Lviv. The Science Museum. A Fantastic Journey

This museum is not like its counterparts in the usual sense — a tour of the displays in quiet halls in the company of a guide. At the Lviv Science Museum you can explore the exhibits with the help of integrated programmes. The museum and education centre opened its doors on 25 December 2022 at 200a Stryiska Street, in a two-storey building specially constructed for the purpose, with a floor area of 2,200 square metres.

The huge hall on the upper floor is divided into themed zones that can be likened to laboratories for studying natural phenomena and the properties of air, water, electricity, acoustics, speed and optics.

 

Visitors do not merely look at the equipment and instruments — they become participants in scientific experiments and explorers of the laws of physics. Here, at every step, one discovery follows another. The beautifully designed multimedia boards, stands and mechanisms are accompanied by information plates with instructions written in Ukrainian and English. A diagram of a solar power plant and a model of a hydroelectric power station are on display.

 

The laws of hydraulics are studied vividly in transparent tanks, where you can sink a ship, create a whirlpool and a small storm. A special installation demonstrates how a destructive tornado forms as a column when warm and cold air masses meet under the action of a side wind.

Optical illusions delight and astonish, and the experiments with the spectral decomposition of light are accessible even to those unfamiliar with optics.

 

The robot can dance, sing, perform various tasks, answer questions and smile, blushing all the while.

The KUKA robotic arm is used in industry to assemble parts for machines.

 

You get a fantastic sensation, and a real sense of what gravity is, in a space with a starry sky and cosmic music.

 

At the Science Museum they not only reveal the secrets of nature but also try to awaken a sense of humanity in people, inviting you to ride in a wheelchair over an obstacle course. Water is the Earth's chief treasure. How is it obtained, conserved and purified? The answers are on a multimedia stand. The museum has a sound-recording studio in which anyone can test the power of their voice and their musical abilities.

There are so many devices and machines that you cannot take it all in during a single visit.

In a restored tram car you can imagine yourself a tram driver, pressing the buttons and pedals.

 

Only at the Science Museum, at the Tesla coil, can you feel an electrical discharge with the help of a special glove.

In a vertical labyrinth, goods are delivered to various points by pneumatics — swiftly and merrily.

 

In the speed zone you can compete at changing the wheels on a Formula 1 car.

Generating a magnetic field, feeling the force of a hurricane and much more is allowed at the Science Museum. Visitors receive not only a visual picture but also interact with the displays.

The museum will appeal to audiences of all ages — children will grow up, and adults will recall their school years. On the ground floor, souvenirs are offered to visitors, and there is a café and a play area.

 

The museum will keep expanding, adding new displays and equipment, and the project's founder and owner, Roman Sanin, is confident in his decision to keep moving forward: "While they destroy, we build."

Address: Lviv, 200a Stryiska Street.

Coordinates: 49°47'58"N 24°0'59"E

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This story is also available in Ukrainian: Львів. Музей науки. Фантастична подорож до Дня Музеїв і Дня Науки