
At-Bristol is a pioneering public science and technology "exploration" and education centre in Bristol, England. The centre encorporates Wildwalk, a biome, the biology section of the site, and Explore, which contains features on physics, earth science, chemistry, computer science and technology. At-Bristol also encorporates an IMAX movie theater and a planetarium. At-Bristol is particularly aimed at families and children. The project opened in 2000 as the successor to the Exploratory, a small science museum and demonstration centre in the former terminus train shed at Temple Meads Station (now home to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum), but moved to a city centre site as part of the regeneration of the historical Bristol Harbour. The project was funded with Pound Sterling45 million by the National Lottery, Millennium Commission, South West of England Regional Development Agency and Bristol city council, and a further £45 million from commercial partners, including a controversial donation from Nestlé. The centre is situated on the former Cannons Wharf, Wildwalk occupying a modified 19th century factory building and Explore occupying a 540ft by 133ft 1906 railway goods shed. The goods shed was one of the first buildings to use reinforced concrete and both buildings are listed building. The buildings are located around Millennium Square - also part of the regeneration - and Pero's Bridge, a footbridge across the harbour which links it to the Arnolfini art gallery, Bristol Industrial Museum and Queen Square. The centre is popularly known as @Bristol, due to the appearance of its logo. This features the word ''at'' surrounded by a partial circle, reminsicent of an @ symbol. However, the official spelling is ''At-Bristol'', which is how the name appears on the web site and promotional material. The IMAX and Wildwalk are two of the principal hosts of the Bristol Festival of Nature. Compare with: Eden Project. == External links == * http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/ Visitor attractions in Bristol Grade II listed buildings
I have moved this from @Bristol, as this is the official way of writing it. The logo may make it appear to be spelled with an @, and it is commonly spelled like that, but the symbol in the logo is the whole word "at", surrounded with a circle in the style of @. The web site consistently writes it as "At-Bristol". Damn stupid name, either way. --User:Ascorbic 09:59, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC) don't know if it's relevant but @bristol has been at the centre of a lot of controversy down the years, mainly because of it's sponsorship by Nestle and it's links to the Merchant Venturers. In addition I seem to recall that the original founder of the Exploratory whose name escapes me was not happy with the way his ideas were implemented.
See other meanings of words starting from letter:
Words begining with At-Bristol:
At-Bristol
At-Bristol
At-Bristol
At-Bristol is a pioneering public science and technology "exploration" and education centre in Bristol, England. The centre encorporates Wildwalk, a biome, the biology section of the site, and Explore, which contains features on physics, earth science, chemistry, computer science and technology. At-Bristol also encorporates an IMAX movie theater and a planetarium. At-Bristol is particularly aimed at families and children. The project opened in 2000 as the successor to the Exploratory, a small science museum and demonstration centre in the former terminus train shed at Temple Meads Station (now home to the British Empire and Commonwealth Museum), but moved to a city centre site as part of the regeneration of the historical Bristol Harbour. The project was funded with Pound Sterling45 million by the National Lottery, Millennium Commission, South West of England Regional Development Agency and Bristol city council, and a further £45 million from commercial partners, including a controversial donation from Nestlé. The centre is situated on the former Cannons Wharf, Wildwalk occupying a modified 19th century factory building and Explore occupying a 540ft by 133ft 1906 railway goods shed. The goods shed was one of the first buildings to use reinforced concrete and both buildings are listed building. The buildings are located around Millennium Square - also part of the regeneration - and Pero's Bridge, a footbridge across the harbour which links it to the Arnolfini art gallery, Bristol Industrial Museum and Queen Square. The centre is popularly known as @Bristol, due to the appearance of its logo. This features the word ''at'' surrounded by a partial circle, reminsicent of an @ symbol. However, the official spelling is ''At-Bristol'', which is how the name appears on the web site and promotional material. The IMAX and Wildwalk are two of the principal hosts of the Bristol Festival of Nature. Compare with: Eden Project. == External links == * http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/ Visitor attractions in Bristol Grade II listed buildings
At-Bristol
I have moved this from @Bristol, as this is the official way of writing it. The logo may make it appear to be spelled with an @, and it is commonly spelled like that, but the symbol in the logo is the whole word "at", surrounded with a circle in the style of @. The web site consistently writes it as "At-Bristol". Damn stupid name, either way. --User:Ascorbic 09:59, 20 Mar 2005 (UTC) don't know if it's relevant but @bristol has been at the centre of a lot of controversy down the years, mainly because of it's sponsorship by Nestle and it's links to the Merchant Venturers. In addition I seem to recall that the original founder of the Exploratory whose name escapes me was not happy with the way his ideas were implemented.
See other meanings of words starting from letter:
A
AB | AC | AD | AE | AF | AG | AH | AI | AJ | AK | AL | AM | AN | AO | AP | AR | AS | AT | AU | AW | AX | AY | AZ |Words begining with At-Bristol:
At-Bristol
At-Bristol
Sponsored links: praca.
These materials are based on Wikipedia and licensed under the GNU FDL
Untitled Document
| Linki sponsorowane | Tani hosting | Pozycjonowanie |
YouTube.com videos better site than Turbo Tax 2007
