Founded in the year 1984 by the Government of Kerala, Kerala Science and Technology Museum is one of the best museums in Trivandrum. The aim of the museum is to spread the importance of technology and science in the state. Kerala Science and Technology Museum has ten galleries with over 300 items on display. Every display is related to field of engineering or science. There are dedicated galleries for bio-medical engineering, electronics, electrical, automobile, solar energy, popular science and mechanical. That is not all, there are galleries dedicated to computer science, mathematics as well as space science.
The museum also runs managing science educational programmers through Television, Radio and other media of communication. It also becomes the venue for various lectures, demonstrations along with media and public interactions. Kerala Science and Technology Museum is popular amid people of all ages.
The museum complex also has a planetarium called Priyadarshini Planetarium, functional from 1994. After this, Children's Science Park and Mobile Science Exhibition unit were other additions. The other attraction here, which opened in 2005, is a Play Park that has 13 playing devices, offering learning while one is playing. Some of the popular ones include Energy Ball, Digital Weighing Machine, Energy Park, Edusat Talk Back Terminal, and 3D Theatre.
Timings and Tickets
Museum & Galleries
Timings- 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM
Tickets
Organized group of Students: INR 10 per head
Children: INR 10 (below 10 years)
Adult –INR 15
Planetarium
Show Timings: 10:00 AM, 12 noon (English), 03:00 PM, and 05:00 PM
Tickets
Organized group of Students: INR 10 per head
Children: INR 10 (below 10 years)
Adult – INR 15
3D Theatre
Show Timings: 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM
Tickets: INR 10
Thrillarium
Show Timings: 10:00 AM – 05:00 PM
Tickets
Organized group of Students: INR 10
Children: INR 10 (below 10 years)
Adult – INR 20
Laserium and Musical Fountain
Show Timings: 07.00 PM
Tickets
Organized group of Students: INR 10
Children: INR 10 (below 10 years)
Adult –INR 20
Ham Radio and Night Sky Observation (only on Thursdays and Fridays)
Tickets (Only on Thursdays & Fridays)
Organized group of Students: INR 10
Children: INR 10 (below 10 years)
Adult – INR 15
