SUPL wins funding to explore feasibility of information centre

The Stawell Underground Physics Laboratory has reveived a Victorian Government Enabling Tourism Grant to explore the feasibility of establishing a state-of-the-art Science Outreach Centre in Stawell.

The centre would be styled as the Dark Matter Experience Centre and aims to attract new visitors to the region and provide information about the cutting edge research happening in Stawell.

SUPL Facility and Laboratory Manager Kim Mintern-Lane said she was delighted with the news of the grant, which would build on Stawell’s growing reputation as a centre for science and education..

“This places Stawell on track to become an innovative and inspirational centre for scientific research and educational outreach, bringing together a world-class underground research facility and a state-of-the-art Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) outreach centre,” she said.