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Center of Innovation, Toruń, Poland
More than just another
touristic attraction…
Jan Iwaniszewski
Programme Council of Center of Innovation
and Institute of Physics, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Toruń, Poland
Ecsite Annual Conference 2011, Warsaw, Poland, 26-28 May
Session: Hot scene in Eastern Europe, 26 May 2011, 13.45, blue room
Toruń is known for…
Nicolaus Copernicus
birthplace of
-old
recipe
Toruń
Warszawa
gingerbread
ghotic monuments
view over Vistula river
Science and its popularization…
Toruń
Nicolaus Copernicus University – lectures, competitions, workshops, lessons,…
Kangaroo of mathematics
Forest School
Decisions…
2006 – decision of the City Council of Toruń to establish science centre
localization - former corn mill and granary (some 60-100 years old)
2008 – EU project for renovation of postindustrial areas ERDFToruń
2009 – agreement with the university on collaboration, Programme Comitee
Nov. 2010 – City Council set up Center of Innovation
status of a cultural institution carried out by the city
Jan. 2011 – beginning of rebuilding
(till the end of 2012)
May 2011 - competition for the director
openning
middle of 2013
The Centre…
total area: 5000 m2
exhibitions: main 1500 m2 + for children 300 m2
workshops: 500 m2
dominant exhibit –
Foucault pendulum (~35m)
four main exibitions:
1. De revolutionibus
2. River
3. Energy
4. Ideas
exhibitions for children (3 rooms)
De revolutionibus…
tribute to Copernicus and to the one of the greatest
inventions of all time – a wheel
 Solar System, day and night, seasons…
 circular movement and inertial forces, Foucault
pendulum, Coriolis cabin…
 use of wheels, gears…
River…
a story on Vistula river from its springs up to the sea
 maquette of a river
elements of geology, hydrology, landforms, typical
ecosystems…
 benefits of rivers
dams, hydropower (water-mill), transport…
 physics of flow, pumps…
Strength and energy…
on mediewal city walls and sources of energy…
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kinds of physical energy, simple physical
interactions…
sources of energy, ways of its receiving for
applications, scientific foundations of the problems,
comparison of different sources…
Ideas…
on inspiration, investigation and innovations…
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brain, nervous system, sences, perception…
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computers, programming…
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mathematics, logic…
Children corners…
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corner of an unknown world
journey arond the world - landscapes, climates, animals,
plants, monuments, ways of travel, etc.
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everydayness corner
nature around us, domestic animals, cultivated plants, food
and its preparation (baking gingerbread), craft, etc.
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corner of light and shape
the exhibits and plays with geometry and light, variety of
figures, mosaics, building constructions, light rays, mirrors,
lenses, optical ilusions, etc.
Does our center
be something…
…more than
just another
touristic
attraction?
It depends mostly
on the individuals
working for it!