Delft Technical Museum set to become interactive science centre

In 2009, the TU Delft Technical Museum will be reborn as an integral science centre. The museum must move from its current site on the Ezelsveldlaan by early 2008 and the new science centre is due to open in 2009 at Mijnbouwstraat. It will take the form of an interactive area providing all those interested, whether young or old, with inspiring news about the role of technology in society. In opening the science centre, TU Delft intends to help maximise social involvement in science and technology by presenting past or present research carried out by TU Delft into broad-based social issues. Visitors will be encouraged to think about the impact and complexity of the solutions. The atmosphere in the science centre will be dynamic: visitors of all ages will learn about technology by doing and experiencing things for themselves. Martine Muller, director of Marketing and Communication at TU Delft: "We are using modern educational insight, which says that people learn best from a hands-on approach". Exhibitions and workshops will become more closely interwoven.