The Museum of entertaining science Photo: the Museum of entertaining science "Experimentary"

The Museum of entertaining science "Experimentary" - one of the few museums of this kind in Russia. This unique Museum is located in Irkutsk Akademgorodok on the street Lermontov.

The opening of the institution was held in 2008 at the Irkutsk scientific center SB RAS for the dissemination of science among the population. The idea of Foundation of the Museum dates back to the late 1990s. the First popular science Museum was located in the Irkutsk College of energy, and after that at the astronomical Observatory of Irkutsk state University. After a while, Irkutsk scientific center gave scientists the premise that the street Lermontov.

The Museum's name "Experimentary" speaks for itself – this place, where various experiments. The Museum features unique exhibits that you can not only see but also to touch, and to participate in their study and to experiment. In this accessible and interesting form visitors get acquainted with natural phenomena and complex physical processes.

Almost all the devices located in the walls of the Museum were collected by human hands. Demonstrate natural processes, unusual physical effects, interesting features of human perception. For example, the Museum has a device, clearly showing that the human body can conduct electricity. Visitor for some time can even offer to become the "battery". You can also work on the installation, which shows the ultrasonic waves, or to create a man-made earthquake due to the seismograph, presented by the Institute of the earth's crust, to fix the bumps and make a graph of vibration amplitude.

In addition, Museum visitors have the opportunity to see a real detector of fear and lies, Jacob's ladder, a chair with nails, water tornado, the Tesla generator and many other very interesting and unusual exhibits.

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