For many families in our country, the issue of joint recreation on the territory of their settlement remains relevant. How to spend a day off so that it is interesting for both adults and children? This problem is solved in Irkutsk. "Experimentarium" - a museum of entertaining science - is equally interesting for both adult visitors and children.
History of the Museum
The museum began its work in 2008. It has two branches: in the 130th quarter and in Akademgorodok. "Experimentary" in Irkutsk has almost no repeating devices in the branches. The opening of this unique institution took place at the Irkutsk Center of the SB RAS in order to promote scientific ideas among the population. It should be said that the creation of such an institution was thought back in the nineties of the last century.
In the beginning, the museum was placed in the city energy college, then it moved to the ISU astronomical observatory. Some time later, the Irkutsk Science Center kindly provided a room locatedon Lermontov street. "Experimentary" in Irkutsk today presents about three hundred interactive devices and expositions created by the museum staff.
Museum Description
Experimentary Museum in Irkutsk is an amazing place where visitors can see, touch unusual exhibits, try to understand such complex disciplines as auto mechanics and electromagnetism, optics and physics, and take part in interesting experiments.
When visiting the "Experimentary" in Akademgorodok, one should not rush. To get acquainted with the exhibits, you must allocate at least three hours. In the "Experimentaria" of Irkutsk, the number of the most interesting devices and devices is constantly growing. Interestingly, most of them are made from improvised materials by museum specialists: from old system units, monitors, bicycle wheels.
Even ordinary nails and sand are used in the demonstration of "miracles". For example, the law of conservation of momentum is clearly demonstrated here using billiard balls. And a model of the Earth's atmosphere, in which lighter molecules fly at the top and heavy ones fall down, is made of brightly colored foam and a conventional fan.
Among the curious exhibits of the Museum "Experimentary" in Irkutsk, visitors include a chair into which 1024 nails are driven. Any guest of the museum can sit on this chair, and without prejudice to their he alth: due to the large number of nails, the fulcrum increases, and the weight is distributed evenly on these sharp objects. Not less thanan unusual device for launching smoke rings is also interesting.
Those who wish can stand on the light bulb that is inserted into the jar. The light bulb does not break, regardless of the weight of the tester. In the "Experimentaria" of Irkutsk, a record was set by a man weighing one hundred and forty kilograms. The bulb survived.
Museum novelties
At the end of 2014, more than fifteen new products appeared in the Museum of Experimental Science, among which the interactive magnetic pendulum, electrophore machine, Ames room, cartoon making machine, sewer pipe organ, gyroscopic suitcase were of particular interest. Now new devices are being prepared for the presentation. For example, a device that clearly demonstrates that the human body can conduct electricity. Everyone will be able to try its effect on themselves.
It is possible to create an "earthquake" in the museum using a seismograph donated by the Earth's Crust Institute. Adult visitors to the museum will certainly be interested in a device that relieves stress, which will allow you to free yourself from emotions after a difficult week of work. This is a washing machine. Do not be afraid, you will not be erased in it, clearing you of negativity. A person's head is placed in the opening into which laundry is usually loaded, and he can make any sounds without being embarrassed and without hiding his feelings, since the technique has high sound insulation. A special device during the scream will show the level of its volume on the light indicator. Scientists believe that the introduction of such a device inmodern washing machines can provide a reduction in the level of tension in society.
Magnetic sand is another interesting invention, which is glass, under which sand with magnetic filings is poured. Bringing a magnet to the glass, you will see how all the sawdust rises, and if you move the magnet, you can get interesting drawings.
We have listed only a few exhibits, although there are a lot of them here: a fear and lie detector, Jacob's ladder, Tornado and others.
Laboratory
All the “miracles” around us are explained from a scientific point of view in the laboratory of the Experimentarium in Irkutsk. Workshops are regularly held here on a variety of topics, accompanied by a demonstration of experiments, in which everyone takes part. The following are very popular: "Physical Fireworks", "Miracles in the Frost", "Laboratory of Scientific Miracles", "Space Journey", "Chemical Transformations and others.
In the laboratory, the number of places is limited, so you should book them in advance at a time convenient for you by contacting the administrator by phone. For organized groups (pupils, students) workshops are held outside the schedule. In addition, offsite events are available by prior arrangement.
Master classes
In the "Experimentary" you can attend master classes, where children, as well as adult visitors, will be able to make their own hands (under the guidance ofinstructor) a simple scientific instrument or toy and pick up your craft as a keepsake. During the most exciting activities, children are shown various laws and phenomena in a simple and accessible form. A short interactive introductory lecture, which demonstrates experiments and explains what is happening on the topic of the master class, takes place before the practical exercises, which last about an hour.
Birthdays
This most favorite holiday for children, which, as you know, happens only once a year, turns into an exciting adventure in "Experimentary". The children are waiting for fantastic experiments, interesting scientific workshops, space travel in the planetarium, entertaining master classes. On this day, every child becomes a discoverer.
Birthday program includes:
- Master class (optional).
- Science show.
- Museum Quest accompanied by Detective, Pirate or Good Fairy.
- Interactive tour.
- A smartly decorated dining room.
- Congratulations and, of course, a gift to the hero of the occasion.
