{{Short description|Museum in Saskatchewan, Canada}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date = September 2015}} {{advert|date=January 2017}} }}
{{Infobox museum | name = Saskatchewan Science Centre | image = File:Saskatchewan Science Centre Exhibit Floor.JPG | established = 1989 | location = Regina, Saskatchewan | type = Science museum | director = | curator = | visitors = | website = http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/ }}
The '''Saskatchewan Science Centre''' is an interactive science museum in Regina, Saskatchewan. It is owned and operated as a not-for-profit charitable organization. Located in a former power plant in the Wascana Centre, the Saskatchewan Science Centre was officially opened in April 1989 as the Powerhouse of Discovery. In 1991, the Science Centre was expanded with the Kramer IMAX Theater. ==Principal activities and programming== The exhibit floor contains permanent displays, travelling exhibits, interactive demonstrations, and stage shows.
Educational and entertainment programs are delivered to students and communities all across Saskatchewan,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/edprograms/fieldtrips.html |title=Field Trips {{!}} Saskatchewan Science Centre |website=www.sasksciencecentre.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111044731/http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/edprograms/fieldtrips.html |archive-date=2009-11-11}}</ref> including remote through the Science Outreach program.
Special events at the centre include Adult Science Nights,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/here/nightatsciencecentre.html |title=Adult Nights {{!}} Saskatchewan Science Centre |website=www.sasksciencecentre.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130712065847/http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/here/nightatsciencecentre.html |archive-date=2013-07-12}}</ref> the Ignite! Festival,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sasksciencecentre.com/events-calendar|title=Events Calendar|website=Saskatchewan Science Centre|date=24 June 2023 }}</ref> the After Dark Film Series,<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/here/IMAX/imaxtimes.html |title=Kramer IMAX Theatre Show Times {{!}} Saskatchewan Science Centre |website=www.sasksciencecentre.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130184232/http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/here/IMAX/imaxtimes.html |archive-date=2009-11-30}}</ref> and Fantasy Food,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/blog/741.html |title=Fantasy Food 2014 {{!}} Saskatchewan Science Centre |website=www.sasksciencecentre.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924094358/http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/blog/741.html |archive-date=2015-09-24}}</ref> and attendance at public events such as Canada Day celebrations.
==Permanent exhibits== thumb|The Ukrainian Science Park The Saskatchewan Science Centre's permanent exhibits are its backbone.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/here/exhibits.html |title=Exhibits {{!}} Saskatchewan Science Centre |website=www.sasksciencecentre.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111044736/http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/here/exhibits.html |archive-date=2009-11-11}}</ref> They are complemented by travelling and temporary exhibits and occasional special programs run by the centre. The Science Centre features various permanent displays highlighting different topics.
;Critters!: The exhibit includes many live animals, such as a bearded dragon, sugar glider, great horned owl, snakes, and salamanders.
;Ukrainian Science Park: Outside the Science Centre, there is a free-access children's playground with structures demonstrating physics, such as pulleys and tunnels.
;WILD! Saskatchewan: An interactive exhibit about the environment and environmental conservation;
;Space Stadium Canada: The exhibit highlights and explores Canadian contributions to Space exploration. Features the gyro gym, a spinning device similar to one that NASA developed for astronaut training.
;Richardson Ag-Grow-Land: The exhibit focuses on Saskatchewan's contributions to the agriculture industry and the technologies and logistics common to modern industrial farming.
;Science of Hockey: This is an exhibit exploring hockey through a scientific lens. It features a game with a brainwave-controlled ball and several physical tests where participants can compete.
==Kramer IMAX Theatre== The Kramer IMAX Theatre is the only IMAX theatre in Regina, opening in 1991. It completed its conversion to IMAX 3D in October 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kramer IMAX Theatre |url=https://www.facebook.com/KramerIMAXTheatre/info?tab=page_info |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> thumb In 2023, the theatre underwent further renovations to install an updated digital laser projector, replacing one of the two traditional 70 millimetre film projectors inside. It allowed the theatre to show a wider range of movies alongside its regular educational offerings.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-01-23 |title=Digital transformation to usher in new era for Regina IMAX theatre |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/digital-transformation-to-usher-in-new-era-for-regina-imax-theatre/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Regina |language=en}}</ref>
Other changes included the addition of a new screen and upgrades to the sound system to a 12-channel Dolby Atmos.
Among other benefits, the theatre keeping one of its film projectors operational made it one of only two theatres in Canada capable of screening Interstellar on 70 mm for its 10th anniversary in December 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-11-08 |title=Here's the only IMAX theatre in Canada that will be screening 'Interstellar' on its 10th anniversary |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/regina/article/reginas-imax-theatre-showing-interstellar-in-70mm-on-its-10th-anniversary/ |access-date=2024-12-08 |website=Regina |language=en}}</ref>
==Affiliations== The Science Centre is affiliated with the [http://saskmuseums.org/about Saskatchewan Museums Association] and the [http://www.canadiansciencecentres.ca/About-us Canadian Association of Science Centres].
==Gallery== <Gallery> 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 35 (36537204152).jpg|"smells like" buttons 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 36 (36311343400).jpg|"sounds like" buttons 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 37 (36311360240).jpg|Lightning and northern lights (Aurora Borealis) 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 38 (36706571315).jpg|the wheel of life 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 39 (36706582845).jpg|Uranium mines exhibit 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 40 (36311395880).jpg|open pit mining 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 44 (36568015871).jpg|space stadium </Gallery>
===Fossil exhibit=== <gallery> 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 24 (36311006280).jpg|display of the Male reproductive organs 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 25 (36660178156).jpg|display of the nervous system 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 28 (35896683933).jpg|displayed of the jaw of a megalodon </gallery>
===Mammal exhibit=== <gallery> 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 29 (36568042531).jpg|Display of the Tarantula 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 30 (36706490425).jpg|display of a Leopard gecko 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 31 (36706497615).jpg|mammal sanctuary </gallery>
===Train exhibit=== <gallery> 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 32 (36706503105).jpg|SSC railways 2017 08 11d Sask Science Center 33 (36568077091).jpg|SSC railway </gallery>
===LEGO Ancient Egypt exhibit=== {{See also|Ancient Egypt}} <gallery> Block in boat on Nile (506352356).jpg|Block in boat on the River Nile Block on Nile (506384578).jpg|Block in boat on the River Nile Block tailor (506336000).jpg|block tailor #I Block tailor (506373425).jpg|block tailor (#II) Boat on nile (506332458).jpg|Boat on the Nile (#I) Boat on Nile (506373179).jpg|Boat on the Nile (#II) Case (506369711).jpg|case and 4 jars Mural (506363746).jpg|ancient Egyptian murals Queen and slaves (506377711).jpg|A group of free laborers transporting a colossal of the goddess Hathor (#I) Queen and slaves (506413617).jpg|A group of free laborers transporting a colossal of the goddess Hathor (#II) Reader and papyrus (506392833).jpg|replica of a scribe Reader, papyrus and mommy (506325142).jpg|Scribe, and papyrus scroll, and mummy Salves boat and Nile (506342748).jpg|Salves, and boat, and the Nile Sarcophagus (506357516).jpg|Sarcophagus Slaves bend (506408607).jpg|slaves bend Statute tailor (506328900).jpg|tailor of an Anubis statute File:Statute tailor (506328900).jpg|LEGO replica of Tutankhamun's mask </gallery>
==See also== * List of museums in Saskatchewan
==References== {{Reflist}} * [http://esask.uregina.ca/entry/saskatchewan_science_centre.html Scott Langen, "Saskatchewan Science Centre," ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''.] * [http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/ Saskatchewan Science Centre Website]
==External links== {{commons category|Saskatchewan Science Centre}} *[http://www.sasksciencecentre.com/about/ Saskatchewan Science Centre]
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Category:Science museums in Canada Category:Museums in Regina, Saskatchewan