Cape Town Science Centre

{{Short description|Science museum in Cape Town, South Africa}}

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| caption = Cape Town Science Centre, Main Rd, Observatory

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| coordinates = {{coord|-33.9383|18.4640|region:ZA|display=inline,title}}

| established = {{Start date|2011|12|28|df=y}}

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| location = Observatory, Cape Town

| type = Science museum

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| director = Julie Cleverdon

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| website = {{URL|http://ctsc.org.za/}}

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The Cape Town Science Centre is a not-for-profit{{cite web|url=http://www.saastec.co.za/news/nstfawards2002.html |title=National Science and Technology Foundation Awards for 2002 |date=2002-05-13 |work=saastec.co.za |publisher=South African Association of Science and Technology Centres |access-date=2009-01-06 |archive-date=2007-08-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070801150019/http://www.saastec.co.za/news/nstfawards2002.html |url-status=dead }} science centre in Cape Town, South Africa. It forms part of a wide range of non-classroom initiatives to improve the quality of science understanding and science literacy in South Africa.

Until early 2010, the MTN Sciencentre was located in the Canal Walk shopping mall.{{cite news|url=http://www.capeargus.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=4088381|title=The power of the city lies in science|date=2007-10-22|work=Cape Argus|access-date=2009-01-06|archive-date=2012-09-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120907192445/http://www.capeargus.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=&fArticleId=4088381|url-status=dead}} It reopened in Observatory in 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.news24.com/SciTech/News/New-home-for-Cape-science-centre-20101102|title=New home for Cape science centre|date=2010-11-02|publisher=News24}}

The MTN Sciencentre's Ericsson cell phone is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest working cell phone.{{cite news|url=http://www.biz-community.com/Snippet/196/78/8226.html |title=Officially the world's largest cellphone |work=BIZCommunity.com |access-date=2009-01-06 |archive-date=2008-07-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708234812/http://www.biz-community.com/Snippet/196/78/8226.html |url-status=dead }}