Exploring Interactive Museums

Most people associate their visits to the planetarium and the respective virtual navigation through the universe, with their childhood. Yet, is there any reason that should prevent us from experiencing these astonishing wow moments as adults? In fact, it might even be useful occasionally to take a break from our normal mundane routines and become lost in the vastness of our universe. No sooner said than done! We headed off to Muenster even with a cycling tour through the beautiful autumn scenery of the city which is a cycle-friendly and historic university town in Germany.

Due to its economic importance, the Saxonian city Chemnitz was called “Saxonian Manchester” during the 19th century industrialization period in Germany. Today, the Saxon Museum of Industry reminds of the city’s essential contributions to the Industrial Revolution and also offers interactive events and workshops. As most of the workshops are usually held for children, they were pretty surprised by our request but eventually, our group was accepted. We ended up exploring the process of casting and each of us created their gears with a sun face on it.

In the year 2019, a fascinating museum called Futurium was opened in Berlin. Covering an area of 5000 m², this museum addresses the overarching question of how we want to live in the future, through highly interactive exhibitions, events, and workshops. Visitors are invited to explore their prospective relationships to nature, technology as well as humanity. We even got wristbands to vote for our preferred scenarios throughout the exhibition. At the end of our visit, we were given a summary of our individual preferred outlook toward the future world.