The SCICOM consortium consists of 9 partners of which 7 are Science Centres and Museums.

Welios® Science Center Wels (Contact: Ms Ellen Fethke, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) will open in 2011 in Austria. As Austria´s first specialized science centre, its 150 hand on exhibits in- and outside the building will be focused on renewable energies and energy efficiency. The visitor will be guided through a narrative exhibition. The exhibition will be housed within a low energy building.

Kindercity Zurich (http://www.kindecity.ch/), Switzerland, (Contact: Jean-Christophe Gostanian, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ) is a modern development centre geared toward children, much like a science centre with a special child friendly structure, located in Volketswil. It is 6,000 m2 large and is visited every year by approximately 250,000 guests. Kindercity offers knowledge lanes, factory workshops (bread/chocolate, chef cooking etc.), as well as kids movies in the Kindercity-Cinema and birthday parties. On the roof there is a “car-school”, magic express and bungee jumping facilities.

Energiakeskus, Tallinn (http://www.energiakeskus.ee/), Estonia, (Contact: Kertu Saks, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), the Tallinn Technology and Science Centre ENERGY (founded in 1999) is an interactive centre for schools and families. ENERGY consists of science exhibitions on various themes. As we operate in the former building of Tallinn Power Station (founded in 1913) our main exhibition theme is and has been energy and electricity.

Palais de la Découverte (http://www.palais-decouverte.fr and http://www.universcience.fr ), France, (Contact: Brigitte Zana, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), Veronique Varene, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), is a public science museum located on the Champs-Elysées in Paris. It is 70 years old and welcomes 600 000 visitors annually. Visitors can attend 60  daily science shows with real experiments carried out by scientists, discover the basics of science with do-it-yourself exhibits and workshops and discuss the latest scientific issues through lectures, debates.

Explora - Museo dei Bambini (http://www.mdbr.it/), Italy, (Contact: Patrizia Tomasich, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), Marianna Carli,  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), is the first Italian children's museum, primarly designed for children, school and families, located in the historical and central area - is a child-sized playtown where everything can be observed, touched and experimented with. Visitors come into contact with facts, phenomena and everyday events: environment, communication, economy and new technologies.

Satrosphere Science Center (http://www.satrosphere.net/), UK, Scotland, (Contact: Lynsey Thompson, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), is the oldest science centre in Scotland, with over fifty hands-on exhibits and a constantly changing programme of public and educational shows and workshops.  Based in the oil capitol of Europe, our focus is moving more towards renewable energy and the cutting edge technology which will allow mankind to harness this energy.

Universum® Bremen (http://www.universum-bremen.de/), Germany, (Contact: Tobias Wolff, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), makes science an adventure with impressive hand-on experiences: The Science Center holds around 250 interactive exhibits centered around the topics “Mankind”, “Earth“ and “Cosmos“. A children’s area called “Milky Way” is aimed at 3 to 8 year olds. The “EntdeckerPark” features 25 stations on the theme of movement, as well as the 27-metre high “Turm der Lüfte” with experiments on wind and weather.  In the “SchauBox” science shows are presented and annual special exhibitions are held. At present a temporary exhibition is focusing on colours and shapes in nature. 

Kraftwerk Living Technologies (http://www.kraftwerk.at/), Austria, is Austria´s leading provider of total technical solutions in the entertainment industry with global references.

RTD Services (http://www.rtd-services.com/), Austria, (Contact: Andreas Moser, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ), is expert in developing and managing European funded projects, mainly from FP6 and FP7. In addition, RTD Services provides know-how in the dissemination and exploitation of project content and results.