Sabina Escola Parque do Conhecimento

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Sabina Escola Parque do Conhecimento is a science museum in Santo André, near São Paulo, Brazil. It was created by the city government to support local schools. The project started in 2001, and the building and initial contents were ready by mid-2006. The museum opened on February 11, 2007. The building was designed by architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha.

The site covers about 24,000 square meters, with 14,000 square meters of built space; the main pavilion is 11,000 square meters. The planetarium, named after Johannes Kepler, has an 18-meter-diameter dome with 247 seats and 13 wheelchair spaces. It uses a Carl Zeiss Starmaster projector to show more than 6,000 stars, along with two digital projectors for the whole dome. The planetarium and digital theatre area covers about 3,000 square meters. Shows last around 30 minutes and are open to the public on weekends and holidays. It is one of the planetaria in the Greater São Paulo area.