The Gravity Discovery Centre - Discover a new Universe!

Open 9:30am to 4:00pm Tuesday to Friday and 9:30am to 5:00pm Saturday, Sunday, public holidays, and ALL days during school holidays. 

Entry fees (as of 1st April 2013):

Adults $16 Child $11 Senior/Students/Concessions $13. Family passes available.

Access to The Leaning Tower of Gingin is coin operated and requires a $1 coin per person.

See Location and Bookings for further price details.

Are you looking for a family activity over the winter period?  Visit us for a winter warmer – indoor activities for the whole family and hot drinks and soups from our café!

The Gravity Discovery Centre is a highly respected science education and tourism facility in WA, and the only science centre with a focus on Cosmology, Astronomy and Physics. This unique facility provides exciting science experiences for families, children, students and tourists. Experience dropping water balloons from the 45m Leaning Tower and engage with hands-on experiments, exhibits and displays. This experience will challenge your thinking about science and our Universe!

The Gravity Discovery Centre – a great family day out!

GDC on TV! – ABC Catalyst film gravity experiments

The Catalyst crew conducted a series of experiments in gravity from the 45m leaning tower!  Who would have thought that chucking watermelons off a 45 metre tower could be called science!  If you missed the program, click on the link to view. Special thanks to Mark Fimeri, Adept Turnkey Pty Ltd for his contribution to the filming.

http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/3685222.htm

NEW Radio Astronomy Exhibit…

MWA tile

A full-size antenna tile of the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is now located at the centre. The MWA is a low-frequency precursor radio telescope to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA). The telescope is made up of 128 antenna tiles, which are located at the Murchison Radio-astronomy Observatory (MRO) near Geraldton. Thank you to the MWA team and CAASTRO (ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics) for making this available to us.

Additionally, inside the Discovery Gallery is a radio astronomy display which educates visitors about the MWA and ASKAP (Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder) and SKA projects. Come along to see how we can understand more about the ancient Universe with radio astronomy…

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iStock_000014406978_Small[1]Martians visit the GDC

Martian Making during the April school holidays proved to be a huge success. Parents and children loved the activity, which produced some interesting, creative and colourful Martians! The selected winners of both age categories have been announced. Click the link for photos…

http://www.gravitycentre.com.au/whats-happening/school-holiday-programme/

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