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ECOS Millennium Environmental Centre - Ballymena

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ADDRESS: ECOS Millennium Environmental Centre
Kernohans Lane
Ballymena
POSTCODE: BT43 7QA
AGE GROUP: All Ages
TELEPHONE: (028) 2566 4400
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ECOS Millennium Environmental Centre - Ballymena
he interactive displays in the galleries are designed for fun while encouraing some thoughts on how we can get enough food, energy and a place to live, without destroying the planet for future generations (known as Sustainable Development). 
In Gallery 1, spin boards and push buttons to calculate your environmental footprint, and see if your lifestyle makes too many demands on the planet.  Puff and pump up the renewable energies to reduce carbon emissions.

Investigate the importance of preserving as wide a range of wildlife as possible in Gallery 2 by using your skills to find out which animals live in different habitats, and see what things you could do to help wildlife where you live.
There is an amazing ‘Colour in Nature’ display from The Ulster Museum, which has several hundred brightly coloured and fantastically camouflaged specimens from all over the world, including a bird that looks like a tree, and a butterfly that looks like a leaf.

Also on display is some of the latest green technology that reduces the effect of global warming by using renewable resources.  See how we save money, and help save the planet by heating the building with wood pellets. Come and see what you can do too.

Gallery Opening Times


 Easter Week (from Easter Saturday)

Monday – Friday 10.00 am – 5.00 pm (last admissions 4pm)
Easter Saturday 12 noon – 5.00 pm (last admission 4pm)

Easter Sunday - CLOSED                  

Easter - October

Monday - Friday 10.00 am - 5.00 pm (last admissions 4 pm)

June – August
Monday – Friday 9.00 am – 5.00 pm (last admissions 4pm)
Saturday & Sunday 12 noon – 5.00 pm (last admission 4pm)

ADMISSION IS FREE!!

Please call (028) 2566 4400 to check opening and closing dates for public/bank holidays during Easter - October