The Linyi Science Museum, a benchmark science popularization venue at the prefecture level in Shandong Province and a national 4A level tourist attraction, is located in Linyi. It was officially opened in 2010 and has a building area of 27000 square meters. It is one of the earliest fully functional prefecture level science museums built in Shandong Province. The permanent exhibition halls of the venue include exploration and discovery, technology and life, aerospace, children's science playground, supporting ball screens, 4D special effects cinemas, hundreds of interactive science exhibitions, and are open to the public for free. It is the core position of science popularization in southeastern Shandong.
Linyi is an old revolutionary base area in Yimeng. The venues integrate red science popularization with modern science education, and carry out a series of activities called "Yimeng Science Popularization Tour" to bring science popularization resources to the vast towns and villages. The aerospace exhibition area is a popular section, where a large number of primary and secondary school students come to learn about aerospace knowledge. The children's playground zoning is suitable for children of different age groups, and the visitation rate of parent-child families is very high.
The venue study system is very mature, with the development of a complete set of study courses covering primary to junior high school. A large number of schools in the city use Linyi Science Museum as an off campus practical classroom. Synchronize the construction of online science museums and VR exhibitions to expand the boundaries of science popularization services. The venue regularly holds robot competitions, scientific experiment shows, and science popularization lectures, with a variety of holiday activities.
As the leader of science popularization in southeastern Shandong, it radiates to various districts and counties in Linyi, with science popularization exhibitions and science popularization caravans covering surrounding counties. The venue operation and maintenance management is mature, and the exhibition integrity rate is maintained at a high level. The Science Museum in Linyi City proves that revolutionary old areas can also build high-level modern science popularization venues. It combines the attributes of tourist attractions and public welfare science popularization. It is not only a 4A cultural and tourism check-in point, but also a public welfare science popularization education base, achieving the integration of science popularization and cultural tourism development. It is a very worthwhile case to study and learn from in domestic city level science museums.