Do you know why children don’t like museums? You can’t shout loudly in them if you like something, you can’t touch anything to study it better, you can’t ask a lot of questions. Running from exhibit to exhibit is out of the question. How then to develop curiosity? Of course, together with fun and play. Such museums have finally appeared. We tell you where there are places where young explorers will not be bored, and parents will be able to remember their childhood and join in the joyful exploration of the world.
KidBurg, St. Petersburg
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This is a whole city with thoughtful play centers where children develop skills that will be useful in life. Having arrived here, the child receives a citizen’s certificate, a work book, chooses a profession and studies, and then works for a salary. Money can be spent on entertainment or on learning new skills – all in an adult way. Parents also have a choice: watch from the sidelines or go about their business while their children are busy with equally important things.
“Nikola-Lenivets”, Kaluga region
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The open-air art park houses a huge collection of modern art and architecture. While adults are trying to understand the meaning of unprecedented structures, children are going to get to know them literally. For example, they are trying to capture the “Universal Mind”, ride the “Gilded Calf”, and become a guest of the “House Above the Forest”. To explore more and not get too tired, you can move between objects with the whole family on bicycles.
Museum of Entertaining Sciences “Experimentanium”, Moscow
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Interactive exhibits of the museum clearly tell about mechanics, electricity, magnetism, acoustics, demonstrate optical illusions, and puzzles. Children can conduct spectacular experiments with electricity, learn about molecular gastronomy and make nitrogen ice cream, study the properties of light, practice robotics and engage in other experiments. Frankly speaking, it can be no less interesting for parents here, and it remains to be seen who will ask to stay longer.
Eureka National Children’s Museum, Halifax, England
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Children under 11 years old will find it interesting here, and you can visit the museum right from birth. There are six different themed areas and hundreds of interactive exhibits. Little explorers can learn a lot about themselves and the world around them. For example, get acquainted with the structure of the human body, study its organs using special equipment, learn how the brain works, and even jump on a long tongue.
