Heureka is a Finnish science center in the Tikkurila district of Vantaa, Finland, north of Helsinki, designed by Heikkinen – Komonen Architects.

The name "Heureka" (eureka in English) refers to the Greek exclamation, presumably uttered by Archimedes, to mean "I've found it!"

Everyday activities are the responsibility of Heureka's director assisted by a management team and other staff.

The initial spark was lit by Adjunct Professors Tapio Markkanen, Hannu I. Miettinen and Heikki Oja.

During autumn of that same year, the science centre project was launched with the initial support of the Academy of Finland, the Ministry of Education, and various foundations.

The coating of the outer walls of the pillar hall uses pretensed white concrete slabs one inch thick.

[7] The central inner space and architectural focus point of the science centre is its 14-metre-tall cylindrical exhibition hall.

The sphere of the planetarium and the sector-shaped auditorium intersect and enter into the modular pillar hall, and partly into each other.

The exhibition "The Wind in the Bowels" has been designed in co-operation with the Finnish Medical Society Duodecim.

Illusion exhibits show how the cooperation between the brain and the senses create amazing phenomena inside our heads.

The topics of past temporary exhibitions have included, for example, dinosaurs, humans, sports, forests, the art of film, flying and ancient cultures.

Many of the exhibitions independently produced by Heureka have made guest appearances in numerous science centres all over the world.

[15] The outdoor park also contains moving works of art, such as the sand plotter created by well-known Finnish artist Osmo Valtonen.

[7] Leading up to the front entrance, visitors are also greeted by perennial gardens that were planted in accordance with the historical classification system designed by Carolus Linnaeus.

At the end of 2007, the theatre was entirely renovated, and reopened on 26 December 2007 as one of Europe's most modern digital planetariums.

The digital Sky Skan equipment of the current planetarium allows for projecting moving images to the entire surface of the hemispheric screen and thus creates a strong cinematic experience.

In addition to the exhibitions and planetarium films, Heureka also offers the opportunity to view daily science theatre shows, to participate in supervised programmes and to watch basketball games played by rats.

Other services at Heureka include a science shop and a restaurant, as well as conference facilities and a 220-seat auditorium for meetings.

Altogether almost 29 million people have viewed Heureka's exhibitions on display both in Finland and abroad.

The number of visitors is affected by, for example, the general economic situation, the weather and the excursion funds available to school groups.

[22] Heureka's funding is provided through subsidies from the City of Vantaa and the Ministry of Education and Culture, as well as through its own operational revenue: admission and rental fees, fundraising and exhibition export.

Heureka's overall funding is approximately ten million euro, of which the revenue from own operations is about one half.

[17] The share of the funding provided by the City of Vantaa and the Ministry of Education and Culture amounts to the other half.

[17] Professor Per-Edvin Persson served as the president of Heureka from 1991 to until his retirement in 2013, where he was replaced by Anneli Pauli.