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The Exploratory Hands-on Science Centre was a science museum in Bristol, England. The project was conceived in 1981 by Richard Gregory CBE, professor of neuropsychology at Bristol University, and was the first hands-on science museum in the United Kingdom. It was inspired by the creation of the Exploratorium in San Francisco which had opened some years earlier and which appointed him Osher Visiting Fellow in 1989. Prof. Gregory said: "As I see it 'hands-on science' is to stimulate interest in science and technology by presenting phenomena and experiments to show how things work at first hand.."

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  • The Exploratory Hands-on Science Centre was a science museum in Bristol, England. The project was conceived in 1981 by Richard Gregory CBE, professor of neuropsychology at Bristol University, and was the first hands-on science museum in the United Kingdom. It was inspired by the creation of the Exploratorium in San Francisco which had opened some years earlier and which appointed him Osher Visiting Fellow in 1989. Prof. Gregory said: "As I see it 'hands-on science' is to stimulate interest in science and technology by presenting phenomena and experiments to show how things work at first hand.." (en)
  • L'Exploratory è stato un museo della scienza a Bristol. Istituito nel 1981 da Richard Gregory professore di neuropsicologia all'Università di Bristol, è stato il primo museo regionale pratico della scienza nel Regno Unito. Dal 1987 al 1989 è stato ospitato nelle Victoria Rooms della città. Nel 1989 si è trasferito alla stazione ferroviaria di Bristol Temple Meads, dove ha occupato il capannone del terminal originale, progettato da Isambard Kingdom Brunel. L'Exploratory è stato chiuso nel 1999. Il suo successore è stato At-Bristol, ora We The Curious, un centro scientifico più grande che ha aperto nel 2000 in un nuovo sito come parte della rigenerazione dello storico . (it)
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  • Brunel's original Great Western station building , former home of the Exploratory (en)
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  • The Exploratory Hands-on Science Centre was a science museum in Bristol, England. The project was conceived in 1981 by Richard Gregory CBE, professor of neuropsychology at Bristol University, and was the first hands-on science museum in the United Kingdom. It was inspired by the creation of the Exploratorium in San Francisco which had opened some years earlier and which appointed him Osher Visiting Fellow in 1989. Prof. Gregory said: "As I see it 'hands-on science' is to stimulate interest in science and technology by presenting phenomena and experiments to show how things work at first hand.." (en)
  • L'Exploratory è stato un museo della scienza a Bristol. Istituito nel 1981 da Richard Gregory professore di neuropsicologia all'Università di Bristol, è stato il primo museo regionale pratico della scienza nel Regno Unito. Dal 1987 al 1989 è stato ospitato nelle Victoria Rooms della città. Nel 1989 si è trasferito alla stazione ferroviaria di Bristol Temple Meads, dove ha occupato il capannone del terminal originale, progettato da Isambard Kingdom Brunel. (it)
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