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Siemens is one of the principal sponsors of ‘atmosphere: exploring climate science’, the new climate science gallery opened in December 2010 at the Science Museum.
The 'atmosphere: exploring climate science' gallery
The new gallery provides a dedicated space for Science Museum visitors to deepen their understanding of climate science in an enjoyable and memorable way. Including interactive exhibits and a variety of objects to explain how the climate system works, to show how scientists study the system and to summarise the current state of knowledge about the climate.
Gallery highlights include a section looking at how scientists have studied past episodes of climate change illustrated by tree ring and stalagmite samples and a real ice-core from Antarctica – the only one on display in a UK museum.
View the Science Museum's atmosphere: exploring climate science video to see what awaits in the gallery.
The gallery will also feature examples of how designers and engineers are responding to the challenges of climate change and contributing to a low carbon future. Exhibits include a hydrogen fuel cell car from eco transport company Riversimple, an energy-generating paving slab and a specially-commissioned animated video ‘Life in a Low Carbon World’.
Andrews J. Goss, chief executive, Siemens plc said: "Siemens is delighted to be a principal sponsor of this important climate science gallery. Climate change is the most serious challenge facing us all and it is imperative that young people in particular are inspired to engage in how we as a society adapt to a low-carbon world."
About the Science Museum
For 100 years the Science Museum has been world-renowned for its historic collection, remarkable galleries and inspirational exhibitions. With around 15,000 objects on public display, the Science Museum’s collections form an enduring record of scientific, technological and medical change from the past few centuries. Aiming to be the best place in the world for people to enjoy science, the Science Museum makes sense of the science that shapes our lives, sparking curiosity, releasing creativity and changing the future by engaging people of all generations and backgrounds in science engineering, medicine, technology, design and enterprise. In 2008/09 the Science Museum was proud to have been awarded the Gold Award for Visitor Attraction of the Year by Visit London and a Silver Award for Large Visitor Attraction of the Year by Enjoy England. The Science Museum works with a number of partners and retains editorial control over all gallery content.
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