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Hi all,
Here is a big philosophical question for you all.  At Science Alive in Christchurch, New Zealand the earthquakes have given us a unique opportunity to start again. We can build a new purpose built centre. We want to make the most of this opportunity. One of our biggest challenges is to make the new centre sustainable so it is around for years to come. The world seems to be full of science centres that started so well but then had to close down a few years later or make significant numbers of staff redundant. We want to know what are the characteristics of centres that have survived well?  Also the converse. Are there any factors that seem to cause problems for science centres?

We know what we believe to be the answers to these questions, but would love to get your unbiased (and biased) opinions. The collected knowledge will feed into our strategic planning.

Thanks for your time. 

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