Canada South Science City is an interactive science centre type of science museum

Science museum

A science museum or a science centre is a museum devoted primarily to science. Older science museums tended to concentrate on static displays of objects related to natural history, paleontology, geology, industry and industrial machinery, etc. Modern trends in museology have broadened the range of...

 in Windsor

Windsor, Ontario

Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and is located in Southwestern Ontario at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. It is within Essex County, Ontario, although administratively separated from the county government. Separated by the Detroit River, Windsor...

, Ontario

Ontario

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, Canada

Canada

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The complex consists of a renovated open concept school located in the Walkerville

Walkerville, Ontario

The former town of Walkerville Ontario, Canada is now a heritage precinct of Windsor Ontario. Incorporated in 1890, the town was founded by Hiram Walker, owner and producer of Canadian Club Whisky. Walker planned it as a 'model town’ ) that would be the envy of both the region and the continent...

area, just east of the city's downtown core.

Inside the main building includes:

• Biodiversity Exhibit
• Fossil Dig Site for children
• Lagoon section with live reptiles
• Exploratorium which includes many interactive physics and other exhibits
• Science Cafe for lunches and discussion panels
• Summer Camp room
• Computer Lab

Initially funded by a grant from the city of Windsor, Science City is now overseen by a volunteer board of directors. It is a completely community run non-profit facility.