The Xiamen Science Museum is located in Xiamen City, Fujian Province. It is one of the earliest large-scale science popularization venues at the prefecture level in China to adopt an enterprise operation model. It was officially opened to the public in March 2007 and covers an area of 21000 square meters, with a permanent exhibition hall area of 12000 square meters. The venue has undergone multiple updates and renovations, and the upgrade of the marine exhibition area was completed in 2014; In 2018, a large-scale iteration was conducted on the mechanical and electrical exhibitions of the Discovery Exhibition Hall; Overall renovation and renovation of children's science playground in 2022; In 2024, update the theme section related to artificial intelligence and upgrade multiple sets of interactive devices. The venue adopts a market-oriented ticket purchasing and visiting mode, and is equipped with a ball screen cinema. It is a landmark of science popularization and cultural tourism in southern Fujian and also a national science popularization education base.
The venue is equipped with five permanent themed exhibition halls: Ocean and Cradle, Exploration and Discovery, Creation and Civilization, Harmony and Development, and Children's Science Playground, along with a large temporary exhibition hall. The Ocean and Cradle Exhibition Hall, combined with Xiamen's positioning as a marine city, is the flagship exhibition area of the venue. It features a large number of marine themed electromechanical interactive exhibition items, promoting knowledge related to marine ecology, marine geology, and marine disasters; The Exploration and Discovery Exhibition Hall gathers a massive collection of classic interactive exhibits on sound, light, electricity, and magnetism, allowing visitors to hands-on operate and complete various scientific experiences; The Creation and Civilization Exhibition Hall tells the history of human technological development and showcases popular science content related to engineering technology; The Harmony and Development Exhibition Hall conducts science popularization around ecological environment and public safety; The children's science playground sets up experience zones for different age groups to meet the exploration and play needs of young children. The temporary exhibition hall introduces multiple sets of high-quality science popularization exhibitions from home and abroad every year, and continuously updates the venue's content supply.
The research and learning business system of Xiamen Science Museum is very mature, developing a complete research and learning curriculum package for kindergarten, primary school, and junior high school. It not only receives local schools in Xiamen, but also a large number of research and learning institutions around Fujian use this place as a check-in point for science popularization travel. Every year, it receives a large number of parent-child and research groups. Science experiment performances and science popularization classes are held daily in the museum, and a variety of themed science popularization activities are launched on weekends and holidays. At the same time, science popularization cultural and creative products, as well as science handicraft supporting products, are developed to expand the boundaries of science popularization communication. Under the background of enterprise operation, the venue attaches great importance to visitor experience, continuously polishing the exhibition experience process, supporting services, and science popularization activity planning.
Long term high passenger flow will accelerate the loss of exhibits. The venue will establish a comprehensive internal technical maintenance team, establish a fast fault response mechanism, and conduct periodic maintenance and replacement of core components such as motors, sensors, and controllers for mechanical and electrical exhibits to ensure that exhibits maintain a high level of integrity. Xiamen Science Museum is a benchmark example of market-oriented science popularization venues in China, exploring a development path that balances science popularization public welfare attributes and sustainable operation, providing valuable practical reference for the construction and operation of science popularization venues in other cities in China.
Shanghai Inertia Automation Co., Ltd. participated in the production of some interactive exhibitions and customization of core components at this venue.