The £4.1m (6m euro, US$7.6m) exhibition – inspired by Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah – will be based around the concept of a ‘ribbon of knowledge’ and links more than 15 topics including science, the natural environment, humanities, trade and commerce, technology and Jordanian and Arab culture.

Contained within a 2,100sq m (22,600sq ft) exhibition hall, with a further 3,000sq m (32,000 sq ft) of outdoor space, children will be able to take part in a number of interactive activities including archaeologival investigations, robotics and ecology.

The museum will also include a giant body with a digestive system to show how the human body works and a child-scaled townscape to show small visitors life in the adult world.

Following completion of the finalised plans the scheme will now be put out to tender with a contractor expected to be chosen by late spring. The museum is scheduled to open in 2006.

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