Hampshire Technology Centre Trust was born! Trustees were determined toreverse a shortage of scientists and engineers across Hampshire, working withschools and communities that needed support. The charity soon becameINTECH and opened in a redundant school canteen in Winchester.

Millennium funding builds a brand-new science centre at Morn Hill. HRH PrincePhilip opens the doors on 28 October.

The UK's largest standalone planetarium opens at Winchester with 168 seats, a16.5m dome, and shows that send you hurtling through the universe.

We rename our centre Winchester Science Centre, a name that describes usbetter.

Explorer:Space launches. We introduce subsidised school trip pricing and starttaking science out to children who can't come to us. Our Young Steering Group isformed to make sure our activities are fun, inclusive, immersive, interactive andaccessible to all.

The planetarium is upgraded with subtitled shows and tactile resources. AChanging Places accessible toilet is installed.

The Sound Exhibition is installed, creating an adventure through sound with amassive guitar, a sonic rocket, echo tubes and a giant ear! The recombobulationroom opens - a sensory reset space. Science at Home launches, originally forlockdown families, now a permanent way to reach people beyond our walls.

British Sign Language days launch for d/Deaf visitors. Sensory maps of thebuilding are created to help neurodiverse families feel ready before they arrive.

We become Wonderseekers, a name that puts children, not buildings, at thecentre of everything. The wonder of science is what we seek to share!

Our For People and Planet 2030 strategy launches, written with children, not justfor them. Our Young Steering Group wins a national Marsh Volunteer Youth Prize!The judging panel liked them so much they invented a new award on the spot!Single-use plastics out, compostable cups in, waste stations throughout. Thestart of making our site as sustainable as the future we're working towards.

We begin building a participatory exhibition co-designed with children, exploringsoil, food, dark skies, local species and biodiversity sound.We launch the John Muir Award partnership - Children on our programmes cannow earn accredited recognition for discovering, exploring, and protecting nature

Ten children spend five months as working ecologists at the Science Centre withtrail cameras, bioacoustic detectors, reptile mats, the lot. They found 339 fungalspecies, a dormouse habitat on site, eight priority bird species, and rare orchids.Their data will shape a new nature reserve.The Nature Hide opens. Sponsored by Winchester Rotary Club, the Nature Hidebrings our young ecologists' findings to over 100,000 visitors ayear.

Our enormous decades‑old oil system is removed and a new air source heatpump system is installed to heat our 29,000m3 building and planetarium,reducing our direct emissions by 98%.