Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Big Idea was a millennium-funded, interactive museum in Irvine in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The museum, built on the site of Alfred Nobel's dynamite factory, was devoted to invention and inventors. Scottish inventors featured include John Napier, William Murdock, Alexander Fleming and John Logie Baird.When the museum opened in 2000, there were 120,000 visitors, but in 2001, there were only 50,000. In 2003, the exhibition centre closed, due to very low visitor numbers. The museum building is still there, with a turf covered roof and built to resemble a giant sand dune, but its future is still undecided. There is a time capsule buried under the museum. The footbridge, called the 'Bridge of Scottish Inventions' can open to allow ships to pass through and at present (Datum 2012) it remains in the open position.. }
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- The_Big_Idea abstract "The Big Idea was a millennium-funded, interactive museum in Irvine in North Ayrshire, Scotland. The museum, built on the site of Alfred Nobel's dynamite factory, was devoted to invention and inventors. Scottish inventors featured include John Napier, William Murdock, Alexander Fleming and John Logie Baird.When the museum opened in 2000, there were 120,000 visitors, but in 2001, there were only 50,000. In 2003, the exhibition centre closed, due to very low visitor numbers. The museum building is still there, with a turf covered roof and built to resemble a giant sand dune, but its future is still undecided. There is a time capsule buried under the museum. The footbridge, called the 'Bridge of Scottish Inventions' can open to allow ships to pass through and at present (Datum 2012) it remains in the open position.".