Feza Gürsey Science Center is a 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 Ankara

Ankara

Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. It is named after Feza Gürsey

Feza Gürsey

Feza Gürsey was a Turkish mathematician and physicist. His best known contribution to theoretical physics is his work on the Nonlinear Chiral Lagrangian.-Biography:...

 (1921 - 1992), the renowned Turkish mathematician and physicist.

The center was founded by the Metropolitan municipality of Ankara. It was opened on 23 April 1993, the Childeren's Day of Turkey. It is situated in Altınpark

Altınpark

- Geography :Altınpark is in Altındağ district of Ankara, situated on the way connecting Ankara to Ankara airport. The park area is - History :Up to 1977, the park area was a golf course. In 1985, it was transformed into a public park by the metropolitan municipality of Ankara.- The park today :The...

, the main recreation center of Ankara and is operated by ANFA, a sub unit of the municipality.

The center has 48 exhibits, most of which are either interactive or live demonstrations. The types of exhibits are determined by the faculty members of the Middle East Technical University

Middle East Technical University

Middle East Technical University is a public technical university located in Ankara, Turkey...

(METU) in line with the curriculum of the secondary schools in Turkey.