The Macao Science Center also known as Macau Science Center (MSC; ; ) is a

science center A science museum is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in mus ...

in Sé,

Macau Macau or Macao is a special administrative regions of China, special administrative region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). With a population of about people and a land area of , it is the most List of countries and dependencies by p ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

. The main building has a distinctive,

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conical In geometry, a cone is a three-dimensional figure that tapers smoothly from a flat base (typically a circle) to a point not contained in the base, called the ''apex'' or '' vertex''. A cone is formed by a set of line segments, half-lines, ...

shape with a

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walkway and a large atrium inside. Galleries lead off the walkway, mainly consisting of interactive exhibits aimed at science education. There is also a

planetarium A planetarium (: planetariums or planetaria) is a theatre built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. A dominant feature of most planetariums is ...

with 3D projection facilities and

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films. The building is in a prominent position by the sea and is now a landmark of Macau. It is visible when arriving on the ferry from

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

History

The project to build the science center was conceived in 2001 and completed in 2009. The building was designed by

Pei Partnership Architects PEI Architects, formerly Pei Partnership Architects, is an international architecture firm based in New York City. Co-founded by the sons of I. M. Pei, Chien Chung (Didi) Pei and Li Chung (Sandi) Pei, in 1992, PEI Architects has focused on pr ...

in association with

I. M. Pei Ieoh Ming Pei
– website of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners ( ; ; April 26, 1917 – May 16, 2019) was ...

and construction started in 2006. The structural engineer was Leslie E. Robertson Associates. The center was opened in December 2009 by Chinese President and General Secretary of the Communist Party

Hu Jintao Hu Jintao (born 21 December 1942) is a Chinese retired politician who served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) from 2002 to 2012, the president of China from 2003 to 2013, and chairman of the Central Military Comm ...

. The center caught on fire on 20 November 2015, due to welding occurring on the top level of the building.

Gallery

Centro de Ciencia, Macao, 2013-08-08, DD 10.jpg, Night view Centro de Ciencia, Macao, 2013-08-08, DD 08.jpg, Far view with the Friendship bridge in the background Centro de Ciencia, Macao, 2013-08-08, DD 02.jpg, Detail view of the main building

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