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A Wellcome £1.4 Million Awarded to Explore-At-Bristol
Explore-At-Bristol is delighted to announce it has been
awarded a grant of £1.4 million from the Wellcome Trust.
The grant will fund the redevelopment of the science centre’s popular
Your Amazing Brain exhibition. Called All About Us, it will
take visitors on an incredible journey through the whole human body
looking at how our brain and body adapt to the world they are in. Packed
full of hands-on phenomena, models, recreations and interactives, All
About Us, will offer a fully immersive experience to visitors of any
age.
This significant sum awarded by one of the UK’s largest grant givers
devoted to improving our collective understanding of the way science has
developed, is a vote of confidence for Explore-At-Bristol’s vital
contribution to making science accessible to the widest possible audience.
Goéry Delacôte, Chief Executive of Explore-At-Bristol says, ‘We are very
grateful to the Wellcome Trust for this substantial sum of money and its
on-going support. We pride ourselves on offering our visitors the very
best and this grant will allow us to create the most exciting exhibition
Explore has had to date.
He continues, ‘This grant from the Wellcome Trust will fund one of our
most ambitious refurbishments of an exhibition space in the eight years
since opening. It is only with recognition from philanthropic funders like
the Wellcome Trust, that we are able to embark on such forward thinking
projects that enable us to make science accessible to the widest possible
audiences and inspire a future generation of teachers, scientists and
enthusiastic students.’
Since Explore opened in 2000, its exhibitions team has continually
monitored the existing Your Amazing Brain exhibition, learning from
its strengths and weaknesses and this knowledge, along with consultation
with a raft of experts including Bristol University’s Professor Kathy
Sykes and Dr Alice Roberts and Professor Sally Duensing of King’s College
London, shaped the concept of All About Us and its cutting edge
content.
The team plans to make some of the new exhibits in-house, outsource others
and redevelop the most successful elements of the current exhibition.
Clare Matterson, Director of Medicine, Society and History at the Wellcome
Trust said, ‘In less than ten years, Explore-At-Bristol has established
itself as an important and ambitious science centre. The Wellcome Trust is
pleased to be supporting the redevelopment of one of the centre’s most
popular exhibitions, creating a fresh and inspiring new environment for
visitors to learn about the human body.’
The first phase of All About Us is due to open to the public in
spring 2009 with the final phase of work completed for Explore’s 10th
Anniversary of opening in June 2010.
For press enquiries:
Sonja Taylor-Jones
0117 9157152 /
07956 503 478 /
press@at-bristol.org.uk
Notes to Editors:
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Explore-At-Bristol is a leading science centre in the UK
and a major player in the worldwide science centre movement. It aims to be
a world-class science centre that makes a distinctive, valued and
recognised contribution to science learning and public engagement with
science across Europe. A registered charity, At-Bristol has hosted more
than three million visits and continually strives towards making science
accessible to all.
www.at-bristol.org.uk
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At-Bristol receives no central government funding and
support from visitors, members, corporate partners and donors means it can
continue to make science relevant and fun for future generations.
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The Wellcome Trust is the largest charity in the UK. It
funds innovative biomedical research, in the UK and internationally,
spending around £650 million each year to support the brightest scientists
with the best ideas. The Wellcome Trust supports public debate about
biomedical research and its impact on health and wellbeing.
www.wellcome.ac.uk
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