Science outreach, also called education and public outreach or simply public outreach, is an umbrella term for a variety of activities by research institutes, universities, and institutions such as science museums, aimed at promoting public awareness of science and making informal contributions to science education.
Universum für Alle: 70 short popular lectures at Heidelberg University, Germany.
Cover of the ALMA radioastronomy manual.
One of the major goals of science festivals is to make science more accessible to general public. Cloud chambers are popular at science fairs for their capacity to visualize the otherwise invisible radiation which surrounds us.
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 museology have broadened the range of subject matter and introduced many interactive exhibits. Modern science museums, increasingly referred to as 'science centres' or 'discovery centres', also feature technology.
Entrance to the Science Museum of Virginia
The Arktikum Science Museum in Rovaniemi, Finland
The Saint Louis Science Center's James S. McDonnell Planetarium
Science Centre AHHAA in Tartu, Estonia
