 The massive Cite des Sciences et de l'Industrie opened in Paris in 1986, and national centres soon followed in Spain, Finland, and Denmark.In the UK, the first interactive centres also opened in 1986 on a modest scale, with further more than a decade later when funded by the National Lottery for projects to celebrate the millennium.Since the 1990s, science museums and centres, such as Thailand's National Science Museum, have been created or greatly expanded in Asia.