The SeeingNano project will create novel visualisation tools for enhanced nanotechnology awareness. Social scientists, nano scientists and visualisation experts will collaborate to develop tools allowing different target audiences to “see at the nano scale” thus engaging with the breadth of nanotechnologies and the uncertainties and potential risks connected to them. A public repository of tools and best practices will be created. The project is coordinated by the Nanotechnology Industries Association. Ecsite’s main task will be to manage the piloting, validating and launching of visualisation tools, carried out by five Ecsite members: Techmania (Czech Republic), Domus – Museos Científicos Coruñeses (Spain), Ustanova Hiša eksperimentov (Slovenia), Museo Nazionale della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci (Italy) and Pavilion of Knowledge – Ciência Viva (Portugal).