Scitech is a not-for-profit organisation that operates the Scitech Discovery Centre, a permanent interactive science museum, and Horizon, a planetarium, both located in West Perth, Western Australia. It first opened in 1988 on 13 August.It's published mission is,Scitech generally aims its programs at children aged up to 12, but it does provide activities for children and adults of all ages. In the past it has even run "Scitech After Dark" evenings to allow over 18 year olds to enjoy its attractions in an adult-oriented atmosphere.Scitech Discovery CentreThe Scitech Discovery Centre features a number of regularly changing interactive exhibitions designed to inform and educate visitors on a myriad of subjects concerning science, technology, engineering and maths . It also offers a range live science, puppet and planetarium shows presented by enthusiastic science communication staff.Large feature exhibitions are rotated every six months, with a variety of STEM exhibits pertaining to a particular theme, storyline or concept, most of which are built in-house by Scitech's design, graphics, and workshop departments. Scitech was the first Australian science centre to build large-scale interactive exhibitions. In addition, the exhibitions Scitech creates have also toured nationally and internationally to places including Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Brisbane, Darwin, Singapore, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Finland, France, England, Portugal, Estonia, Norway and Kuwait.Approximately 3 million people have visited Scitech since its opening in 1988. 310,000 general public visitors and 60,000 school children visit the Scitech Discovery Centre annually at its West Perth base, with another 180,000 people experiencing Scitech via its travelling roadshow known as Outreach.