Aberdeen Science Centre is a

science museum 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 ...

Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), ...

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. It displays exhibits and performs fun, educational and interactive shows and workshops which are aimed to be inclusive for all audiences. It attracts primary school groups around the year and its exhibits are "hands on" so that everything can be played with and examined. The centre is a

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under Scottish law. It is funded by the public and donations from local corporate sponsors. The attraction also contains a café. It is located on Constitution Street. The building within which the attraction is located was once a depot for Aberdeen's tram network. It used to based on Justice Mill Lane. The centre was temporarily located at 107 George Street from 2018 to 2020 as it underwent a multimillion-pound renovation at its Constitution Street location. It was completed in Summer 2020.

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The attraction, previously called ''Satrosphere'', was opened in February 1990 in Justice Mill Lane. The opening was attended by

Heather Couper Heather Anita Couper, (2 June 1949 – 19 February 2020) was a British astronomer, broadcaster and science populariser. After studying astrophysics at the University of Leicester and researching clusters of galaxies at Oxford University, Co ...

. It was created by SATRO North Scotland and funded by

Grampian Regional Council Grampian ( gd, Roinn a' Mhonaidh) was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. The regio ...

and donations. Prior to the opening of Satrosphere, SATRO North Scotland held temporary science exhibitions. It moved to its current premises in 2001. During 2019, the centre was refurbished and a mezzanine floor was added to the building. During its renovation, the science centre was temporarily located on George Street. The refurbished centre reopened in November 2020.

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