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annual report 201020. Leasing of exhibitionsThe Brain exhibition from 1997 was – in an updatedversion! – presented at the World Cultural HeritageSite at the Völklingen Ironworks in Saarland, Germany,from the 15 th May 2009 to the 25 th July 2010. The exhibitionreceived 57,500 visitors.CreepyCrawly from 2003 was leased to Espace desSciences in Rennes, France, from the 13 th September2010 to the 6 th March 2011. The exhibition will be presentedat Experimentarium from October 2011.A spectacular show is delivered by two of our pilots at one of the Xcitersevents.“The Small Difference” with focus on gender and research,with the participation of several hundred highschool students. A number of women researchershave expressed their commitment to Experimentariumin contributing to the Danish part of the TWISTdatabase.18. ACCENTThis EU-project was a collaboration between 12 Europeanscience centres and an additional eight partnerson the exchange of ‘best-practice methods’ concerningthe dissemination of information on climate research.The project’s participants, as well as manyother contributors, wrote about their activities andclimate communications projects on the website I-doclimate.eu.The website was planned as a platform forknowledge-sharing amongst climate facilitators allover Europe. The project ends in the spring of 2011with a report to the EU.Xtremes from 2006 was presented at Ciência Vivain Portugal from the 21 st September 2009 until the20 th September 2010. It was seen by 174,943 visitors.Xtremes is currently on display at the Palais de laDécouverte in Paris and will later this year be shownat the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna.The Brain exhibition from 2009 is currently at Universeumin Gothenburg, Sweden. In September, it will goon to Continium in Holland, and in 2012, to VilVite inBergen, Norway.21. Development ofExperimentarium’s Innovations CentreWhen Building Culture Denmark (BygningskulturDanmark) in 2008 drew up a sustainability study forExperimentarium’s future plans to expand the buildingon Tuborg Havnevej 7, it was recommended thatExperimentarium’s unique environment – with students,companies, researchers, workshops, designers,facilitators, web-experts, etc. – be utilized inestablishing an innovations centre.19. My Ideal CityThis EU project has five European partners. The goalof the project is to strengthen ties between the institutionsthrough the development of a virtual exhibition,that depicts the ideal city, as the citizens wouldlike it to be. The Danish part of the exhibition wasdeveloped in collaboration between 20 Copenhagenersand Experimentarium. The 30 m 2 exhibition waspresented to the public in the months of Novemberand December.Children and parents having fun at one of Experimentarium’s manyactivities.16
Vice CEO, Kim Herlev, took on the challenge and hassucceeded in obtaining funds for a range of activitiesthat will all contribute to Experimentarium’s future innovationscentre:Innovation Match: Facilitates an innovation networkwith 18 Danish technological companies and knowledgeinstitutions, with the aim of uncovering andutilizing the synergy possibilities that exist. Experimentariumis secretariat of the network, which isopen and is to be expanded over a three-year period.Supported by The Danish Agency for Science, Technologyand Innovation.PaNIK (The Project on Science, Innovation and Art):Collaboration between Danish artists and facilitatorsto create works that describe the exciting intersectionbetween art, applied art, design and technology. Supportedby The Danish Arts Foundation.More initiatives are being planned.22. Visitor numbersIn 2010, Experimentarium received 285,755 visitors.The figure is lower than usual, which was primarilydue to the museum-unfriendly weather in the monthsof January, February, July and December.The forecast for number of visitors in 2011 is considerablybrighter. At the time of writing, Experimentariumhas received 157,000 visitors and over 400,000 visitorsare expected in the course of 2011.The website experimentarium.dk has been visited395,954 times, i.e. there have been more virtual visitsthan physical visits!Climateminds.dk had 140,000 visitors.23. AccountsThe accounts for 2010 show a profit of DKK 38,796,which was transferred to our liquid reserve fund thatnow amounts to DKK 7.279 million.Turnover was DKK 75.1 million, and Experimentariumemployed 213 persons in all, comparable to 122 fulltimeequivalents.Kapow!!! Huge clouds of smoke were in the air when some of the youngstersfrom the Xciters project showed off their scales.Demonstratorium: Creates an exhibition room for thebest Danish technologies, where one can invite thepublic to – through co-creation – contribute to furtherinnovative product improvements. The pre-project issupported by The Danish Industry Foundation.Innovarium: Creates an exhibition room, where thepublic becomes the centre of innovative processes.The pre-project is supported by The Otto MønstedsFoundation.17
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