Stages in the development of the Copernicus Science Centre:

• early 2004 - Lech Kaczyński, then Mayor of Warsaw (currently President of Poland), appoints the Science Centre Team, tasked with launching work on the project
• June 2005 - An Agreement on Establishing the Copernicus Science Centre as a Joint Cultural Institution is signed by the Mayor of Warsaw, the Minister of Science and Information Technology, and the Minister of National Education and Sport 
• December 2005 - An international architectural competition for the design of the Copernicus Science Centre building is won by the RAr-2 architectural design firm in Ruda Śląska
• May 2006 - The Polish cabinet passes a Long-Term Programme for the Exhibitions of the Copernicus Science Centre, earmarking funding for the project
• June 2006 - The travelling exhibition entitled Experiment! makes its debut 
• July 2006 - The Copernicus Science Centre becomes legally registered as an autonomous cultural institution 
• November 2006 - Tender contract awarded for the design of two galleries of the permanent exhibitions: On the Move and Humans and the Environment 
• July 2008 - Construction of the Copernicus Science Centre building to be launched
• first quarter of 2010 - The first building module and most of the permanent exhibitions to be opened to the public
• third quarter of 2010 - Project completion