The Gallery opened its doors in 2008
Trinity College is to close the Science Gallery.
This is really sad and also really short sighted. Quite apart from the loss to science outreach it was also one of the few things that actually drove footfall down to a part of town that is effectively dead space because of TCD overdevelopment. https://t.co/InqR9XeIgH
— Champion Samhain. (@EXECUTIVESTEVE) October 28, 2021
Source: Twitter (@ExecutiveSteve)
Considered a world first, the venue on Pearse Street in Dublin will shut permanently next February, according to the Business Post.
It's believed TCD considered the gallery to be no longer be financially viable.
Ah come on. @SciGalleryDub is closing? @tcddublin what are you doing?
The things that make this city unique and worth living in are falling away one by one. What's next for the chop? I dread to think.#DublinIsDyinghttps://t.co/TtxWrmPpaf— Lian Bell (@lianbell) October 28, 2021
Source: Twitter (@lianbell)
The Gallery is described as a living experiment, that ignites creativity and discovery where science and art collide.
The move has been met with widespread criticism online.
Article cover photo via Science Gallery Twitter
