[2] The centre houses a range of interactive exhibits, aimed at a core audience of children aged 5–12 years old and has over 185,000 annual visitors.

[4] INTECH (a portmanteau of "Interactive Technology") was founded in 1986 as a response to a local shortage of scientists, engineers and technicians, in a disused canteen at King's School on Romsey Road, Winchester.

By the late 1990s, the centre had grown in popularity and began to look for a larger premises to meet increasing demand.

[7] The new 3,500 square metre, purpose-built centre was funded partly through the Millennium Commission, NTL, IBM, the DfES and DTI, SEEDA and Hampshire County Council.

[10] The centre has two floors of hands-on science exhibits and a planetarium with a programme of full-dome films and presenter-led shows.