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Lottery Funded Projects related to Interactives, Science or Technology
- This list was believed to be correct as of 1st July 1997
- This list has been compiled from information supplied by the Millennium
Commission, Heritage Fund and Arts Council.
- Where no project details are available, guesswork has been used to
identify projects which may contain some science or technology elements.
- Figures are total project cost and in brackets the grant given by
the lottery bodies.
There are six categories of project
Approved Projects
The Millennium Exhibition
London |
£200m from the Millennium Commission |
To be held at a site near Greenwich on the theme of Time.
It will open at the end of 1999. Science and Technology ideas for
the exhibition are being coordinated by COPUS and the BA. In scale,
this compares easily with the major permanent projects. |
The Earth Centre
Near Doncaster |
£125m
(£50m from Millennium Commission) |
A world centre for sustainable development promoting best
environmental practice. There have been press reports of trouble at
this project which included redundancy for 38 staff and temporary
closure of its pilot exhibition. Nevertheless, prospects appear to
have improved, following a helpful report from the project's financial
advisors. Earth Centre Millennium Partnership. |
Millennium
Point
Birmingham |
£110m (£50m from Millennium Commission) |
There will be four elements: The Discovery Centre will
integrate new multi-media technologies with historic and modern artifacts;
the Technology Innovation Centre will become a centre of excellence
for technology and innovation; the University of the First Age will
provide a new learning experience for up to 90,000 young people in
the West Midlands; the Hub will link the componant parst and contain
numerous facilities including shops, an IMAX and conference facilities.
Birmingham City Council. |
The Eden Project
St Austell, Cornwall
|
£106m (£37.15m from Millennium Commission) |
A centre of plant evolution and diversity - a world class
landmark project which will demonstrate and explore the relationship
between plants and humans. Set in a worked-out china clay pit near
St Austell, Cornwall, up to 60 metre high biomes (controlled environments)
will be built, capable of exhibiting plants from four climates: the
rainforest, desert, mediterranean and temperate. For the first time,
scientific research of plants as whole populations rather than individual
species will be made possible. This international visitor attraction
and research centre expects to receive at least 750,000 visitors a
year. The Eden Trust |
The Lowry
Centre
Salford Quays |
£95m (£ 41.1m from Arts Council, £15.65m from Millennium
Commission, £7,650,000 from Heritage Fund) |
A unique new waterfront complex in Salford housing an
auditorium, theatre, a new gallery of LS Lowry paintings and a National
Centre for Virtual Reality. Receives Arts, Heritage and Millenium
Funding. Salford City Council for Lowry Centre Trust Co. Ltd. |
The National Discovery Park
Liverpool, Merseyside |
£91.4m (£27m from Millennium Commission) |
Hall of Knowledge, Media Factory and Discovery Park. Liverpool
Millennium Consortium. |
Bristol
2000
Central Bristol |
£83m (£41m from Millennium Commission) |
This bid supports the creation of a new water-side development
in the heart of Bristol, including `Science World' (a hands-on presentation
of science and technology) and `Wildscreen World' (an "electronic
zoo"). Bristol 2000 Ltd. |
New Technopolis
Norwich, Norfolk
|
£75.8m (£30m from Millennium Commission) |
A millennium library, heritage centre and public square
Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Bid Ltd |
International Centre for Life
Newcastle |
£54m (£27m from Millennium Commission) |
Visitor attraction and research facilities based on genetics.
It will incorporate a `Gene Dome' and 'Body and Mind Areas' as well
as a `Knowledge Zone' Games area. Tyne & Wear Development Corporation. |
Odyssey - A Journey of Scientific Discovery
Belfast, County Antrim
|
£49.3m (£30m? from Millennium Commission) |
Scientific education and entertainment scheme
The Ulster Museum |
National Space Science Centre
Leicester, Leicestershire
|
£46m (£23m from Millennium Commission) |
National Space Science Centre
National Space Science Centre |
The
Dynamic Earth
Edinburgh |
£33.5m (£15m from Millennium Commission) |
Claimed to be the world's first geological visitor centre.
Visitors will be able to participate in the exhibition, which will
present the creation of the planet, evolution, natural disasters,
such as earthquakes, volcanoes and meteorites. Dynamic Earth Charitable
Trust. |
The
Wellcome Wing at the Science Museum
London |
£44m (£23m from Heritage Fund) |
The new Wellcome Wing will open in 2000 at the west end
of the museum, and will increase exhibition space by 30%. Work will
start on the new wing in Autumn 1996. The exhibition spaces will feature
a wide range of interactive exhibitions devoted to some of the most
important areas of modern science and technology, notably molecular
genetics and biotechnology, brain science and information technology. |
National
Centre for Popular Music
Sheffield |
£15m (£11m from Arts Council) |
To be housed in a futuristic new building in the city
centre. It will resemble four stainless steel drums. It will feature
the world's first purpose-designed 3D sound auditorium with 300 seats
for performances. Visitors will be able to make their own recordings,
play instruments and acces via CD-ROM and the Internet, every single
pop tune. |
The Big Idea
Ayrshire, Scotland |
£10.6m (£5.3m from Millennium Commission) |
A permanent technology-based exhibition centre - a project
which will celebrate a thousand years of Invention and Discovery and
a hundred years of Nobel prizes. The Big Idea exhibition will include
the History of Explosions from Big Bang to Space Exploration and will
hold an Annual "Young European Prize for Invention and Discovery".
Asset Trust Ltd |
Museum of Photography Film and TV
Bradford |
£total?
(£6m from Heritage Fund) |
- |
Museum of Science and Technology
Manchester |
£total?
(£8.8m from Heritage Fund) |
Final phase of project |
Natural
History Museum Earth Galleries
London |
£total?
(£6,058,000 from Heritage Fund) |
Now completed and open, this involved redesigning and
recreating the entrance and introductory galleries of the Geology
Section of the NHM. |
Visual Arts Centre for Wales
Cardiff |
£6m
(£2m from
Arts Council of Wales) |
A visual arts centre, including a new interactive arts
exhibition. Cardiff Old Library Trust |
Museum of Transport and Technology
Basingstoke |
£total?
(£5,750,000 from
Heritage Fund) |
- |
Weatherwatch Discovery Centre
Bracknell |
£3m
(£1.5m from Millennium Commission) |
An innovative 75m high stainless steel weather tower which
responds to the wind and sun; also a high quality interactive Discovery/Science
Centre which describes in an educational and entertaining way the
forces shaping weather and climate, and the technologies used to understand
and predict them. Links to Met. Office and the IT industry. Bracknell
Forest Borough Council. |
SUZY - A model of sustainablity for the 21st Century
Middlesborough |
£1.74m
(£860,000 from Millennium Commission) |
To create an eco-structure powered by natural energy sources
that will house a futuristic Hydroponicum used for cultivating a wide
variety of plants the whole year round. There will be practical demonstrations
and interactive exhibition areas. The Botanic Garden Centre Ltd. |
Royal Society / British Association Millennium Awards
UK-wide |
£1,735,965 (Millennium Award Scheme - Up to 500 Awards) |
Royal Society / British Association for the Advancement
of Science Millennium Awards. Scientists and engineers will work with
their local communities to bring science 'alive' for non-scientists.
The Awards will be open to scientists, engineers, technicians, teachers
and others involved in communicating science. |
Earthwatch Millennium Fellowships
UK-wide |
£1,391,619 (Millennium Award Scheme - 550 Awards) |
A new Millennium Fellowship programme targeting educators
from the UK to participate in environmental field projects as part
of an international team. Teachers will join scientists working on
a wide range of subjects such as endangered species, human cultural
heritage and habitat protection. The Fellowships are aimed at school
teachers and education officers. |
Museum of the History of Science
Oxford |
£1,195,000
from Heritage Fund |
To fund an extension to the buildings |
Quarry Bank Mill
Cheshire |
£537,000
from Heritage Fund |
- |
Kew Bridge Steam Museum
Middlesex |
£400,000 from Heritage Fund |
Water for Life gallery. |
Techniquest PanTecnicon Millennium Awards
Wales only |
£365,134 (Millennium Award Scheme - 30 Awards) |
A limited number of Awards will be made to science popularisers
to raise awareness and understanding of science, engineering and technology.
The PanTecnicon project seeks to bridge the art-science divide, exploiting
music, drama, graphics and multimedia in their interpretation of the
sciences for a lay public. |
Beaulieu Motor Works - Centenary Garage
Hampshire |
£248,866 from Heritage Fund |
- |
Catalyst - Museum of the Chemical Industry
Widnes, Cheshire |
£250,000 from Heritage Fund |
- |
Digital Image Access System
West Yorkshire |
£126,750 from
Heritage Fund |
- |
Warrington Museum and Art Galleries
Cheshire |
£45,000 from Heritage Fund |
Botany and Geology Galleries |
Round 3 long list
Chelmer Waterside Development
Chelmsford, Essex
|
£10.3m (£5.1m from Milllennium fund) |
A science and technology centre and Millennium beacon
Chelmsford Borough Council |
RENUE
Merton/Wandsworth, Greater London
|
£1.6m (£819,000 from Millennium Commission) |
Two sustainable energy education centres
RENUE: The Millennium Initiative |
The Techsperience Challenge
Durham
|
£21m (£10.3m from Millennium Commission) |
Museum based on the manufacturing processes
Durham County Council |
Jodrell Bank
Cheshire
|
£27.1m (£13.4m from Millennium Commission) |
Improve telescope, a visitor centre and an arboretum
Victoria University of Manchester |
National Pondlife Centre
Liverpool, Merseyside
|
£3.8m (£1.9m from Millennium Commission) |
A national pondlife centre
Liverpool John Moores University |
Intech 2000
Winchester, Hampshire
|
£12.25m (£6.1m from Millennium Commission) |
A high technology, science based, interactive visitor
centre
Hampshire Technology Centre Trust Ltd |
Astro Centre and Glasshenge
Faversham, Kent
|
£18.2m (£9m from Millennium Commission) |
Space-based visitor attraction and glass Stonehenge
Demed Services Ltd |
Observatory and Planetarium
Falmouth, Cornwall
|
£8.2m (£3.5m from Millennium Commission) |
Build an observatory and planetarium
West Cornwall Astronomical Society |
Fulcrum International Centre
Rugby, Warwickshire
|
£3.85m (£1.9m from Millennium Commission) |
An international centre for technology and development
Intermediate Technology Dev Group Ltd |
The Deep
Humberside
|
£31.6m (£15.8m from Millennium Commission) |
A visitor attraction and research facility examining the
sea
Kingston-Upon-Hull City Council |
Magna
Rotherham, South Yorkshire
|
£33m (£15m from Millennium Commission) |
Templeborough Steel Mill steel visitor attraction
Rotherham Borough Council |
The Eureka! Millennium Project
Halifax, West Yorkshire
|
£28m (£7.7m from Millennium Commission) |
Build a new exhibition area
Eureka! The Museum for Children |
Scientella
Londonderry
|
£3.3m (£1.66m from Millennium Commission) |
Learning opportunities in the form of a science centre
Londonderry Inner City Trust |
Plants for Life
Edinburgh, Lothian
|
£4.99m (£2.46m from Millennium Commission) |
Creation of a botanic garden centre
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh |
X-Site
Glasgow, Strathclyde
|
£71.5m (£35m from Millennium Commission) |
Science centre
Glasgow Development Agency |
Dundee Science Centre
Dundee, Tayside
|
£27m (£1.2m from Millennium Commission) |
Science centre
Scottish Enterprise, Tayside |
Round 1 and 2 projects still under consideration
British Education Satellite
UK wide
|
£11.35m (£5.475m from Millennium Commission) |
To build a satellite and put into orbit
Millennium Satellite Company Ltd |
Weather Experience Centre
Skegness, Lincolnshire
|
£5.15m (£2.6m from Millennium Commission) |
Centre showing how weather is monitored and predicted
Skegness Development |
Reserve listed projects
Round 3 projects reserved for possible further consideration
Making It! - Discovery Centre
Mansfield, Nottinghamshire
|
£2,109,000 (£1,054,000 from Millennium Commission) |
Centre based on historic and future manufacturing
Making It! Discovery Centre Project |
The National Aquarium
East London
|
£100,800,000 (£50,000,000 from Millennium Commission) |
A national aquarium
The Zoological Society of London |
The Oxford Trust
Abingdon, Oxfordshire
|
£3,600,000 (£1,800,000 from Millennium Commission) |
A centre to demonstrate science at home
The Oxford Trust |
Applications which have been turned down in Round 3
Aberdeen Science and Technology Centre
Aberdeen, Grampian
|
£9.1m (£4.55m from Millennium Commission) |
Science and technology centre
Satrosphere Limited |
The Living Land
UK wide
|
£6,750,000 |
Network of interactive centres on the countryside
Country Landowner's Association |
The Science and Technology Centre
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
|
£380,000 |
A centre devoted to interactive science exhibitions and
scientific heritage
QUEST |
UK Science Centre in Action
Northampton, Northamptonshire
|
£10,000,000 |
Science centre based in Northampton
UK Science Centre |
National Holographic Centre
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
|
£1,335,000 |
Build a new centre for holography
Sneinton Holographic Society |
Boilerhouse
South Kensington, Greater London
|
£33,000,000 |
A new building for the V and A Museum
Victoria and Albert Museum |
Science Forum
W London
|
£10,500,000 |
A science centre to bring science to the public
The Royal Institution of Great Britain |
Site C: Childrens Interactive Resource Centre
Stratford, Greater London
|
£6,400,000 |
Interactive exhibitions, a theatre, cafe and child education
centre
Stratford Development Partnership Ltd |
Discovery Centre Project
London
|
£6,285,000 |
An interactive science and technology centre
The Discovery Centre Project |
Planetarium
Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland
|
£75,000 |
Astronomical observatory
Cleveland and Darlington Astronomical Society |
The Works
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
|
£1,755,000 |
Interactive science centre
Sunderland City Training and Enterprise Council |
The Tesseract
Birkenhead, Merseyside
|
£25,018,000 |
Environment/technology visitor attraction
Wirral Partnership |
The Secret World of Bletchley Park
Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
|
£7,900,000 |
Museums of chronology and the history of computing
The Bletchley Park Trust Ltd |
Cowes 2001
Cowes, Isle of Wight
|
£2,388,000 |
An interactive centre to feature the history of yacht
racing
Cowes 2001 |
Science Park 2000
Freshwater, Isle of Wight
|
£698,000 |
Science clubs for youth
International Association of Science Clubs |
Millennium World
Ashford, Kent
|
£50,000,000 |
A visitor centre dedicated to life on earth
Earth Ark |
Space Exploration Centre
Canterbury, Kent
|
£5,000,000 |
A visitor attraction based on space exploration
Space Exploration Centre Steering Committee |
The Green Cathedral Project
Canterbury, Kent
|
£575,000 |
A science and discovery centre focusing on the biodiversity
of the planet
Canterbury Environmental Education Centre |
The Scientarium
Oxford, Oxfordshire
|
£50,000,000 |
A scientarium to promote and raise public awareness of
science
Scientarium Millennium Project |
The Orbit Millennium Project
Bristol, Avon
|
£420,000 |
Creation of a gigantic scale model of the solar system
Orbit Project Limited |
Creed
Delabole, Cornwall
|
£2,284,000 |
Buildings for exhibition/education in energy-saving technology
The GAIA Trust |
Science Centre
Bideford, Devon
|
£3,700,000 |
A science centre
The Bideford Coast Centre Trust Ltd |
Safety Edcuation Centre
Bournemouth, Dorset
|
£306,000 |
Safety education resource for interactive learning
Dorset Interactive Safety Education |
Arthur C Clarke Centre
Minehead, Somerset
|
£12,525,000 |
Centre for space science and Arthur C Clarke archives
Arthur C Clarke Foundation of Gt Britain |
Water for Life
Bath, Somerset
|
£7,191,000 |
A research centre that looks at water in science, art
and maths
Springs Foundation |
Peat and Science Centre
Wedmore, Somerset
|
£200,000 |
Creation of peat and science centre museum
Mervyn Sweet/Barbara Sweet |
Highland Discovery Centre
Tore, Highland
|
£10,504,000 |
Interactive centre for the last two millenia
Highland Fantasia Limited |
Edinburgh Science Centre
Edinburgh, Lothian
|
£805,000 |
Science centre
Edinburgh Science Centre |
Denbigh Science Centre
Denbigh, Clwyd
|
£4,500,000 |
Science-based visitor attraction/main theme of communication
Denbighshire County Council |
Centre for Microscopy
Aberystwyth, Dyfed
|
£910,000 |
A centre for microscopy using latest technology
Institute of Biological Sciences |
Morris Centre
Swansea, West Glamorgan
|
£6,350,000 |
Science centre in Swansea
The Morris Estate |
Round 3 proposals which did not result in applications
Kinderland Children's Park
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire
|
£3,325,000 |
A park based on traditional child-powered style activities |
Cambridge Astronomy Centre
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
|
£2,000,000 |
An astronomy visitor centre |
The Science Centre
Derby, Derbyshire
|
£25,000,000 |
Science and technology centre |
Northants Amateur Astronomers
Location not known
|
£200,000 |
Astronomy and earth sciences discovery centre |
Richard Glassborow Association
London
|
£5,900,000 |
A permanent, interactive exhibition of the atmosphere
and weather |
Maynard Enterprises
Warrington, Cheshire
|
£50,000,000 |
Prestigious technological innovation centre |
Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys
Tunbridge Wells, Kent
|
£5,000,000 |
A science centre housing a remotely-controlled telescope |
Scientarium Millennium Project
Location not known
|
£50,000,000 |
A scientarium to promote and raise public awareness of
science |
The Farnham Time Machine
Farnham, Surrey
|
£350,000 |
A centre about Farnham using state of the art technology |
Surrey Science and Tech Education Trust
Guildford, Surrey
|
£200,000 |
Lease and refurbish a building for the use as a hands-on
science centre |
Bewdley Micro Museum
Bewdley, Herefordshire and Worcestershire
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£211,700 |
Museum for personal computers |
Give Peace A Chance Trust
Bradford, West Yorkshire
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£4,250,000 |
Museum for peace with inter-active technology |
Visitor Centre Royal Observatory
Edinburgh, Lothian
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£500,000 |
Conversion of visitor centre into science centre |
Newsletter Spring 1998 Contents
Centres > Satrosphere News
| What is happening to Light on Science?
| Inspire News | Herstmonceux
News
Exhibits > BIG working
group on exhibit development | What
is Design? | Exhibit Aphorisms
| "Here's Looking at Euclid"
- exhibit idea | Roald Dahl and
the Children's Gallery | Are hybrids
best? - viewpoint
Demonstrations and shows > Shows
at the Exploratory | Exploding
Can Demonstration | Water to
wine Demonstration | Nitrogen
story - urban myth?
Millennium News > More
Millennium Grants | Pantechniques
rewarded | Millennium awards
scheme | A listing of interactive
projects funded by lottery grants
Research > Measuring the
performance of interactive centres
Resources and conferences > Conferences
and Future Events | Indian Science
Congress Report | Managing Science
Centres Book Review | Children's
Museums Book information
BIG > BIG Moves
- From the Chair | BIG AGM Report
| BIG Annual Report 1997
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