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Saturday, January 11, 2020

Visweswaraiah Industrial & Technological Museum

Visweswaraiah Industrial & Technological Museum
At a distance of 5 km from Bangalore City Railway Station, Visweswaraiah Industrial and Technological Museum (VITM) is located on Kasturba road in the surroundings of Cubbon Park. It was established as a tribute to Sir M Visweswaraiah, a great civil engineer. This is one of the best science museums in India and one of the best places to visit in Bangalore city, especially for children.

The museum occupies an area of 4000 sq. m, housing various industrial products and engines, which were opened by Sri Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962. The first gallery set up at VITM on the theme Electricity was opened to the public in 1965. An airplane and a steam engine are displayed in its compound.

VITM has 7 permanent exhibition galleries titled Engine Hall, Fun Science, Electro technic, Space - Emerging Technology in the Service of Mankind, Biotechnological Revolution, BEL Hall of Electronics and Children Science. The Engine Hall exhibits engines of various automobiles, machines used in industry, a jet aircraft engine and other mechanical devices. The Electro Technic Gallery contains interactive electrical exhibits which work on the basic principles of electricity, electronics and communication. The Fun Science gallery exhibits the sciences of sound, optics, fluids and perception.

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