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maltatoday | SUNDAY • 14 JUNE 2020 10 Esplora science centre reopens its doors, launches new trails COVID-19 SPONSORED THE Esplora science centre in Kalkara has reopened its doors with safety measures in place to ensure compliance to health di- rectives. The centre had closed be- cause of the coronavirus pan- demic. Esplora has now introduced an only online ticket booking policy to be able to control the number of people inside the centre at any one time. Visitors can also use styluses to interact with exhibit screens and access the café menu on their smartphones by using a QR code. The centre has de- signed three four-hour-long trails for people to enjoy. Visitors aged six and older can pre-book the 'Earth and Beyond' trail, which is a facil- itated experience where they will get more familiar with the planet Earth and the universe. A second trail called Music for the Senses allows visitors to ex- plore ideas such as 'how sound travels', 'play with different light and shadows', 'discov- er how illusions can trick our brains' and walk through a pi- ano corridor. Younger explorers, aged be- tween three and five, can im- merse themselves in the Little Esploras experience. Jeffrey Pullicino Orlando, ex- ecutive chairman of the Malta Council for Science and Tech- nology that runs Esplora, said that Esplora was fully prepared to reopen its doors immediate- ly when given the go-ahead to do so by the health authorities. "This involved intensive pre- paratory work by all our team members," he said, adding staff members were also trained on health and safety measures. Esplora science centre has reopened its doors The Esplora science centre is open after COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, people have to book their tickets online