The new Shandong Science Museum is located in Jinan City, Shandong Province. It is a large-scale comprehensive science popularization venue at the provincial level in Shandong Province. The old museum was put into use earlier, and the new museum will officially open to the public in 2022. The total construction area is 80000 square meters, with a permanent exhibition hall area of 32000 square meters. It is equipped with a ball screen cinema, 4D cinema, and dynamic cinema, and has multiple large lecture halls, maker practice classrooms, and study spaces. Complete the optimization and renovation of partial exhibition items by 2024, update some mechanical and electrical exhibition control systems, and upgrade the artificial intelligence themed exhibition area. The venue implements a free online real name reservation system for visits, open to the public from Wednesday to Sunday, and closed for maintenance on Monday and Tuesday. It is a leading provincial-level science popularization education base in northern East China.
The venue has eight permanent themed exhibition halls, namely Mathematics Exhibition Hall, Basic Science Exhibition Hall, Exploration of the Universe Exhibition Hall, Life and Health Exhibition Hall, Marine Technology Exhibition Hall, Innovation Practice Exhibition Hall, Children's Science Playground, and Shandong Science and Technology Achievement Special Exhibition Hall. The Mathematics Exhibition Hall is one of the few independent mathematics themed exhibition areas in China, which transforms abstract mathematical principles into intuitive experiences through a large number of interactive exhibitions; The Basic Science Exhibition Hall displays hundreds of sets of electromechanical interactive exhibitions, covering mechanics, acoustics, optics, and electromagnetics in their entirety; The space exploration exhibition hall revolves around aerospace astronomy and is equipped with aerospace simulation experience equipment; The Life and Health Exhibition Hall focuses on popularizing human science and biomedical sciences; The Marine Science and Technology Exhibition Hall is based on the characteristics of the coastal provinces of Shandong, showcasing knowledge related to marine engineering and marine ecology; The Innovation Practice Exhibition Hall focuses on cutting-edge technologies such as intelligent manufacturing and artificial intelligence; The children's science playground is divided into experience areas according to age groups and fully implements safety protection standards; The Shandong Science and Technology Achievement Exhibition Hall showcases the modern industrial and technological achievements of Shandong Province, integrating local scientific and technological development achievements into popular science education. Multiple special effects cinemas play various popular science films in a loop, providing an immersive audio-visual experience.
As the leading venue for science popularization in Shandong Province, the Shandong Science Museum undertakes the role of leading the province's science popularization radiation. The library offers a wide range of general activities, including regular science experiment shows, Qilu Science Popularization Lectures, Youth Science and Technology Innovation Competitions, Science Carnival, and multiple science and technology research camps during winter and summer vacations. A large number of primary and secondary schools in various parts of Shandong Province organized study groups to visit here. The venue provides business training for science popularization venues in various cities and counties within the province, outputs exhibition resources, and shares experience in exhibition planning, exhibition operation and maintenance, and science popularization activity operation. The science popularization caravan travels to various counties and towns in the province, delivering portable interactive science exhibitions to grassroots campuses and filling the gaps in local science popularization resources.
The venue exhibits are huge in size, with numerous mechanical and electrical interactive exhibits, and the operation and maintenance tasks are heavy. Establish a complete exhibition operation and maintenance department in the venue, equipped with dedicated technical personnel, establish a full lifecycle maintenance ledger for exhibitions, implement daily inspections and quarterly in-depth maintenance systems, regularly repair and replace core components such as motors, sensors, controllers, etc., to ensure that a large number of exhibitions maintain a high level of integrity. The Shandong Science Museum is the core platform for disseminating scientific spirit and enhancing the scientific literacy of the entire population in Shandong Province, driving the high-quality development of science popularization throughout the province.
Shanghai Inertia Automation Co., Ltd. participated in the production of some interactive exhibitions and customization of core components at this venue.