AU - Yousefi, Farzaneh AU - Nabipour, Iraj AU - Raeisi, Alireza AU - Mosleh, Abdolmajid AU - Azin, Reza AU - Assadi, Majid TI - Rationale behind the establishment of science museum as a lifelong educational approach PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - ISMJ JN - ISMJ VO - 18 VI - 2 IP - 2 4099 - http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/article-1-690-en.html 4100 - http://ismj.bpums.ac.ir/article-1-690-en.pdf SO - ISMJ 2 ABĀ  - The museum of science and technology is a center based on science to present the up-to-date achievements of sciences and technologies from all over the world with the goal of improvement in knowledge and science of society by exhibits, equipment and devices, how people can learn science practically. On the other hand, the museum of science and technology is a place for presenting sciences that convert to visual and practical actions and exhibits that visitors, based on their interest, previous knowledge and capacity, can learn new things in a simple way during a short course. Several valuable benefits have been presented by museums of science and technology from all over the world, such as useful scientific and non-scientific jobs, economic development, exchange of sciences between universities, research centers and other museums of science and technology. This review, evaluate the structure, goals and achievements of the museum of science and technology and its benefits for society, people, city and country. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - ISMJ PG - 448 PT - Original YR - 2015