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Heureka in numbers

1981 Planning begins
1983 Decision to found a science centre
1984 Finnish Science Centre Foundation registered
1984 City of Vantaa becomes the host city
1985 Architectural competition
1986 Content plan completed
1987 Foundation stone laid
1988 Building completed
1989 Opens to the public on 28 April
1999 Main exhibition was reguilt in 1999
2001 Science Park Galilei was opened June 7th
2007 The Verne Theatre was closed December 2nd
2007 The Vattenfall Planetarium was opened December 26th

Temporary exhibitions (visitors)

1989 The Human Story (125,000)
1990 The Iron Age (120,000), Structures (85,000) and Thinking machines? (60,000)
1991 Dinosaurs (242,000) and Balance? (142,000)
1992 Finland 75 years (165,000)
1993 Sports (152,000) and Big New Children’s Science Centre (89,000)
1994 Crime and Fake (137,000), Children’s Heureka (76,500) About Faces (73,000)
1995 Dinosaurs (189,000), New Children’s Heureka (64,000), Ninive 612 BC (60,000)
1996 Nordic Explorers (58,000), Illusions (158,000), Chaos (50,000)
1997 Image Alive! (187,000)
1998 Forest and me (128,000), Ancient Cultures (135,000), Technology! (24,000)
1999 Ancient Cultures, Technology, Communication
2000 Communication, The Senses, Dialogue in the Dark, Me and You
2001 Me and You, The Senses, Dialogue in the Dark, Family Life of the Dinosaurs
2002 Future Body, Science Park Galilei, Children?s Heureka, Flight!
2003 Flight!, Open Questions
2004 Open Questions, Hair, T. rex - the disputed dinosaur
2005 T. rex - the disputed dinosaur, Music, Mirrors in Mind
2006 Mirrors in Mind, Me Games, Copyright Nature
2007 Copyright Nature, Teotihuacan, Ships and the Sea, Scenes of Silence
2008 Ships and the Sea, Scenes of Silence

Planetarium films at the Vattenfall Planetarium

2007 Cosmic Collisions
2008 Cosmic Collisions, Passport to the Universe, Search for Life - Are we alone?
2009: Cosmic Collisions, Passport to the Universe, Search for Life - Are we alone? , Passport to the Universe, Kaluoka’hina – The Enchanted Reef
2010: Cosmic Collisions, Search for Life - Are we alone?, Passport to the Universe, Kaluoka’hina – The Enchanted Reef, Black Holes - Journey into the Unknown, Journey to the Stars, Two Small Pieces of Glass - The Amazing Telescope
2011: Passport to the Universe, Kaluoka’hina – The Enchanted Reef, Black Holes - Journey into the Unknown, Journey to the Stars, Two Small Pieces of Glass - The Amazing Telescope , The Zula Patrol: Under the Weather

Super films and multimedia programmes at the Verne Theatre

1989 Chaos and Cosmos, The Age of the Stars, Tomorrow in Space, Chronos
1990 The Great Barrier Reef, Seasons
1991 Time, The Miracle of Light, Orion
1992 Kuusamo – Arctic Wilderness, Flyers
1993 The Great Silence, To the Limit
1994 Touring the Solar System, Ring of Fire
1995 Renaissance, Africa: The Serengeti
1996 Navigation, Beavers
1997 Cosmos, Tropical Rainforest
1998 Written in the Stars, Alaska
1999 Maps, Olympic Glory
2000 Olympic Glory, Aurora borealis, Gold Fever
2001 Gold Fever, Aurora borealis, Starring: the Sun
2002: Starring: the Sun, Everst, Aurora borealis
2003: Everest, Cosmic Voyage, Adrenaline Rush, Bears, Planetarium programme
2004: Bears, Shackleton?s Antarctic Adventure, Dolphins, Planetarium programme
2005: Dolphins, PULSE - a STOMP Odyssey, Jane Goodall´s Wild Chimpanzees
2006: Jane Goodall´s Wild Chimpanzees, SOLARMAX, Bugs!
2007 Bugs!, Volcanoes of the Deep Sea

Visitors to Heureka