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ECOS Millennium Environmental Centre, Ballymena
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| Looking for: | Learning/Historical, Museums/Art Galleries | | Address: | ECOS Millennium Environmental Centre
Kernohans Lane
Ballymena | | Postcode: | BT43 7QA | | Age Group: | All Ages | | Kids Activity: | Indoors | | Telephone: | (028) 2566 4400 |
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Description
he interactive displays in the galleries are designed for fun while
encouraing some thoughts on how we can get enough food, energy and a
place to live, without destroying the planet for future generations
(known as Sustainable Development).
In Gallery 1, spin boards and push buttons to calculate your
environmental footprint, and see if your lifestyle makes too many
demands on the planet. Puff and pump up the renewable energies to
reduce carbon emissions.
Investigate the importance of preserving as wide a range of wildlife
as possible in Gallery 2 by using your skills to find out which animals
live in different habitats, and see what things you could do to help
wildlife where you live.
There is an amazing ‘Colour in Nature’ display from The Ulster Museum,
which has several hundred brightly coloured and fantastically
camouflaged specimens from all over the world, including a bird that
looks like a tree, and a butterfly that looks like a leaf.
Also on display is some of the latest green technology that reduces
the effect of global warming by using renewable resources. See how we
save money, and help save the planet by heating the building with wood
pellets. Come and see what you can do too.
Gallery Opening Times
Easter Week (from Easter Saturday)
Monday – Friday 10.00 am – 5.00 pm (last admissions 4pm)
Easter Saturday 12 noon – 5.00 pm (last admission 4pm)
Easter Sunday - CLOSED
Easter - October
Monday - Friday 10.00 am - 5.00 pm (last admissions 4 pm)
June – August
Monday – Friday 9.00 am – 5.00 pm (last admissions 4pm)
Saturday & Sunday 12 noon – 5.00 pm (last admission 4pm)
ADMISSION IS FREE!!
Please call (028) 2566 4400 to check opening and closing dates for public/bank holidays during Easter - October |
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