The Glasgow Science Centre is a major science and technology museum located in Glasgow, Scotland. The main building contains a planetarium, virtual reality studio, as well as numerous other exhibits, displays and lecture rooms/theatres. Outside the main building there is an IMAX cinema, and the Glasgow Tower, the only structure in the world capable of rotating 360° from it's foundations. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2181x1500, 277 KB) The glasgow science centre in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2181x1500, 277 KB) The glasgow science centre in Glasgow, Scotland. ... Glasgow (or Glaschu in Gaelic) is Scotlands largest city and unitary council, situated on the River Clyde in the countrys west central lowlands. ... Transport in Scotland List of not fully sovereign nations National parks (Scotland) Traditional music of Scotland Castles in Scotland Museums in Scotland Abbeys and priories in Scotland List of Universities in Scotland List of Scots List of Scottish writers List of Monarchs of Scotland References This article does not cite... A planetarium is a theater built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. ... Virtual Reality (VR) is an environment that is simulated by a computer. ... An IMAX dome in Guayaquil, Ecuador IMAX (for Image Maximum) is a film projection system that has the capacity to display images of far greater size and resolution than conventional film display systems. ... The Glasgow tower is a free standing tower built adjacent to the Glasgow Science Centre in 2001. ...
THE troubled Glasgowsciencecentre tower has been closed for the sixth time this year, it was announced yesterday.
OFFICIALS at Glasgow'sScienceCentre, where ten people were trapped in a lift for five hours at the weekend, have suggested that its centrepiece tower could be closed for weeks pending an investigation.
Sciencecentres across Scotland are struggling to find the magic formula of financial survival...