This was the first science museum of its kind to be established by a school, on its own school grounds  This science museum was followed by a second museum at BJK College in Istanbul and a third such project in the Karşıyaka district of Izmir. After the opening of this series of science museums targeted at the preschool-teen age group, Turkey's first Children's Science Museum, aimed at interesting younger primary school children in science, opened at Bahçeşehir Primary School campus in April 2010 during the same week as the National Children's Day official holiday.