centre
AccreditationAsia Pacific Network of Science & Technology Centres (ASPAC)
Visitors500 000 per year since 2016
DirectorJo White
WebsiteQuestacon

Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre is an interactive science communication facility in Canberra, Australia. It is a museum with more than 200 interactive exhibits related to science and technology.

The National Science and Technology Centre hosts the Questacon Science Circus which is a science outreach program.

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Questacon

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Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre is an interactive science communication facility in Canberra, Australia. It is a museum with more...

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Clockwork universe

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World." In 2009, artist Tim Wetherell created a large wall piece for Questacon (The National Science and Technology centre in Canberra, Australia) representing...

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Canberra

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Gardens, the National Zoo and Aquarium, the National Dinosaur Museum, and Questacon – the National Science and Technology Centre. The Canberra Museum and...

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Plutonium

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Sample of plutonium metal displayed at the Questacon museum...

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Albert Einstein in popular culture

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Einstein sculpture at Questacon in April 2008...

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Enlighten Canberra

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Australia (since the 2011 event) as well as the National Portrait Gallery and Questacon (since the 2012 event). There is also live music, film screenings and...

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Joanne Nova

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four years, Nova jointly co-ordinated the Shell Questacon Science Circus, a partnership between Questacon, the Shell Oil Company Australia and the Australian...

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Harmonograph

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emulate a moving piece of paper (see the figure below). A harmonograph at Questacon in Canberra, Australia A figure produced by a simple lateral harmonograph...

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Steampunk

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Mischief's Around the World in 80 Days steampunk-themed event. In 2009, for Questacon, artist Tim Wetherell created a large wall piece that represented the...

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Esky

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away". The Sydney Morning Herald. "Wine Casks, Eskys and Lamingtons". Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre. Archived from the original...

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World Year of Physics 2005

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2010s. One of 16 Einstein E's on Berlin's Unter den Linden Statue at Questacon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, 2005 "World Year of Physics 2005"...

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Australian National Maritime Museum

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the National Gallery of Australia, the National Portrait Gallery, and Questacon), the Australian National Maritime Museum is the only one located outside...

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Australian Capital Territory

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Gardens, the National Zoo and Aquarium, the National Dinosaur Museum and Questacon – the National Science and Technology Centre. The Canberra Museum and...

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Tesla coil

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Tesla coil Tesla coil at Questacon, the National Science and Technology center in Canberra, Australia Uses Application in educational demonstrations,...

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Bushfires in Australia

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The Association Press. Retrieved 13 February 2009. "Monsoonal Climate". Questacon. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 9 September 2006...

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Cosmic distance ladder

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the Yale–Columbia Refractor telescope (1924) damaged when the 2003 Canberra bushfires burned out the Mount Stromlo Observatory; at Questacon, Canberra....

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List of Foucault pendulums

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Venezuela Foucault pendulum, School of Physics, University of New South Wales Questacon National Science Exhibition, Canberra Gravity Discovery Centre Military...

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Brian Schmidt

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In July 2012 Schmidt was given a three-year appointment to sit on the Questacon Advisory Council. As of March 2017, Schmidt serves as a member of the...

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Wuriupranili

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Dreaming: 40,000 Years of Aboriginal History. Sydney: New Holland. "Wuriunpranilli, the Sun Woman". Questacon. 2009. Retrieved 14 February 2011. v t e v t e...

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2003 Canberra bushfires

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"The Astronomer" and installed in the Parliamentary Triangle, outside Questacon. Following the 2003 bushfires, the ACT and New South Wales and Australian...

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Telstra Tower

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Library of Australia National Museum of Australia National Portrait Gallery Questacon Sport AIS Arena Australian Institute of Sport Canberra International Sports...

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Engineered Arts

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permanently installed worldwide, including: NASA Kennedy Space Center, USA. Questacon, National Science Museum of Australia MUNCYT (Museo Nacional de Ciencia...

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List of science museums

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Australia Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Queensland Museum, Brisbane, Queensland Questacon – The National Science and Technology Centre, Canberra, ACT Scienceworks...

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Mount Stromlo Observatory

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(c 1925) wrecked by the 2003 Canberra bushfires which burned out the Mount Stromlo Observatory; at Questacon, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory....

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Australian Aboriginal astronomy

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Message Stick program on Aboriginal Astronomy The Emu in the Sky story at Questacon ABC Radio National Artworks piece on "The First Astronomers" Cairns, H...

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List of science centers

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Zealand 1991 Gravity Discovery Centre Gingin, Western Australia Australia Questacon Canberra Australia 1986 Scienceworks (Melbourne) Melbourne Australia 1992...

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