1 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden Overview on "HEP" (= particle, astroparticles, cosmology) coverage in science centers in all countries Michael Kobel TU Dresden

2 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden Austria (Wolfgang) # ECSITE Members –8 (including companies) Suited for HEP: 1-2 –Technisches Museum Wien –Maybe “Ars Electronica Linz” (not permanent) Coverage: –Barely in “Technisches Museum” –recently updated, but room for improvement (see Wolfgang’s talk) Visited/ Contacted: –Technisches Museum Wien

3 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden Poland (Jacek) # ECSITE Members –5 Suited for HEP: 2 –Both should have permanent exhibition Coverage: –none Visited/ Contacted: 2 (+2 under constr.) –National Science Museum (big) –One will have LHC travelling exhib. In June –Our Target: 2 museums under construction –~ 3 expected to show up at ECSITE

4 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden Italy (Catia) # ECSITE Members –8 Suited for HEP: 2 –“Città della Scienza” in Naples –“Museo della Scienza e Tecnologia ‘Leonardo Da Vinci’” of Milan. Coverage: –Both very barely Milano: pieces of accelerators, Naples: few items, loosely related to HEP Visited/ Contacted: both –Recently: Milan –Several travelling exhibitions (INFN, INAF and/or ASI) frequently exposed all over the country

5 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden UK (Peter) # ECSITE Members –41 (!) museums/science c other members Suited for HEP –Peter’s Estimate: limited permanent HEP space justified in ~20 Coverage: –Suppose, very few have permanent displays Visited/ Contacted: –A couple, esp. locally in Birmingham –Joined to mailing lists, info about outreach events, but no reponse w.r.t permanent HEP exhibits

6 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden Spain (Celso) # ECSITE Members –25 institutions Suited for HEP: 15 –9 + 6 not listed as ECSITE member (1)CosmoCaixa MadridYES (2)Fundacio "la CAIXA" (CosmoCaixa)BarcelonaYES (3)kutxaSpace of ScienceSan SebastianYES (4)Museo de la Ciencia y El CosmosLa Laguna, TenerifeYES (5)Museo de las Ciencias Principe Felipe ValenciaYES (6)Museo Elder de la Ciencia y la Tecnn.Las PalmasYES (7)Museos Científicos CoruñesesLa CoruñaYES (8)Museo Castilla la ManchaCuencaNO (9)Museo Ciencia y el AguaMurciaNO (10)Museu de la Ciència i de la Tècnica TerrassaYES (11)Parque de las CienciasGranadaYES (12)Museo Ciencia Valladolid NO (13)Principia MalagaNO (14)Museo Nacional Ciencia TecnologMadridNO (15)Casa de las Ciencias de LogroñoLogroñoNO Coverage: –Most: barely – not at all –Cosmo Caixas (Madrid and Barcelona) have permanent collections about the origin of matter –Terrassa (Catalunya) has a semi-permanent exhibition on CERN and LHC done locally which is actually up-to-date Visited/ Contacted: –7 out of the 15 have been visited in the last 2 years by personnel related to HEP. –Contacted by and phone: all, but not yet all responses

7 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden Denmark (Rasmus) # ECSITE Members –5 museums/science centers Suited for HEP: non-ECSITE –ExperimentariumScience Centre/Museum Hellerup (hands-on) –The Steno MuseumScience Centre/Museum Aarhus (historical) –Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen (active in Planck satellite!) –Science Center Sorø (start: 09/09) (talented student labs) –Danmarks tekniske museum (collection of historical equipment) Coverage: –Experimentarium hosted CERN travelling exhibition > 1x –Tycho Brahe: cosmology –Science Center Sorø: cloud chamber –tekniske museum: control panel NBI cyclotron + others Visited/ Contacted: –esp. interested in talent center Sorø

8 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden Norway (Farid) # ECSITE Members –8 Suited for HEP –5 for temporary exhibitions –Permanent: not clear Coverage: –1 in Oslo Visited/ Contacted: –3, including Oslo

9 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden Slovakia (Ivan) # ECSITE Members –0 Suited for HEP –Slovak Technical Museum in Kosice Coverage: –Currently: travelling exhibition on the Slovak contribution to the LHC –Plans for permanent option not clear Visited/ Contacted: –Kosice

10 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden Portugal (Pedro) # ECSITE Members –14 Suited for HEP –At most 7, probably 3 Coverage: –Permanent: 1 (well up-to-date) –Temporarlily, (past or present). 3 well up-to-date 1 barely Visited/ Contacted: –4

11 EPPOG meeting, June 2009, Milan, Italy Michael Kobel, TU Dresden Summary for perm. HEP coverage rough numbers, but give first impression –Good coverage often cosmology, less part. Physics –Update needed countryECSITESuited for perm. exh. Covered well Covered barely Contacted /visited Austria Poland52(+2)00 Italy82022 UK Very fewSome Spain25153Few15 Denmark5512? Norway85 ?103 Slovakia01001 Portugal Germany272-51~23 SUM ~10> 33