National Space Centre Space": the anniversary of the first satellite, Sputnik. National Space Centre The National Space Centre is a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester. It is located on the north side the city of Leicester, England, next to the River Soar. Many of the exhibits, including upright rockets, are housed in a tower with minimal steel supports and a semi-transparent cladding of ETFE 'pillows' which has become one of Leicester's most recognisable landmarks. The building was designed by Nicholas Grimshaw, and it
SMART Project Space SMART Project Space, Centre for Contemporary Art was founded as an alternative art space in 1994 by Thomas Peutz. It was first located in the centre of the city on the Kloveniersburgwal, number 7. SMART moved further along the street in 1997 to the so-called Bushuis at number 48 (now a library of the University of Amsterdam) where it began to organise events alongside its exhibition activities. In 2000 SMART relocated to the extensive disused laboratory building of the former Jan Swammerdam Institute of the University on the 1e Constantijn Huygensstraat. The experimental arts programme developed into a mix of