Science Museum

Science museum contain professional exhibits and displays and also perform a wide variety of service. To be of the greatest educational value objects of the science museum must be available for students to touch, examine, investigate and study.
First hand experiences of the concept increases the student‟s desire to learn and make real learning more permanent.
Functions of science Museum

• To display for public, collections of interesting and instructional materials
• To provide exhibits to schools on various educational objects
• To provide free or nominal cost information in the form of collections, bulletins, newsletters, coloured slides and sometimes motion pictures.
• To conduct classes and field trips and to give lectures to both children and adults in various cultural areas
• To train teachers in the effective utilization of museum tours and materials
• To conduct educational tours for school pupils through sections of the museum appropriate to the subjects under study

Advantages of Science Museum

• Students get firsthand experience
• Outside world comes into the school
• Students develop skills in observation, construction, drawing and experimentation
• Widens the depth of knowledge
• Students develop inspirational value

IMPORTANT MUESEUMS IN INDIA

• Birla Industrial & Technological Museum, Kolkata
• Birla Science Museum, Hyderabad
• Gujarat Science City, Ahmedabad
• Birla Planetarium, Chennai
• Hakim Karam Hussain Museum on History of Medicine and Sciences
• Kerala Science and Technology Museum, Thiruvananthapuram
• National Council of Science Museums (NCSM)
• National Science Centre, Delhi
• Nehru Museum of Science and Technology, Kharagpur
• Nehru Science Centre, Mumbai
• Regional Science Centre, Bhopal
• Science City Kolkata, Kolkata
• Science Park, Jaipur
• Srikrishna Science Centre, Patna
• Visvesvaraya Industrial and Technological Museum, Bangalore