"Learning Science Through Play"... Three New Children's Experience Spaces Selected in Chilgok, Jinju, and Jecheon

Annual Support of 500 Million Won

Hands-on Science Museums to Feature Bees, Pterosaurs, and Bio Themes

Hands-on spaces where children can experience science through play will be expanded nationwide. On April 20, the Ministry of Science and ICT announced that Chilgok County, Jinju City, and Jecheon City have been selected as new locations for the 2026 "Children's Science Experience Space Expansion Support Project."

This project aims to create "play-based science experience spaces" for children aged 10 and under at the local government level. The selected local governments will run the project for two years, receiving annual national funding of 500 million won per site.

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Each region will offer hands-on content utilizing its unique resources. Chilgok County will establish the "Sweet Science Museum" themed around bees at the Honeybee Theme Park.

Jinju City plans to set up the "Time Portal Research Institute" using pterosaur footprint fossils at the Jinju Pterosaur Footprint Exhibition Hall, while Jecheon City will introduce the "Bio Bus" focused on life science experiences at the Jecheon Korean Medicine Expo Park.

The selected local governments will secure funding and complete administrative procedures in the first half of this year, then begin detailed design work in the second half. After producing and installing exhibits and conducting pilot operations in 2027, the facilities are expected to open by the end of the year.

Including these three new locations, the total number of children's science experience spaces nationwide will increase to 16. The Ministry of Science and ICT stated, "We plan to continuously expand experience-based educational infrastructure so that children can easily engage with science."

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