New Yorkshire Centre

It is probably not common for BIG members from foreign parts to settle in Britain. But as a descendent of the Vikings, I find it most natural to sail the keelwaters of my forebears across the North Sea to make landfall in England. Having directed the Teknoteket in Oslo for thirteen years, and made a large part of the exhibits with my own hands, I am sufficiently optimistic to believe I can reproduce the trick, and manufacture the necessary one hundred experiments to make a science centre somewhere in the Yorkshire area, the old Viking country.

The plans for the exhibitry are ready. A small garage (the one-car type) is already fitted out in Essex for the production work. The exhibits are so far being stored in garages and backrooms up North. I have bought an old Georgian house in downtown Whitby, my permanent residence by the opening of the science centre. (Which rather narrows the potential arena for the future location of it.)

If anyone knows about any new incentives for science-centre projects in Yorkshire, I shall be thankful for being advised. I am of course prepared to link up with any other project, but also ready to start a brand new science centre if a suitable building can be found. In my mind, there should be a science centre "within reach" for all youngsters.

In case you should wonder, oh yes, there is another, rather decisive reason for this Viking to return. A beautiful maiden, whom I met in Sunderland in 1966 but could never forget. We got engaged in front of the fire while Big Ben chimed in the millennium.

Dag Hagenaes Kjelldahl
75 Abbotsleigh Road, South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, CM3 5SR

Newsletter Spring 2000 Contents

New exhibitions > Opening dates for UK exhibitions | New Yorkshire Centre | Young builders | Number exhibition | What's wrong with the Millennium Dome?

News > Canadian Director for Eureka | Design in education Week | The 'Race against time' show pack | Indo-UK Science Festival | From the editor | From the chair

BIG Annual Report 1999 > Chair's Report | Treasurers Report | Membership Report